• The pulpit, floor, and pews in the African Meeting House, the center of the free African American community in antebellum Boston and birthplace of the Abolition Movement.

    Boston African American

    National Historic Site Massachusetts

Visit the Museum of African American History

The Museum of African American History's Abiel Smith School and African Meeting House are
open to the public year round, six days a week, Monday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
National Park Rangers are available there throughout the day for historic talks.

To learn more about the Museum of African American History, please visit here.


Did You Know?

Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman and the Boston African American NHS logo

In 1783, Massachusetts became the first state in the country to officially abolish slavery, after two slaves, Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman and Qwok Walker, successfully sued in separate cases for their freedom.