We are Open for In-Person Visitors, June-October, Sundays, 12-4PM

Located at 225 Nonotuck St. in Florence, the museum at the David Ruggles Center for History and Education is open to in-person visitors, Sunday afternoons, 12-4, June-October. Visits can also be arranged by appointment- please email info@davidrugglescenter.org. Covid Protocol: Masks are required for vaccinated people. We intend to keep the galleries uncrowded. If there is a large number of visitors, people will be asked to have a seat on our front porch while we wait for things to open up. Current exhibits: David Ruggles: At the Vanguard of Liberty “The Spirit Calls Me There”: Sojourner Truth in Florence, 1844-1857 Lydia Maria Child, Abolitionist People, Places, and Paper: The Underground Railroad in Northampton and Florence (Upcoming:) Finding Freedom in Florence: The Story of Basil Dorsey, A Formerly Enslaved Abolitionist. For more information, please email info@davidrugglescenter.org