Neill-Cochran House Museum Juneteenth Celebration
Commemorating the End of Slavery and Honoring the Ongoing Journey Towards Equality
sunday, JUNE 22
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM cst
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring food by Distant Relatives and Music by Christopher D. Spivey & Co.
The Neill-Cochran House Museum invites you to celebrate Juneteenth at a place that brings Austin history to life. Join us for a day of reflection, celebration, and community as we commemorate emancipation and the struggles and triumphs of those who fought for freedom and the ongoing journey towards equality.
This event is free and open to the public, and includes lunch and refreshments.
Event Schedule (12:00pm - 5:00pm)
12:30 - 2:30 - Lunch (until we run out!)
12:30 - 2:30 - Guided tours of the Slave Quarters
2:30 - 3:00 - Welcome and Words by Damien Brockway and Fidencio Duran
3:00 - 4:00 - Gospel Choir (Christopher D. Spivey & Co.)
Stop by anytime 12:00pm - 4:00pm to join the day's activities.
Commemorate Juneteenth 2025 at the Neill-Cochran House Museum. Tour the only intact and accessible slave dwelling in Austin, and reflect on the long journey from slavery to freedom and the contributions of the enslaved – those who truly built Austin.
See the newly-installed interior mural triptych, Give Us This Day by Fidencio Duran. This three-part artwork reconnects the interior of the main house to the Slave Quarters and surrounding back yard and returns to the visual narrative of the main house the lives of all the people who lived and worked at this site.
While you are on site…
take a tour of the Slave Quarters
tour the Neill-Cochran House Musuem main house and view Give Us This Day
lift your voice with gospel choir Christopher D. Spivey & Co.
see The Floating World by Daryl Howard, an exhibition of ukiyo-e inspired woodblock prints on display in the NCHM Gallery.
Lunch is provided free-of-charge by Distant Relatives and will be served from 12:30pm until we run out. For more information, contact us at info@nchmuseum.org
