Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History

Worth the trip

Very informative and sobering. The woman at the front desk was extremely helpful and friendly. If you don't have a car, you can take a bus to Dresden from Chatham, and then it's a bit of a walk. Sadly...

Great experience at Rev Josiah Henson Museum

Our group was very pleased with the guides. Jackie was very welcoming & gave us a well informed tour. Her pleasant personality was much enjoyed by everyone.

Good Documentation

Booked online for this guided tour; but only for the main gallery. The place focused on the resident of Rev. Josiah Henson. There was lots of add-on documentation on black history in their Theatre.

People need to read more history books.

It’s definitely worth seeing and the history is important, but the tour guide was not knowledgeable and not receptive to questions. They have an agenda and a script and they will stick to it at all c...

Important part of history

The information and story of this site and the area, and of those who made this such an important story is very relevant to our understanding of slavery in North America and Canada's role. Unfortunat...