Historic Happenings Blog

Early Jewish  Agricultural Settlements September 13, 2021 - February 4, 2022 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Executive Director’s Phone: (609) 626-3420 - Kramer Hall Main Office Phone: (609) 626-3840 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday: 8:30 am - 8 pm Tuesday: 8:30 am - 9 pm Wednesday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Thursday: 8:30 am - 8 pm Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed Closed: January 1st, April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

Noyes Artist Members: 2021 October 2, 2021 - January, 2022 Atlantic City NOYES ARTS GARAGE 2200 Fairmount Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 P: (609) 350-6662 C: (609) 892-0439 HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00AM - 6:00PM Sunday 11:00AM - 5:00PM Requested Donations: Adults $3 | Students $2 | Wednesdays FREE | Military FREE

  Treacy Ziegler October 2021 Atlantic City NOYES ARTS GARAGE 2200 Fairmount Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 P: (609) 350-6662 C: (609) 892-0439 HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00AM - 6:00PM Sunday 11:00AM - 5:00PM Requested Donations: Adults $3 | Students $2 | Wednesdays FREE | Military FREE

 

Jacqueline Sandro-Greenwell July 2 - September 26, 2021 Artist’s Website Atlantic City NOYES ARTS GARAGE 2200 Fairmount Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 P: (609) 350-6662 C: (609) 892-0439 HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00AM - 6:00PM Sunday 11:00AM - 5:00PM Requested Donations: Adults $3 | Students $2 | Wednesdays FREE | Military FREE

 

 

  Realism: Nick Savides May 17 - September 3, 2021 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Executive Director’s Phone: (609) 626-3420 - Kramer Hall Main Office Phone: (609) 626-3840 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday: 8:30 am - 8 pm Tuesday: 8:30 am - 9 pm Wednesday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Thursday: 8:30 am - 8 pm Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed Closed: January 1st, April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

Lunch & Learn: Online monthly speaker series!   "Data? I'm all ears! The JC NERR's Soundscape Ecology project" When: Wednesday, May 12th 2021. 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Presenter: Andrea Habeck, Stewardship Coordinator for the Jacques Cousteau Reserve Register  here . 

Friday and Saturday 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Reserve your seat   here .  

Lunch & Learn: Online monthly speaker series!    "101 Things to do at the Jersey Shore" When: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021. 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Presenter: Author, Robert Staab Register  here .  

Joseph Pfeiffer-Herbert April 6 - June 27, 2021 Artist’s Website Atlantic City NOYES ARTS GARAGE 2200 Fairmount Avenue Atlantic City, NJ 08401 P: (609) 350-6662 C: (609) 892-0439 HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 11:00AM - 6:00PM Sunday 11:00AM - 5:00PM Requested Donations: Adults $3 | Students $2 | Wednesdays FREE | Military FREE

Easton Nights:  Peter Ydeen April 6 - June 27, 2021 Artist’s Website Noyes Museum of Art, Kramer Hall 30 Front Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037 Phone: (609) 626-3420 The Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall add vibrancy to the Arts District in downtown Hammonton with exhibitions that change seasonally.  The Noyes showcases the work of a wide range of artists including those from New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic region, nationally and internationally prominent artists as well as Stockton faculty and students.  The space allows the Noyes Museum to better serve the populations of western Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Salem and Camden Counties. Kramer Hall Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed Closed: April 21st, May 27th, July 4th, September 2nd, November 28th, December 25th

 

The Mount: A Great American House & garden Designed by a Great American Writer Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. Anne K. Schuyler, Director of Visitor Services  Edith Wharton is known today mainly for her contribution to American literature, yet she was also a skilled pioneer of house and garden design. This program will look at The Mount, Wharton’s elegant estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, which she designed with the same passion and lucidity she applied to her written work. This evening we will survey the history of The Mount from its creation in 1902 to today, where its thrives as a cultural center that celebrates the intellectual, artistic, and humanitarian legacy of Edith Wharton. About this Event $25; $18 Friend of Morven; Series: $75; $50 Friend of Morven We are delighted to build on Morven’s popular Grand Homes & Gardens Distinguished Speakers Series with another stellar lineup for 2021. Join us in armchair travel with “The Woman of the House” as this year’s theme. The program

Bernadette Rogoff presents We are Present and Future Women Freehold Young Ladies Seminary, 1845-1898 Monmouth County Historical Association Thursday, March 18, 2021 Zoom Bernadette Rogoff, author and Director of Collections at MCHA, has been curating Monmouth County history for three decades. Her impressive career has established her as one of the premier historians of Monmouth County history, with a staggering breadth of knowledge that is matched only by her natural storytelling ability.   There is no "one way" to classify the areas that Bernadette specializes in - from portraiture to 18th and 19th-century textile identification and preservation to the most unique and obscure objects in our collection - you'll have to take our word for it! This lecture will spotlight the Freehold Young Ladies Seminary, one of the most prestigious female educational institutions on the eastern seaboard, as well as give a glimpse into the lives of some of the impressive young ladies who at

