The exhibition was designed by Barbara M. Golde, the special exhibit project manager at Brookfield Museum & Historical Society, and Laura Mancuso, a board of directors member. The summer show will be on view until the end of August.

Among the displays found is a section on the life of  Jesse Hine, a former slave who arrived in Brookfield via the Underground Rail Road during the Civil War. He was actively assisted by abolitionists from Brookfield Center. For years he lived on the Stevens farm on  Kellogg Street doing chores in return for his room and board.

Another part of the exhibit contains a listing of codes and special terms used by members of the Underground Railroad. For example the gospel or freedom train was the Underground Railroad. The conductor was a guide who led the slaves to freedom and the station was a safe house with the station master the house owner.

The museum is open each Saturday and the first Sunday of each month from noon to 4 pm or by special appointment. For more information on this and other public events scheduled by the Brookfield Museum and Historical Society visit BrookfieldCTHistory.org or call 740-8140.

The museum is at the intersection of Routes 25 and 133.