Holiday Shopping Day to Benefit the Royall House and Slave Quarters
On Saturday, December 3, 2016, from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m., the museum shop at the Royall House and Slave Quarters will be open for holiday shopping.
Shop for handcrafted items including organic soaps, hand-dipped beeswax candles, and eighteenth-century games, toys, and crafts. Medford-themed books, note cards, postcards, magnets, and ornaments make perfect gifts for current and former residents. An assortment of fiction and nonfiction for adults and children will appeal to history lovers of any age.
The event will be held at the Royall House and Slave Quarters at 15 George Street, Medford. On-street parking is available, and the museum is located on the 96 and 101 MBTA bus routes. Please email director@RoyallHouse.org for more information, visit RoyallHouse.org, find us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.
About the Royall House and Slave Quarters: In the eighteenth century, the Royall House and Slave Quarters was home to the largest slaveholding family in Massachusetts and the enslaved Africans who made their lavish way of life possible. Architecture, household goods, and archaeological artifacts bear witness to the intertwined stories of wealth and bondage, set against the backdrop of America’s quest for independence. The Slave Quarters is the only remaining such structure in the northern United States, and the Royall House is among the finest colonial-era buildings in New England.