The once traveling African-American Museum of Bucks County has found its permanent home in a colonial-era Boone farmhouse in Middletown, writes Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times.

Linda Salley, the museum’s president and executive director, said that during the county commissioners’ meeting last week she believes the museum will be set up in time for next year’s Black History Month.

“We hope it will be open in 2021, by the end of the year,” she said.

She also took the opportunity to thank the county for its efforts in revitalizing the property and making it a place where the museum can permanently showcase its collection and organize exhibits.

Additionally she noted that while Bucks County was home to slaves sold in colonial times at Bristol wharfs, it was also somewhere that many Quakers helped save escaped slaves via the Underground Railroad.

The Boone farm also has strong ties to the Black community, she said. Many African Americans who came from the South to the North heard of work available at the farm and decided to stay instead of moving on to New York.

Read more about the African-American Museum of Bucks County at the Bucks County Courier Times here.