Sir John A. MacDonald Museum Home to Reopen With Tours on ‘Racism and Sexism’

Published on May 16, 2024

Parks Canada will re-open the historic Kingston, Ont., home of Canada’s first prime minister with a new tour examining “racism and sexism” during the Victorian period. Bellevue House National Historic Site reopens May 18 after closing for the COVID-19 pandemic and then undergoing a $2.1 million renovation. The new “Unpacking MacDonald” tour, at $9 a person, “is for people looking to examine topics like social class structures, racism, and sexism in Victorian Canada while looking closer at some of Macdonald’s political decisions,” Parks Canada said on its website, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Bring an open mind and open heart and join the discussion in this safe space.”...

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