Exhibit: Resistance & Resilience: Slavery and Freedom in Marblehead

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Resistance & Resilience: Slavery and Freedom in Marblehead

A Permanent Exhibit in Marblehead Museum's 1768 Jeremiah Lee Estate Visitor Center

157 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA 01945

marbleheadmuseum.org; 781-631-1768

Inside the new exhibit



Explore the hidden histories of the North Shore. Featuring original documents and artifacts, Marblehead Museum's new permanent exhibit, “Resistance & Resilience,” celebrates the humanity, agency, and contributions of those enslaved in a Colonial seaport community, including those free and enslaved Black individuals who served during the Revolution. The exhibit also tackles the hypocrisy of those who white men who fought for "liberty" from England while enslaving people in those own homes.

Located in one of only three surviving detached slave quarters owned by a historic site in New England.

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, March through December 24th (closed Thanksgiving Weekend).

Admission by donation.