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1. www.collingwoodtoday.ca › local-news › black-history'Black history is Canadian history,' say founders of local museum

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   Feb 10, 2020 · Collingwood residents share their story - and their family's legacy - as founders of the Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Sylvia and Carolynn Wilson are the owners and operators of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday.

2. www.sheffieldparkblackhistory.com › aboutusSheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   Welcome to Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum! My name is Carolynn Wilson and I am the curator and co-owner of Sheffield Museum. This is where the history of early Black pioneers and settlers in Simcoe and Grey Counties is preserved, restored and experienced.

3. www.collingwood.ca › council-government › newsBlack History Month in the Town of Collingwood

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   Black History Month has been a time identified to celebrate and honour the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians in shaping Canada’s rich cultural heritage and identity. The Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum curated and co-owned by Carolynn Wilson and Sylvia Wilson preserves the history of black pioneers and ...

4. www.collingwoodtoday.ca › local-news › local-blackLocal Black museum telling the 'stories before slavery'

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   Feb 7, 2022 · Sylvia Wilson, who co-owns and operates the Sheffield Park Black History Museum in Clarksburg with her sister Carolynn Wilson, has been posting stories of Black Pharaohs and Queens this week for the museum’s Facebook page.

5. www.escarpmentmagazine.ca › community › preservingPreserving & Celebrating Black History - Escarpment Magazine

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   Jan 5, 2024 · Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson, whose ancestors were some of the first to settle in Collingwood in the late 1700s, are co-owners, curators, and caretakers of Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum in Clarksburg.

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6. www.simcoe.com › opinion › sheffield-park-blackSheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum welcomes ...

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   Feb 17, 2023 · Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson are co-owners of Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum. - Carolynn Wilson photos. When Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum is mentioned, the name Howard Sheffield immediately comes to mind.

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   What is the Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum?

   • The Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum curated and co-owned by Carolynn Wilson and Sylvia Wilson preserves the history of black pioneers and settlers of Collingwood and the surrounding area. This year, the Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum will be celebrating 30 years of programming.

   Black History Month in the Town of Collingwood

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   What happened to Sheffield Park Museum?

   • Interest increased and various cultural artifacts were donated to Howard's project. Sheffield Park Museum now became Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum. The museum includes pioneer life and times, the social networking of a community and the preservation of past generations.

   Sheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   What is Sheffield Museum?

   • Sheffield Museum is the telling of a community life, of whites and blacks co-existing from Africa to America, from slavery to freedom, from the past to the future. We are the link. Come, walk with me through time, reach out and touch history. You will never experience anything like Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum!

   Sheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   Why did Howard Sheffield come to Collingwood?

   • It was the dream of Howard Sheffield to gather and preserve the history of his ancestors and share with the family. Community friends also became interested in the history of the black pioneers and settlers of Collingwood and the surrounding areas.

   Sheffield Park Black History Museum About Us

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   Where is the Black History Museum located in Collingwood?

   • In earlier years, our family had acquired property on Long Point Road, on the outskirts of Collingwood, and the seeds for our museum were sown. Several used school portables were purchased from Base Borden and renovated to showcase articles, stories and other details of Black history.

   Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum welcomes visitors to

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   Why do Sheffields live in Collingwood?

   • Several generations of Sheffields live in the Collingwood area. (Submitted by Carolynn and Sylvia Wilson) In Priceville, they were able to be self-sufficient and work together to build a community, she said, instead of succumbing to the "crab in the barrel" mindset that slavery engendered and that had held back earlier generations.

   Ontario's Priceville was a small, thriving Black community — until it

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8. www.cbc.ca › radio › ideasOntario's Priceville was a small, thriving Black community ...

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   Feb 20, 2022 · For decades, they've served as caretakers of the church their ancestors built, and they now own and curate the Sheffield Park Black History and Cultural Museum in nearby Clarksburg.