Sheffield Park Black History & Cultural Museum — Attraction in The Blue Mountains

When I was a child in Thornbury in the 80's we were taught to "keep away from the Jamaican apple pickers" our entire childhoods. It was awful. These people were valuable members of our community who always kept an eye out for us and made the kids feel safe. It was the grown-ups who tried to instill this negative view of non-white people in us and to exclude these people in our own community. I am happy to see this museum exists and although I've moved away, I hope so much that the racial climate has changed in Thornbury and everyone is treated equally with respect. Most of the orchards in Beaver Valley would not be as successful as they are today without the hard work of those picking the fruit and...

Basically, wasted my time, trying to find the true history of Africa, and the link to our line is an ancestral descent to where we are now, but basically just arrived upon seeing a bunch of white suit and narratives that have no substance in terms of African true identity culture Just some black Canadian bullshit trying to teach people that they were slaves and not really paying homage to the two ancestral powers that made us are be they also clean that they are not African, but still are portrayed, African artefacts and heritage as non Africans. Yeah it really made me knowledge that the name of this place is not the African heritage museum, but the Uncle Tom...

What a hidden gem. Loved the themed rooms with period piece music playing. We danced in each room. But our absolute favourite was the gorgeous Underground Railroad hand embroidered map of North America. It’s stunning. While taking in its beauty and signicance, Sheffield’s very friendly museum guides taught us how to decode the Afghan quilt squares and flags that were used to communicate between those escaping to freedom and the safe houses they moved between. It was fascinating. I love it when things are hiding in plain sight...so the sleuth in me...