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About Gore Place
Gore Place is a 50-acre country estate in the city, a grand Mansion steeped in history, a working farm, and an invaluable community resource. Gore Place is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and receives funding from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
The mission of Gore Place is to preserve and promote the 1806 country estate of Christopher and Rebecca Gore as a unique community resource that tells the story of early 19th century American life.
Gore Place is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are grateful for contributions from individuals, corporations, and government agencies that help us meet our mission.
Gore Place's Statement on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion
"Strive to live in peace with all," Robert Roberts, The House Servant's Directory, p.72, published in 1827
Gore Place is proud of our work to bring greater awareness of an important African-American historical figure, Robert Roberts. We condemn the continuing brutal violence perpetrated against Black people in our nation and we stand with those who are calling for a national change to secure justice and decency for all. Therefore we will continue to strive for ways to provide excellence in programs at Gore Place to strengthen racial diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion in our community.
Towards the goals of securing social justice and decency for all, we hereby pledge our collective efforts to strengthen racial diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion within our community in the following ways:
1. We are committed to continuing to fund scholarly research on Robert Roberts with the aim of creating an interactive website devoted to his story and to republish The House Servant’s Directory with a new scholarly foreword that includes information on Robert Roberts and his quiet activism.
2. We will ensure that our tours include information on the early 19th c. history of race, class and economic disparity in America.
3. We will continue our efforts to improve accessibility at Gore Place in order to welcome and include all.
4. As we look for ways to diversify our programming and scholarship, we will join in conversation with peer organizations.
5. We have established a Board Standing Committee on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) that will meet quarterly to make recommendations to the Board on actions or activities in support of DEAI at Gore Place.
