A Brief Exposé of African American History

The exhibit, "A Brief Exposé of African American History" will be presented by the Lincolnville Museum from Friday, February 10 through Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

During Black History Month, the Lincolnville Museum collaborates with the Women's Exchange of St. Augustine to present an exhibition revealing some of African American life's political and social aspects from Florida's statehood through the Reconstruction Era. The Exposé reveals some of the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience through images, text, and other visual elements.

African American fashion during the Post-Civil War Era will also be on display, as well as accounts of the visit Frederick Douglass and his wife, Anna Murray Douglass, made to St. Augustine in April of 1889.

In addition to the exhibition at the Lincolnville Museum, there will be an exhibition of Anna Murray Douglass's recreated wedding dress at the Pena Peck House. Anna Murray Douglass was an abolitionist, businesswoman, and the first wife of statesman, reformer, writer, and speaker Frederick Douglass.

Admission: Museum admission is $10.00 for adults, $9.00 for seniors and military, $5.00 for youth and college students with I.D., and free for those under 7.

When: The exhibit will run from Friday, February 10, through Tuesday, February 28, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The museum is open on Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where: The Lincolnville Museum is located at 102 Martin Luther King Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32084.