{"id":1582,"date":"2026-01-27T18:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wjmdemo.ca\/ckbhs\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T18:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:54:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wjmdemo.ca\/ckbhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1582\" class=\"elementor elementor-1582\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6dddd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6dddd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c25483 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c25483\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745d055 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"745d055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e90c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e90c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visit our Museum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c379197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c379197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here at the museum, we take great pride in our abundant resources and reference materials that are 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neighbourhood.<\/p><p><strong><em>We are closed all holidays including: New Years, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, (typically a week or two over the holiday season).<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><br \/><em>Any additional closed days and out of office days are always posted on our Facebook Page so be sure to check there as well.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\">If you\u2019d like to book a tour for a group please send us an email to ckblackhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or give us a call 519-352-3565 and leave a message if we don\u2019t answer.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><sup>*Weather Permitting Walking Tours<br \/>We will not give walking tours when the sidewalks are not cleared of ice and snow, when 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We are happy to give walking tours in the rain however, so pack your rain gear!<\/sup><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddc172b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddc172b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f548c2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8f548c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Subscribe to our new online newsletter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society Visit our Museum Here at the museum, we take great pride in our abundant resources and reference materials that are available for research. 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