The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 1:00PM to 4:30pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the […]

Hardenbergh Hikes through History: New Jersey's Artist and Ornithologist at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 [email protected] (908) 725-1015 Sundays at 3pm, August 1, August 8, August 22, August 29, September 1, September 22, and September 29. Explore the Jersey Dutch roots of New Jersey's turn-of-the-century […]

East Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian […]

Apple Harvest Time at Liberty Hall Throughout September You don’t have to travel for some Fall fun, shop local! Stroll our orchard and pick your own apples. Please call 908-527-0400 or email [email protected] before visiting Liberty Hall to see if the apples are ripe for the picking. Subject to supply. Program Time: Sunday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – […]

The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 1:00PM to 4:30pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the […]

Thursday, September 30 Free Virtual Presentation The Monmouth County Historical Association presents What Lies Beneath: Recent Archaeological Investigations at Marlpit Hall and the Allen House Recent archaeological investigations at the Allen House in Shrewsbury and Marlpit Hall in Middletown are revealing significant new information about these storied structures and the people who lived and worked […]

East Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian […]

Apple Harvest Time at Liberty Hall Throughout September You don’t have to travel for some Fall fun, shop local! Stroll our orchard and pick your own apples. Please call 908-527-0400 or email [email protected] before visiting Liberty Hall to see if the apples are ripe for the picking. Subject to supply. Program Time: Sunday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – […]

The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 1:00PM to 4:30pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the […]

Mystery of the Serpent at the 1759 Vought House October 2nd 2021, 10AM 35 Grayrock Rd., Clinton Township The serpent ceiling of the Vought House is over 250 years old. How was it constucted and why has it lasted? How will we restore it? What do you think it means? Join us for a discussion, […]

18th-century kitchen gardens can be thought of as the supermarkets of their times, but in one’s own backyard. They were filled with plants that provided food for the household (peas and carrots anyone?). But they also provided ingredients for household and personal use, such as for keeping fleas from your bed or cleaning your skin, […]

If you are a history lover, need to get the kids out of the house, or just have an inquisitive mind - come visit historic Batsto Village on the first Saturday of every month to join along on a village walking tour. On the tour you will learn about the natural resources, buildings, and people […]

East Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian […]

The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 1:00PM to 4:30pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the […]

Sat, October 2, 2:00pm – 2:30pm Washington Crossing State Park Visitors Center - Titusville, NJ(map) Join a Park Historian for an interpretive talk about some of the weapons used during the American Revolution and their use during the Battle of Trenton. Included will be a musket firing demonstration. Approximately 30-minute program. Park vehicle entrance fee […]

18th-century kitchen gardens can be thought of as the supermarkets of their times, but in one’s own backyard. They were filled with plants that provided food for the household (peas and carrots anyone?). But they also provided ingredients for household and personal use, such as for keeping fleas from your bed or cleaning your skin, […]