Glebe House & Gertrude Jekyll’s Garden Tuesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m. LoriAnn Witte, Director The Glebe House, built about 1740, is celebrating its 96th year in operation in 2021 as an historic house museum and garden.  It was the home of Rev. John Rutgers Marshall, his wife Sarah, nine children and three slaves from 1771 to 1786 and is furnished with period furniture including a wonderful collection of furniture made in Woodbury during the 18th century. By the 1920s the house had passed through several owners and fallen into great disrepair. The Glebe House was restored in 1923 under the direction of Henry Watson Kent, a pioneer of early American decorative arts and founder of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. One of the early historic house museums in the country, The Glebe House opened its doors to the public in 1925. The Garden In 1926, the famed English horticultural designer and writer Gertrude Jekyll was commissioned by board member Annie Burr Jenn

  Genealogical Society of Bergen County (GSBC) Extra Monday, 11 January @ 2pm Free Online Webinar—All Experience Levels are Welcome Did you realize that you have a UNIQUE archive in your house right now? Your family photos! Your research can come alive with images but finding, scanning, and preserving them can be a daunting prospect. In this series, we’ll explore using images in your research—from the view of Michelle D. Novak, a brand designer, photographer, and Masters of Information candidate at Rutgers University. (P.S., It’s her favorite topic!) Part one (Monday, 11 January 2021 @ 2pm)  will focus on how to understand and preserve the images you may have lingering in your photo albums and shoeboxes. We’ll also look at ways to find images in online collections, how photos can bring deeper meaning to your research, introduce some archival supplies to preserve your originals for future generations, and look at how to connect with members of your family through with photos. REGISTER F

HARBOR HILL & BEACON TOWERS: LONG ISLAND “GOLD COAST” MANSIONS AND THE WOMEN WHO CREATED THEM Thursday, March 11, 6:30 p.m Gary Lawrance, Architectural Historian and Lecturer Join us on a trip to the “Gold Coast” of 1920’s Long Island to meet Katherine Duer, wife of Silver heir Clarence Mackay and her fabulous over 60 room Harbor Hill mansion once located at Roslyn. Mrs. Mackay not only managed the home when completed, but also oversaw the planning with “Gilded Age”, architect Stanford White and during Harbor Hill’s construction. We will also meet Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. Known as a force to be reckoned with, Alva Erskin Smith first married a Vanderbilt and built one of the most dazzling mansions on New York’s Fifth Avenue, then the equally splendid summer cottage, “Marble House” at Newport, Rhode Island. With her second husband Oliver Hazard Belmont she enlarged his Newport mansion and then a home at East Meadow, Long Island. After his passing Mrs. Belmont built a Castle on the Lo

  Lunch & Learn: Online monthly speaker series!   "Gardening for Terrapins on Great Bay" When: Wednesday, March 10th 2021. 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Presenter: Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey

  Register  here  for the Owl Call Nature Walk. 

Signs of Spring Walk with Horticulturist Louise Senior at Morven! Sunday, February 28 2:00 p.m. $10; $5 for Friends of Morven Are you ready to think Spring? Morven's fabled front porch wisteria won't be in full bloom in February, but we can check on its progress during our walk!  Safely get outside with  Morven’s Horticulturist Louise Senior as she tours the grounds and gardens looking for signs of Spring. Please dress accordingly with comfortable, water resistant boots or shoes. Rain cancels walk.  Details on where to meet on Morven's grounds will be provided to all registrants by email prior to the program. Masking, limited group capacity, and CDC social distancing requirements will all be observed. HOURS OF OPERATION Wednesdays through Sundays, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please note: docent led tours are available indoors on a limited basis at this time. We will close from 1:00 to 1:30 for a cleaning  Morven Museum & Garden 55 Stockton Street Princeton, New Jersey

Seashell Sunday Bayshore Waterfront Park Activity Center 719 Port Monmouth Rd, Port Monmouth, NJ 07758 Sunday, February 28, 2021, from 1:00-2:00 PM (All ages. Under 18 with an adult) Starting a shell collection this year? It’s the best way to get to know the Jersey Shore. Want to know where shells come from? Can’t figure out what you found on the beach? Bring it in and we will tell you all about seashells and how to collect them without harming the environment. Plus we will feature an assortment of mollusks, crustaceans, and other cool beach finds and artifacts to view. No registration needed, just bring your questions.