Experience the "Borderland" and discover the history of our Ohio River Valley - once 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 impactPublic 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.
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
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Wed. Fri. and Sat.
10 AM - 3 PM
ALL OTHER DAYS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO ARRANGE TOUR, CONTACT NONA MARSHALL - 606 564 4413.
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.
