Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County

     Louise Calloway founded the Underground Railroad Museum and operated it for several years in Burlington, New Jersey.  After the museum closed in the spring of 2013, the Burlington County Freeholders announced that her collection would be permanently exhibited at Smithville.  The museum is a part of the Burlington County Parks System.
     I recently visited the museum.  The displays inform the visitor of the Afro-American experience in the Americas, from indentured servitude to slavery to establishment of the escape network known as the Underground Railroad to the American Civil War and elimination of slavery.  The Underground Railroad ceased operation during the Civil War.  From this point, the museum's displays feature stories of prominent Afro-Americans up to the present day.
     The museum hours are Friday and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Admission is free, but donations are accepted.  Picture taking is usually not allowed inside the museum.

     Here is a link to a document about the Underground Railroad published by the New Jersey Historical Commission:

https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10929/24563/h6732002.pdf?sequence=1

Th Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington County

Some local safe havens or "stations" on the Underground Railroad were the Elisha Barcklow House in Moorestown, Dr. George Haines House in Medford, and the present day Burlington Pharmacy in Burlington.  Many other local places are rumored to have been part of the escape network. 

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