The William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum continues the story of Crispus Attucks through the life achievements of William C. Goodridge, an African American who rose from slavery to business prominence in York, PA, and later risked everything to help freedom seekers escape from slavery in the mid-1800s.

The museum is an authenticated site on the Underground Railroad, recognized as part of the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom. It is one of the few African American culture sites nationwide, and the only African American museum in York.

Come visit us for an extraordinary experience:

Stand on hallowed ground to see an actual hiding place on the underground railroad
View original daguerreotype, ambrotype & tintype photographs in a place it once existed
View our collection of African American photo jewelry
Go back in history and hear first-person accounts from living history interpreters

Meet at Hope Station (149 W Penn Street, Carlisle PA 17013) at 10 am for a continental breakfast, and we will leave at 11:00am to go to the museum together. The tour will begin at noon.

Goodridge Freedom Center & Underground Railroad Tour