Each town in New Jersey has a story to tell with rich history dating back hundreds of years. Thanks to your local historical society, it has never been easier to bring your family to your town’s historical museum to learn about what makes the place you call home so special. Find a historical museum in NJ with NJMOM’s Historical Museum Guide and visit a museum in New Jersey.
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Here are 230+ New Jersey Historical Museums:
Atlantic County:
Absecon: Hewlett Hall Museum, 100 New Jersey Ave, Absecon, NJ 08201
Atlantic City: Atlantic City Historical Museum, 907 Shore Rd, Somers Point, NJ 08244 | African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, 2200 Fairmount Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Brigantine Beach: Brigantine History Museum, 3607 Atlantic Brigantine Blvd, Brigantine, NJ 08203
Egg Harbor City: Roundhouse Museum, 533 London Ave, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
Egg Harbor City Historical Society Museum, 533 London Ave, Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215
Egg Harbor Township: Greate Egg Harbor Township Historical Society Museum, 6647 West Jersey Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Elwood: Mullica Township Historical Society & Museum, 4528 White Horse Pike, Elwood, NJ 08217
Galloway: Galloway Historical Society Museum, 300 E Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ 08205
Hammonton: Batsto Village, Hammonton Rd, Hammonton, NJ 08037
Historical Society of Hammonton Museum, 333 Vine St, Hammonton, NJ 08037
Linwood: Leedsville School Museum, 16 Poplar Avenue, Linwood, NJ 08221
1544 Building, 1544 Shore Road, Linwood, NJ 08221
Longport: Longport Museum, 2305 Atlantic Ave, Longport, NJ 08403
Margate City: Margate Historical Society Museum, 7 S Washington Ave, Margate City, NJ 08402
Mays Landing: Township of Hamilton Historical Society Museum, 49 Mill St, Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Northfield: Northfield Museum and Casto House, Birch Grove Park, Northfield, NJ 08225
– Historical Risley Homestead, 8 Virginia Ave, Northfield, NJ 08225
Somers Point: Somers Point Historical Museum, 745 Shore Rd, Somers Point, NJ 08244
Ventnor City: Ventnor City Historical Society Museum – 6500 Atlantic Avenue, Ventnor, NJ 08406
Weymouth: Weymouth Historic Museum – 45 South Jersey Avenue, Dorothy, NJ 08317
Bergen County:
Allendale: John Fell House, 475 Franklin Turnpike, Allendale, NJ 07401
Alpine: Kearney House, North End of Alpine Picnic Area in Palisades Interstate Park, Alpine, NJ 07630
Bergenfield: Bergenfield Museum, Tunis Cooper Property, 100 Cooper Street, Bergenfield, NJ 07621
Carlstedt: Carlstedt Historical Society & Firehouse Museum, 503 6th St, Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Fort Lee: Fort Lee Museum, 1589 Parker Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Ho-Ho-Kus: The Hermitage, 335 Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423
Lyndhurst: Little Red Schoolhouse, Riverside Ave, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Park Ridge: Pascack Historical Society Museum, 19 Ridge Ave, Park Ridge, NJ 0765
Wortendyke Barn Museum, 13 Pascack Rd, Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Ridgewood: Ridgewood Schoolhouse Museum, 650 E Glen Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
River Edge: Historic New Bridge Landing, 1205 Main St, River Edge, NJ 07661
Bergen County Historical Society, 1201 Main St, River Edge, NJ 07661
Rutherford: Meadowlands Museum, 91 Crane Ave, Rutherford, NJ 07070
Westwood: Westwood Heritage Society Museum, Westwood Train Station, Broadway and Westwood Ave, Westwood, NJ 07675
Burlington County:
Bordentown: Firehouse Gallery, 8 Walnut St, Bordentown, NJ 08505
Bordentown Historical Society Museum, 302 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, NJ 08505
Burlington: Burlington County Historical Society, 451 High St, Burlington, NJ 08016
Chesterfield: Chesterfield Historical Society Museum, 2 Front St, Chesterfield, NJ 08515
Delran: Delran Historical Society Museum, 900 Chester Avenue, Delran NJ 08075
Evesham Township: Inskeep/Higginbotham House, 10 Madison Court Evesham Township, NJ 08053
Lumberton: Lumberton Historical Society Museum, 602 Main Street, Lumberton, NJ 08048
Medford: Kirby’s Mill, 275 Church Road, Medford, NJ 08055
Moorestown: Smith-Cadbury Mansion, 12 High Street, Moorestown, NJ 08057
Mount Holly: Burlington County Prison Museum, 128 High St, Mt Holly, NJ 08060
Mount Laurel: Paulsdale, 128 Hooten Road, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Riverside: Riverside Historical Society Museum, Historic Watch Case Building, 2nd Floor, 1 N Pavilion Ave, Riverside, NJ 08075
Roebling: Roebling Museum, 100 2nd Ave, Roebling, NJ 08554
Southampton: Jack Allen Memorial Country Living Museum, 224 Landing St, Southampton, NJ 08088
Westhampton Township: Peachfield, 180 Burrs Rd, Westampton, NJ 08060
Camden County:
Cherry Hill: Barclay Farmstead Museum, 209 Barclay Ln, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Camden: Camden County Museum, 1900 Park Blvd, Camden, NJ 08103
Pomona Hall, 1900 Park Blvd, Camden, NJ 08103
Walt Whitman House, 330 Mickle Blvd, Camden, NJ 08103
Collingswood: Collings-Knight House, 500 Collings Ave. Collingswood, NJ 08107
Haddonfield: Greenfield Hall, 343 Kings Hwy E, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Indian King Tavern Museum, 233 Kings Highway East, Haddonfield, NJ 08003
Lawnside: Peter Mott House, 26 Kings Ct, Lawnside, NJ 08045
Magnolia: Magnolia Train Station Museum, 438 Evesham Ave W, Magnolia, NJ 08049
Pennsauken Township: Griffith Morgan House, 243 Griffith Morgan Ln, Pennsauken Township, NJ 08110
Cape May County:
Avalon: Avalon History Center, 215 39th St, Avalon, NJ 08202
