URR Heritage ToursLearn about the history all around us, here in this "hotbed of abolitionism." This spring and summer KURC again offers our popular narrated tours on the last Sunday afternoons of May, June, July, and August: May 31, June 28, July 26, and August 30, at 1:00 and 2:30 p.m. We also conduct group tours at other times by arrangement. We use a 20-passenger van and can often obtain a van with wheelchair lift, so do inquire. Tours last about an hour and cost $10, $5 for children. Reservations are necessary; call 610-347-2237 for information or to reserve. Tours will depart from the Chester County Visitors Center at Longwood Gardens' entrance. Chester County Visitors CenterAt the Visitors Center, be sure to see the Underground Railroad exhibit, including a replica of Henry "Box" Brown's box, the "slave" dress, and a life-size figure of a fugitive slave. The display also tells the history of this building, the very historic former Longwood Progressive Meeting of Friends. Open 11-5 (Sundays 12-5); admission is free. |
Honor the past.
Celebrate our heritage.
Look to the future with courage and pride.
Today, more than any other time in our country's history, communities are uniting to promote the values and commitments that contribute to the ongoing quest for freedom around the world. The Kennett Underground Railroad Center fosters this movement by celebrating American heroes whose courage led them to dare so much, simply to live a decent life.
Welcome!
The Kennett Underground Railroad Center takes visitors back in history to a time when slavery existed in our nation and the underground railroad was a "trackless trail." Follow that trail with us. Meet the people, hear the legends and learn the facts. Understand why the underground railroad is one of the greatest and most revered events in our country’s history.
Where is Hannah Cox's Diary?
Help us solve a mystery. Click here.
The Kennett Underground Railroad Map
Explore the area's Underground Railroad sites with this clickable map of Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, with pictures and descriptions of many important stops on the "trackless trail." Click Here.
Our Mission
The Kennett Underground Railroad Center, a multicultural and diverse organization, celebrates the values that brought an end to slavery in America and the heroes whose courage led them to dare so much, simply to live a decent life.
Surrounded by one of the greatest concentrations of Underground Railroad stations in the country, we seek to identify and preserve buildings, artifacts, and documents associated with that inspiring time in our history for the purpose of educating present generations and those to come.
Learn more about what we do.
Take an online tourof our former museum space, to learn about KURC's approach and scope.
Read the story of Johnson Hayes Walker , one of the many slaves who came thru Kennett Square.
Here's a link to a February 2009 story about Kennett's Underground Railroad sites in the Washington Post.