Last updated: April 18, 2023
Place
New York: Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum
North Star Underground Railroad Museum, Ausable Chasm, New York
Quick Facts
Location:
Ausable Chasm, New York
Significance:
The Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum is a facility that includes an archive of New York Underground Railroad history
Designation:
Network to Freedom Member (2023)
The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum to the Network in 2023. The Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum is listed in the Network to Freedom as a facility that includes an archive of New York Underground Railroad history as well as Underground Railroad operative Stephen Keese Smith’s memoirs. The museum is already in the Network as a program highlighting the research of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association, founded by Don and Vivian Papson. In 2019, the building which contains the museum was formally donated to the association and continues to share these stories today.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom serves to honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, which continues to inspire people worldwide. The Network currently represents over 700 locations in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through its mission, the Network to Freedom helps to advance the idea that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression.
The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom serves to honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, which continues to inspire people worldwide. The Network currently represents over 700 locations in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through its mission, the Network to Freedom helps to advance the idea that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression.