March Events at the Museum

Family Fun Day

Saturday, March 8^th  1 PM - 3 PM

Join us at the Museum for lots of family fun and craft activity.  Family Fun Day is held every 2^nd Saturday of the month.  Advance registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12.  Regular Admission.

Appraisal Day

Sunday, March 9th  2 PM

Nye & Company will offer their appraisal services for the afternoon at the Museum.  Bring one object to learn more about it and find out its value.  Please no wine, coins, stamps, collectibles, sporting memorabilia, swords, guns or Pre-Columbian/ Tribal artifacts.  Admission $25 for non-members and $15 for members with a limit of one object per person.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration require!   Call 973-377-2982 x14. 

 

Lucky Leprechaun Day!

Sunday, March 16^th  4 PM - 5PM

Everyone’s Irish for the Day at the Museum.  Learn about Irish history, join in various crafts and activities and enjoy some yummy refreshments.  Appropriate for ages 5-10 years old.  Advance registration recommended; call 973-377-2982 x12 for more information.  $3 admission/ participant & Regular Admission for all others. 

Exhibit Lecture

Sunday, March 30^th  2PM

A Loyalist Farmstead in a World Turned Upside Down, presented by Donald Sherblom, PhD - Learn about the Vought family and the new roles played by the Vought women during the war. Admission $7 for Non-Members, $5 for seniors and students & $3 for Members.  Advance registration recommended; call 973-377-2982.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover

Monday, March 31^st  4 - 5 PM - Tuesday, April 1^st  Regular Hours

Bring your favorite stuffed animal or doll for a sleepover on Monday, March 31^st.  Enjoy a snack and story time with your toy and then tuck them in to spend the night at the Museum.  Come back on Tuesday, April 1^st between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm to pick-up your stuffed animal, make a craft and find out what mischief they have gotten into during the night!  Appropriate for children 2-6 years old.  Advance registration recommended; call 973-377-2982 x12 for more information.  $3 admission/participant & Regular Admission for all others (includes both day's activities). 

New Exhibit Opening

The American Revolution in New Jersey: 

Where the Battlefront Meets the Homefront 

Tuesday, February  25^th  Regular Hours

New Jersey spent much of the American Revolution as a theater of war.  This exhibit explores the rarely told story of New Jersey’s farmers, women and tradesmen and their actions during the war.  Topics discussed include the local civil wars that erupted between revolutionaries and loyalists, the multiple roles that women took on as their men went off to war, and how civilian life was affected by the regular presence of troops.  The exhibit will be open until August 29^th.  Regular Admission.

Carved in Stone: Looking at American Art in New Jersey Burial Grounds

Join Kate Nearpass Ogden, PhD as she presents, Carved in Stone: Looking at American Art in New Jersey Burial Grounds, at the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts on Sunday, January 26^th at 2pm.

Come learn about the varied and important gravestone carvings at Hillside Cemetery in Madison, New Jersey.  Exciting examples include Uzal Ward of Newark, Henry Osborn of Woodbridge, and Noah Norris of Elizabeth.  Their carvings vary from “winged soul” effigies to neo-classical motifs including willows and urns.  Other types and individual stones to be discussed include lambs (for children), a single flower or bud (for young women and girls), Masonic emblems, zinc gravestones, a stone marked “Woodsmen of the World,” and the monument to Naylor and Louisa Harrison, King and Queen of the Romany Gypsies.

Kate Nearpass Ogden is a Professor of Art History at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, where she teaches American art, modern art, and the history of photography.  She received her Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University, New York.  One of her current projects is a special course, Art of New Jersey, in which her students research and write essays for a class website, "The Art & Architecture of New Jersey" (artofnewjersey.net).

Advance registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x13.  Admission $7 for Non-Members & $3 for Members.

December at the Museum

Gift Shop Sale ALL MONTH!

Friday The Thirteenth,   Friday, December 13^th  3:45-5:00 PM

Learn about common superstitions and phobias.  Create a silly phobia of your own.  Story time

& Snack.  Advanced registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12.  $3 admission/ participant & Regular Admission for all others.

Family Fun Day,  Saturday, December 14^th  1 PM - 3 PM

Join us at the Museum for lots of family fun and craft activity.  Family Fun Day is held every 2^nd Saturday of the month.  Advance registration recommended, call 973-377-2982 x12.  Regular Admission.

Holiday Sing, Saturday, December 14^th  2:30 PM

Join in some holiday merriment with a good old fashioned sing sing featuring songs from Handel’s Messiah.  Come to sing or just listen.  Bring your own music if you have it.  All are welcome!  Regular Admission (sheet music extra).  Call 973-377-2982 x12 for more information or to register. 

Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26^th  Regular Hours

Make a decorative box to take home.  Regular Admission.  Call 973-377-2982 x12 for more information.