Welcome Center
115 East Third Street
Maysville, Kentucky 41056
"The people which sat in darkness saw great light ... Arise, shine; for thy light is come ..."
Come visit one of the central routes of escape followed by fugitive slaves on the banks of the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky. Learn about this fascinating story of hope and struggle at the National Underground Railroad Museum.
Our museum represents the local effort to preserve and display artifacts that chronicles the life on the Underground Railroad. As you tour the museum you will note a variety of centralized artifacts. Each group represents the singular importance of social threads that convey the story of bondage.
The most active of the railroad workers were northern free blacks who had support from white abolitionists. Estimates of the number of slaves assisted vary widely, but only a fraction of those held in bondage ever escaped.
We are fortunate in the Maysville area to be surrounded by stations on the Underground Railroad. Paxton Inn in old Washington and Phillip's Folly in downtown Maysville were two of these sites. To the northwest in Ripley, Ohio is the Rankin House and the John Parker House. These men and their conductors assisted over 2,000 slaves on their journey to FREEDOM.
National Underground
Railroad Museum
c/o Jerry Gore
115 East Third Street
Maysville, Kentucky 41056
Telephone:
Jerry Gore, Executive Director
(606) 564-6986
(606) 564-6063
OPEN
Monday - Saturday
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Printed in cooperation with the Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission.
