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  • Royall House Spring Clean-up Day

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    It's time to prepare the Royall House & Slave Quarters grounds for the museum's 2024 tour season, which opens on June 8. Spring clean-up tasks will include general raking and bagging of leaves, pruning, and sprucing up of the property to make it shine. Some tools will be available, but if you have garden rakes …

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  • Royall House Tours Opening Day

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2024 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through October 20.  Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall …

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    Free – $15
  • Reading Frederick Douglass Together

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    The Royall House and Slave Quarters presents it second annual Reading Frederick Douglass Together program on the museum grounds. Community members are invited to gather on the lawn in front of the historic Slave Quarters building to read/listen to Douglass's "What, To The Slave, is the Fourth of July?" to honor the long history of …

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    Free
  • Author Talk: Mike Curato

    Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MA

    The Medford Public Library and Royall House & Slave Quarters invite you to a conversation with the novelist Michael Curato about his award- winning book, "Flamer." Set in 1995 at a Boy Scouts summer camp, "Flamer" tells the story of Aiden, a 14-year-old who is on a journey of figuring out himself and his sexuality. Semi-autobiographical, Curato’s …

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    Free
  • Royall House Tours Closing Day

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    Today is the final day of the 2024 tour season for the Royall House & Slave Quarters. The museum offers guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall …

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    Free – $15
  • Royall House Fall Clean-up & Volunteer Reception

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    The Royall House & Slave Quarters invites volunteers to lend a hand at its annual Fall Garden Clean-up. Grab your rakes (or use one provided) and join friends and neighbors for this fun work morning. After the clean-up (10 a.m. to noon), a celebration will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Slave …

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  • Royall House Tours Opening Day

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    The Royall House & Slave Quarters reopens today for its 2025 tour season. The museum will offer guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday through mid-October. Admission for guided tours of the mansion is $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is always free for Royall House …

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    Free – $15
  • Royall House Juneteenth Tours

    Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MA

    The Royall House & Slave Quarters is offering free tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in celebration of Juneteenth. In the 18th century, the Royall House & Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Today, the Royall …

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    Free