Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Throughout Mandarin Museum & Walter Jones Historical Park
Admission: FREE
Celebrating Black History Month 2025, Mandarin Museum is pleased to partner with FL Blue’s ASPIRE Employee Resource Group to present the 2nd annual Exhibit Come to Life: The Untold Story of Black Mandarin. The public is invited to:
🍊 View Mandarin Museum’s newest exhibits, including The Untold Story of Black Mandarin
🍊 Visit our historic buildings, including the 1898 St. Joseph’s Mission Schoolhouse for African American Children
🍊 At 12:00 pm, Michael A. Allen, National Park Service (Retired), will present “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Building of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor” in the 1898 Schoolhouse
🍊 Visit our community partners on the Museum’s front lawn including the Jacksonville Public Library Special Collections and Memory Lab, Gullah Historian Elaine Jackson Ford, Greg Estevez, author of Edisto: Migration to Florida, and the Duval County Master Gardeners who will share information with the public
🍊 At 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, the Duval County Master Gardeners will lead a Black horticulture-centric tour of Walter Jones Historical Park, meet at the Butterfly Garden alongside Mandarin Museum
🍊 Paint a Black History Month inspired garden rock and help us decorate our gardens!
🍊 Visit the FL Blue ASPIRE tent for fun and educational giveaways
🍊 Museum docents will be available throughout the exhibits and park, welcoming visitors and providing historical interpretation

Thank you to the FL Blue ASPIRE team for making this event possible!