Africatown Heritage House To Open July 8

AL.com has reported on Mobile’s Africatown Heritage House in lieu of its July 8 opening. The first exhibit, “Clotilda: The Exhibition,” will focus on the 110 men, women and children carried by the ship. Their stories will be shared “through a combination of interpretive text panels, documents and artifacts, including some pieces of the sunken Clotilda.” The History Museum of Mobile has been guiding the development of the exhibit and has hired a Heritage House manager, Jessica Fairley. Fairley said, “Africatown Heritage House is a place of hope and pride. You’ll come in and see what these people were able to do after they were taken away from their homes and put in a place unknown to them. I don’t know what my ancestors went through, but knowing what the survivors of the Clotilda went through gives me a piece of my story.” Beginning July 8, the Heritage House will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The exhibition will have limited capacity, so tickets will be sold in time-block increments and should be purchased in advance. They will be available online later in June. Admission is $15 for adults; $9 for seniors, active and retired military and students 19 and older; $8 for children ages 6-18; and free for children 5 and younger. Scheduling for group and school tours will begin in September.