Royall House & Slave Quarters
Royall House Juneteenth Tours
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe 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 …
Royall House Tours Opening Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe 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 …
Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAIt's time to finish preparing the Royall House & Slave Quarters grounds for the museum's 2025 tour season, which opens on June 7. A group of Tufts University students began the task in April by raking and picking up sticks. Today, volunteers will put the final touches on flower boxes, finish some raking, etc. Some …
Royall House Fall Clean-up & Volunteer Reception
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe 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 Closing Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAToday 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 …
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe 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 …
Royall House Tours Opening Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe 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 …
Royall House Spring Clean-up Day
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAIt'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 …
Out of Breath: Slavery, Ventilation, and the Emergence of Epidemiology
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters welcomes Tufts University's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice for a lecture and conversation on slavery, its legacies, and the medical humanities. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jim Downs, author of "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, …
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The Souls of Womenfolk: A Conversation with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters invites you to a special Black History Month book talk with historian and author Alexis Wells- Oghoghomeh. Her 2021 book "The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South" traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an …
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