National Underground Railroad Museum

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Experience the "Borderland" and discover the history of the land between freedom and slavery.  

  • Artifacts of local descendants of African slaves.
  • Materials regarding the abolitionist movement and slavery in Kentucky.
  • Exhibits featuring local anti-slavery activists whose efforts made a national impact
  • Public access to the lower level of the hiding place of the Bierbower Home, a safe house for the UGRR.

Since 1995, the National Underground Railroad Museum has preserved the shared heritage of blacks and whites as it relates to slavery and the antebellum era; the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad; and events leading to the Civil War.


 

 

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM

Located in the Bierbower House

38 West Fourth Street

Maysville, KY 41056 


Museum to open Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM All other days by appointment. 


 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

 

Above: Photo of the Bierbower Home, 1900. The home was a "Safe House" for runawway slaves. Today the National Underground Railroad Museum is located in the home, which is located in the historic district of Maysville.