VISIT - Blessed Sacrament Church with Agatha Babino: A Narrative of the Formerly Enslaved

Visit the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Beaumont

on Saturday, September 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A community program related to the exhibit will be offered to expand conversations and programming centered on local Black history and cultural heritage. This includes discussion about historic sites and cemetery preservation.

Special Guests

Linda Duhon-Lacour, Tyrrell Historical Library

Jessie Davis, Historic Sacred Spaces

Kate Hambright, Marker Chair of the Jefferson County Historical Commission

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See https://beaumontheritage.org/ for updates on programming and related events.

The Exhibition

Exhibit viewing is open to the public during regular John Jay French Museum hours:

Tuesday–Friday from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Admission is included with the museum’s tour fee of $5 per person for ages 4 and older.

As part of the Museums for All initiative, admission is free for up to four visitors per group with a SNAP benefit card and a valid ID.

The Beaumont Heritage Society extends its deepest thanks to the Museum of Undertold Texas History for bringing this exhibit to Southeast Texas. We also gratefully acknowledge our grantors, the Foundation for Southeast Texas and the Southeast Texas Arts Council, for their support.

This program is also supported by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Rice University Humanities Research Center. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition and its programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Texas, or the Rice University Humanities Research Center.