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WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER
History. Art. Culture.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
We will be closed at 2pm on Wednesday, November 21st for Thanksgiving. Tours and business hours resume on November 27th.
Our final day in 2018 is December 22nd. Our new season begins, January 3, 2019.
#GivingTuesday Rent Party
For a second year in a row, Weeksville is a finalist for the $100,000 Spark Prize for Brooklyn nonprofits! In recognition of this honor, @BrooklynFoundation has awarded us a matching grant for #BrooklynGives to fund repairs of the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses. Help us hit our goal by gettin' down for an old school rent party!
Arts For Art @ Weeksville
Arts for Art presents a weekend FreeJazz Residency at the Weeksville Heritage Center, featuring performances by the James Brandon Lewis Trio, Irreversible Quartet, poets Patricia Spears Jones and Tracie Morris, and the William Parker Ensemble. The residency kicks off with Friendsgiving, a special evening of delicious food and jazz
Education
Learn more about the community of Weeksville, Brooklyn and its themes of emancipation, entrepreneurship, and empowerment resonate today. Tours are now offered at 2pm and 4pm!
Exhibitions
Our world-class gallery space puts Black artists from across the diaspora on the main stage.
Collections
With such a rich history, Weeksville Heritage Center houses an archive encompassing photos, artifacts found during the 1968 dig, and oral histories collected throughout Central Brooklyn
Mendi + Keith: Utopias
Our latest exhibition opens November 15th!
