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# Weeksville Heritage Center

Important Notice: All tours are canceled on 6/11 and 6/12 due to extreme heat. Our doors are open. If you need a cool space, come on in. Weeksville’s Mission Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic site and cultural center in Central Brooklyn that uses education, arts and a social justice lens to preserve, document and inspire engagement with the history of Weeksville. Learn More → Join the Community! Celebrate our rich history and join the community with a Weeksville Heritage Center Membership – Join or Gift Today! → Exhibitions at Weeksville Innovative. Vanguard. Experimental. Learn More → Tour Weeksville Take a step back into time with a tour through the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses. Book a Tour → WHAT’S N0W Public Programs Weeksville Heritage Center’s programming lives at the intersection of history, art, and culture. Come be a part our thriving community! Education Learn more about the community of Weeksville, Brooklyn and how its themes of emancipation, entrepreneurship, and empowerment resonate today. Reserve your tour today! History. Art. Culture. Our Vision Support Our Mission UPCOMING test test test testtt Learn More Recap: Our 4th Annual Food Festival Thank you, community, for joining us at our fourth annual Juneteenth Food Festival. It was a magical day of uplifting Black food and culture in the sacred space of Weeksville that keeps us rooted to our history. We ate, we danced, we laughed and we communed in a way that only we can. Thank you for showing up, showing out, and supporting Brooklyn’s Black owned businesses. Extending a huge thank you our partner Black-Owned Brooklyn and to all the Black businesses, artists and performers who lent their talents to the festival. Learn More Peace in Destruction: Art from Rikers Island (Opening Reception) Join us for the opening reception of Peace in Destruction: Art from Rikers Island , presented by Groundswell at Weeksville Heritage Center. LEARN MORE Black & Free: Pleasure Histories On June 4, Black & Free: Pleasure Histories comes to Weeksville Heritage Center for an evening of film and live performance honoring Black queer and trans legacies of pleasure that are too often excluded from dominant narratives. LEARN MORE 5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival Weeksville Heritage Center and Black-Owned Brooklyn are proud to present the 5th Annual Juneteenth Food Festival. This year’s event brings together 31 Black food vendors for a gathering rooted in the food traditions that have been central to Juneteenth since its earliest observances. Learn More Collections Education Exhibitions Visit