Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum

08/19/2026

Thank you, Heather Leah, for showcasing Washington's role on the underground railroad.

06/30/2026

🌻WASHINGTON's NC 250 CELEBRATION AT THE WASHINGTON WATERFRONT UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM!
(Now you didn't think for a minute this great history was left out did you?) SATURDAY JULY 4th 11:00-3:00
Here's what we have for you so far....and we may be adding a minibus tour throughout the historic Black Community!
🌻The Africa to Carolina Exhibit will be on display at the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum through June 30th to July 9th. The exhibit is part of an ongoing initiative started in 2017 by the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission. The Heritage Commission and the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum, find it critically important to talk about African American history 365 days out of the year, and the exhibit is one way of doing it, especially the role it played in the founding of our country. The exhibit serves as a constant reminder that African American history is American history. The exhibit also serves as another opportunity to engage and teach people information that may be entirely new to them. The more eyes and awareness we can bring to this, the better it is for us as to understand and to learn the history of enslaved people and the stories of their resistance and freedom seeking which is a vital part of the fabric of America's 250 History.
🌻The museum will host Mr. Clark Curtis who will be there to share information about his Beaufort County NC Black History Project and conduct interviews for those who would like to record their history.
🌻There will be a celebration of the Black Soldiers from Beaufort County during the Revolutionary War.
🌻 The NAACP will host a voter registration drive.
🌻 Tours of the museum will be offered.
🌻 There will be arts and crafts and games for the children.
🌻🌻🌻 And a special presentation by an enactor about Oney Judge, a women who was enslaved by President George Washingon and his wife who escaped and gained her freedom.
If the weather is too hot, the events will take place at the museum's location in the Harbor District Market.

06/19/2026

Thank you for making today so special to all our visitors who celebrated Juneteenth 2026 with us at the museum today. We had so many visitors today from all over North Carolina, as well as visitors from California, Virginia, Lebanon, Ireland and Michigan.

06/19/2026

Celebrating the great legacy of freedom!

06/08/2026

The Underground Railroad Museum is committed to enhancing the lives and legacies of people of color through many different ways. Our commitment to Beaufort County Community College is just one of those ways. We are proud to serve our community and grateful for the opportunity to do so. Much gratitude to our grantor funding Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina.

Beaufort County Community College y su Small Business Center quieren ayudarle a iniciar o hacer crecer su pequeño negocio. Este taller en español le ayudará a crear un plan de negocios básico para su startup o idea de expansión, y también le dará la oportunidad de presentar su idea para ganar $2,500 dólares en capital semilla.
¡Todo esto es posible gracias a nuestros generosos patrocinadores, incluyendo Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina y Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum! Debe ser residente de los condados de Beaufort, Hyde, Washington o Tyrrell.

Beaufort County Community College and its Small Business Center want to help you start or grow your small business. This workshop in Spanish will help you create a basic business plan for your startup or expansion idea, and will also give you the opportunity to pitch your idea to raise $2,500 in seed capital.
All of this is made possible by our generous sponsors, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum! You must be a resident of Beaufort, Hyde, Washington, or Tyrrell counties.

https://www.ncsbc.net/workshop.aspx?ekey=30460045

06/02/2026

It is hard to believe the Washington NC Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum is celebrating its Tenth Anniversary! A full decade of sharing some of Washington's most amazing history!

04/30/2026

Did you know the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum was ten years old this month?

Just one of the many exhibits you can see at the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum. My favorite exhibit is about this cauldron. While cauldrons were used in man ways, slaves used them in some pretty interesting ways. For example, former slaves gave accounts in WPA (Works Progress Administration) narratives that were documented in 1937 how they would bring the cauldrons into a cabin or shed and turn it upside down to muffle the sounds of their prayer meetings and talks in order to keep slave masters from hearing talk about slave escapes or runaways or meetings. Slaves were forbidden to have meetings without the master's permission.

04/24/2026

Please join us for this amazing opportunity to learn more about Washington's amazing history.

Did you know Washington NC had Freemen's Schools, sometimes referred to as 'Contraband Schools' in 1864?
Want to learn more about the Schools and their locations?

Here's an event you don't want to miss!
The Washington NC Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum, the Beaufort County NC NAACP and Spring Garden Missionary Baptist Church proudly presents,

"Fannie Graves-A Freedmen's School Teacher In Civil War Washington North Carolina.'

On Thursday, April 30th at 7:00, Mr. Tom Hubbard, a great grandnephew of Miss Graves from Westborough Massachusetts, will present a lecture on 'Fannie Graves-A Freedmen's School Teacher In Civil War Washington North Carolina.' at Spring Garden Missionary Baptist Church.526 Gladden Street, Washington NC. The original organizational site for the church hosted a Freedmen's School.

The events is free and a part of Washington's Black History NC 250 Celebrations.