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Admission Prices
$11 adults
$9 seniors (65+)
$9 college students (valid ID)
$6 children ages 6-17
Free to the public Tuesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Always free for MHS members and children age 5 and under.
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Exhibit Hours
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday;
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday (open Monday holidays year round).
Museum Holiday Hours
Library Hours
12 to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
12 to 5 p.m. Wed.-Fri.;
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday;
12-4 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday.



Believing that ending slavery was the only way to save America’s national soul, influential social critic and former slave Frederick Douglass used the power of words to persuade his reluctant countrymen to unshackle the United States from its most terrible institution. With David Blight, Yale University.