DRC Museum is Open, May-October, Sundays, 12-4PM and by Appointment @ 225 Nonotuck St, Florence

The DRC is open Sunday afternoons, 12-4. Come learn about the courageous individuals in 1840s and 1850s Florence who challenged slavery and prejudice, and sought to build a community based on principles of race, gender, class and religious equality. Exhibits tells the stories of famous abolitionist icons who lived in Florence like Sojourner Truth and David Ruggles, and ordinary heroes like Basil Dorsey who escaped slavery and built a new life in freedom here while continuing to engage in antislavery work.

Current exhibits include: 

~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 

Visitors are also invited to peruse the DRC’s extensive library or make an appointment for the archive.  Museum tours are also availably by appointment. For inquiries of all types, please email info@davidrugglescenter.org. We are located in the historic blue house with the white porch at 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA.