An in depth conversation about Black History in the Lincolnville Historic District

The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center continues to connect with the surrounding community and beyond with the renovations they have incorporated into the venue. They now offer a more interactive experience that allows visitors to tour without a human guide. To continue adding and evolving, they have multiple activations that bring people to the museum to raise awareness and funding. One of those events is their Jazz at the Excelsior concert with Akia Uwanda playing this week. Rance spoke with the director and the associate director about the ways they are making sure to stay plugged in with the community.

A city reliant on heritage tourism struggles to protect its most valuable assets.

News4Jax is taking you behind the scenes of a new exhibit at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center. It features five Black women who worked to make a difference during the civil rights movement and beyond. The Lincolnville Museum, housed inside St. Augustine’s first Black public high school building, is chock full of history. “Prenatal care and postnatal care.”Five extraordinary Lincolnville women who persevered, whose contributions made a difference. Gayle Phillips says this is the first installation of this exhibit, but the museum could expand on it in the future.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – “The Road to Black History Runs Through Lincolnville” -- that’s the first thing you’ll see on the webpage for the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center. The African American history museum is in St. Augustine and boasts a mission of preserving and promoting more than 450 years of the Black experience in America’s oldest city. The museum radiates life, and the stories you may or may not have heard about this corner of St. Augustine. The Lincolnville Museum starts with school history and has a room dedicated to the military. I mean, it still goes on to this day.”AdLINK: Lincolnville Museum & Cultural Center