May Events at the Museum

Exhibit Lecture,  Sunday, May 4 ^th  2 PM

Slavery and Abolition in Revolutionary New Jersey, presented by James J. Gigantino, PhD - This lecture will examine the impact of the American Revolution on New Jersey African Americans, free and enslaved.  Admission $7 for Non-Members, $5 for seniors and students & $3 for Members.  Advance registration recommended; call 973-377-2982.

Family Fun Day,  Saturday, May 10^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.

Blue Star Museum Season,  Memorial Day – Veteran’s Day  Regular Hours

As a thank you to those in the Armed Forces and their families, METC will once again participate in the Blue Star Museum program.  This is a free admission program available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention Common Access Card (CAC), A DD Form 1173 ID Card, or a DD Form 1173-1 ID Card, which includes active duty military and their immediate family members, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserve.  For more information call 973-377-2982 x14 or visit www.metc.org.  FREE!

 

April's Museum Events

Family Fun Day,  Saturday, April 12^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.

Exhibit Lecture,  Sunday, April  13^th  2 PM

With No Means of Support to Subsist On: Wealth & Poverty in Revolutionary Monmouth County, New Jersey, presented by Michael Adelberg - Explore the degree to which the economic landscape changed in New Jersey after the Revolutionary War.  Admission $7 for Non-Members, $5 for seniors and students & $3 for Members.  Advance registration recommended; call 973-377-2982.

Cook Like a Soldier,  Sunday, April 27^th  2 PM

Join food historian Carolina Capehart as she digs into a soldier’s diet during the Revolutionary War.  Learn about the typical daily rations, what soldiers received and ate, how it was cooked and how it has changed over time.  Exhibit reception to follow.  FREE  Admission.  Space is limited; pre-registration is recommended call 973-377-2982 x14.

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.