Pre-registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12. Regular Admission.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Read Across America Day
Pre-registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12. Regular Admission.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Songs of the Past
Songs of the Past
Sunday, March 3rd
2 PM
Join singer and pianist, Deborah Fennelly as she and pianist David Mauillo fill the air with songs from the 18th Century.
Space is Limited. Advance registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x14. Admission is $10 for non-members & $5 for Members.
Friday, February 1, 2013
New Exhibit Opening
The Work of Play
On Tuesday, February 26th during Regular Hours, the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts will open the new exhibit The Work of Play.
This exhibit explores the multi-layered connections between leisure activities and the trades they helped to support. For example, musical instrument makers made their living producing instruments used for entertainment at various social gatherings. The exhibit will focus on the topics of
Toys and Games, Print Culture, Music, Fashion and Taverns. Don't miss what is sure to be a fun experience for all!
This
exhibit will remain open until August 2013. Throughout
the exhibit’s duration, various public programs will take
place. For more information
visit our website at www.metc.org
or call 973-377-2982. Regular
Admission.Tuesday, January 15, 2013
TEACHER WORKSHOP
WINTER TEACHER WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24
4:00-6:00 PM
“HANDS-ON
HISTORY”
Visit the Museum for
- Specific details of some of our most popular field trip offerings
- Hands-on craft experience with samples to take with you
- Refreshments
- 25% discount on programs booked before June 15, 2013 for the 2013-14 school year
- 2 Continuing Education Units
Space is limited, so please
RSVP early to:
Meg Wastie, Curator of
Education
973-377-2982, x12 schools@metc.org
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Harp Ensemble Concert at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
On Sunday, January 6th at 2:00 PM the Museum of Early
Trades & Crafts will host an afternoon Harp Ensemble featuring harpist
Odarka Stockert and the Harpantics.
Join musician Odarka Stockert
as she gathers an ensemble of her fellow harpists in one unbelievable afternoon
of music. Be swept away with the beauty
of the sound of this harp ensemble and enjoy.
Odarka Polanskyj Stockert
is an accomplished harpist with a repertoire spanning the centuries — from
Classical to Broadway to Folk. Based in Millburn, New Jersey, she performs on both the concert pedal harp and the folk harp, and
is available to play a variety of engagements; including weddings, corporate
functions, holiday concerts, medieval events, and children’s programs.
Odarka was a long time
student of celebrated concert harpist, the late Leone Paulson, of South Orange, New Jersey, with whom she performed as a member of the Paulson Harp Ensemble.
She spent several summers in Dublin, Ireland, in workshop studies and participating in the
O’Carolan Irish Harp and Granard Harp Competitions, winning awards and honors
in both.
She is also a
collaborator of the Yara Arts Group based at the La Mama, ETC in New York and
has performed in many Yara events and productions. Additionally, she is a
founding member of Glendalough’s Muse, a celtic flute and harp duo and Suenos
del Alma, a latin inspired harp and violin duo.
Odarka lives in Millburn, with her husband Thomas, and daughters Sophia
and Ariadna.
$10 Admission for non-members & $5 Admission
for Members (includes admission to the Museum).
Space is limited.
Pre-registration is highly recommended, call 973-377-2982 x14.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Holiday Sing Along
On Saturday, December 22nd at 2:30 pm stop in for some holiday merriment with a good old fashion sing sing at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts.
Join
in the singing or come to listen for this hour long event. Guests will be given
sheet music and conducted by Jeanette Hile, Professor
Emeritus of Seton Hall University.
No
experience needed. All
are welcome!
Advanced
registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12. Regular Admission.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Lionel Train Display
Madison
resident, Ken Capuder installed a mini exhibit of his Lionel Train collection as
part of the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts’ Collectors Cabinet.
Capuder states,
“I always liked mechanical things. Since
the commuter line ran a little more than a block from my house, this attraction
manifested itself as an enthusiasm for trains at a very young age. When my Dad brought my brother to his music
lessons in a nearby town that had freight service, I always tagged along with
the hope he would take me to the candy store and let me watch the colorful and
varied freight trains roll by. I started
with HO trains when I was about seven and then my Aunt and Uncle bought me a
used Lionel set for my ninth birthday.
The Lionels had more heft, were noisier, and made smoke. I was hooked.”
When Ken’s son
was young he showed his old set to him and soon he was hooked as well. “Since then, our Lionel accumulation has
grown steadily. We have a modest table
on which we run O Gauge Lionel Trains from the 1940s through the 1990s. The trains in this display are larger, having
a distance between the outer rails of the track that is about twice that of O
Gauge. Lionel called this “Standard
Gauge” and produced the items here between 1914 and the early 1930s in
factories in Newark, Irvington, and Hillside.
These toys were crafted and assembled by hand with the assistance of
machines in the making of the parts and metal stampings,” says Ken.
The Museum
invites guests young and old to visit this nostalgic exhibit and enjoy the
variety of trains Ken has put out on display.
The exhibit will be on display until mid-February, 2013.
If you have a
unique collection you would be interested in showcasing contact Education
Curator, Meg Wastie at 973-377-2982 x12, schools@metc.org
for more information.
Regular Admission. Regular Hours. Call 973-377-2982 x12 for more information or
visit www.metc.org.
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