Cape May: Museum of Cape May County, 504 U.S. 9, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Colonial House Museum, 653 1/2 Washington Street, Cape May, NJ 08204
Historic Cold Spring Village, 720 U.S. 9, Cape May, NJ 08204
Dennis Township: Dennis Township Museum and History Center, 681 Petersburg Road, Dennisville, NJ 08214
Ocean City: Ocean City Historical Museum, 1735 Simpson Ave # 3, Ocean City, NJ 08226
Sea Isle City: Sea Isle City Historical Museum, 4800 Central Ave, Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
Stone Harbor: Stone Harbor Museum, 235 93rd St, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247
Wildwood: Wildwood Historical Museum, 3907 Pacific Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260
Woodbine: Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, 610 Washington Ave, Woodbine, NJ 08270
Cumberland County:
Bridgeton: Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center, 1325 NJ-77, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Woodruff Museum of Indian Artifacts, 150 E Commerce St, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Greenwich: Cumberland County Prehistorical Museum, 1461 Bridgeton Road, Greenwich, NJ 08323
Gibbon House Museum, 960 Ye Greate Street, Greenwich, NJ 08323
Mauricetown: Caesar Hoskins Log Cabin, South and Second Streets, Mauricetown, NJ 08332
Edward Compton House, 1229 Front Street, Mauricetown, NJ 08323
Port Norris: John DuBois Maritime Museum, 2800 High Street (Bivalve) Port Norris, NJ 08349
Vineland: Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Museum, 108 S Seventh St, Vineland, NJ 08360
Essex County:
Bloomfield: Historical Society of Bloomfield Museum, 90 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Caldwell: Grover Cleveland Birthplace, 207 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006
Montclair: Charles S. Schultz House, 30 N Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
Crane House and Museum, 110 Orange Rd, Montclair, NJ 07042
Newark: John Ballantine House, 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ 07102
New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Pl, Newark, NJ 07102
Nutley: Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street, Nutley, NJ 07110
Short Hills: Millburn-Short Hills Historical Museum Society, Station Plaza, Short Hills, NJ 07078
West Orange: Thomas Edison National Historical Park, 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052
Gloucester County:
Cedar Grove: Morgan Farm and Museum, 903 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Glassboro: South Jersey Museum of American History, 123 High St E, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Mullica Hill: Old Town Hall Museum, 62 South Main Street, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
National Park: Red Bank Battlefield Park, 100 Hessian Ave, National Park, NJ 08063
Swedesboro: Swedesboro-Woolwich Historical Society and Museum, 1500 Kings Highway, Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Williamstown: Ireland Hofer House, 313 Main St, Williamstown, NJ 08094
Woodbury: Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House, 58 North Broad Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096
Hudson County:
Bayonne: Bayonne Community Museum, 229 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
Hoboken: Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 350 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Kearney: Kearny Museum, 318 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ 07032
Hunterdon County:
Alexandria: Prevost House, 1100 Milford-Frenchtown Road, Alexandria 08848
Califon: Califon Historical Society Station Museum, 5 Center St, Califon, NJ 07830
Clinton: Red Mill Museum Village, 56 Main St, Clinton, NJ 08809
Flemington: Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main St, Flemington, NJ 08822
Samuel Fleming House, 5 Bonnell St, Flemington, NJ 08822
Doric House, 114 Main St, Flemington, NJ 08822
Historic Courthouse, 75 Main St., Flemington, NJ 08822
Hampton: Solitude Heritage Museum, 117 Van Syckles Rd, Hampton, NJ 08827
Township of Lebanon Museum at New Hampton, 57 Musconetcong River Rd, Hampton, NJ 08827
Lambertville: James Wilson Marshall House, 60 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum, 1605 Daniel Bray Hwy, Lambertville, NJ 08530
Howell Living History Farm, 1605 Daniel Bray Hwy, Lambertville, NJ 08530
Readington Township: Reading Township Museums, 114 Dreahook Road, Stanton, NJ 08885
Tewksbury: Tewksbury Historical Society Museum, 60 Water St, Lebanon, NJ 08833
Mercer County:
Ewing Township: Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal City Road, Ewing, NJ 08638
Sarnoff Museum at TCNJ, The College of New Jersey at G Street, Ewing, NJ 08628
Hamilton: Camp Olden Civil War Round Table and Museum, 2202 Kuser Rd, Hamilton Township, NJ 08690
Isaac Watson House, 151 Westcott Ave., Hamilton, NJ 08619
John Abbott II House, 2200 Kuser Road, Hamilton, NJ 08691
Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Ave, Hamilton Township, NJ 08610
Hightstown: Ely House Museum, 164 North Main Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520
Hopewell: Hopewell Museum, 28 E Broad St, Hopewell, NJ 08525
Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Rd, Titusville, NJ 08560
Lawrenceville: Brearley House, 100 Meadows Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Princeton: Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542
Clarke House Museum, 500 Mercer Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540
Drumthwacket, 354 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ 08540
Port Mercer Canal House, 4278 Quakerbridge Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540
Meredith Havens Fire Museum of Trenton, 244 Perry Street, Trenton, NJ 08618
Trenton: Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack St, Trenton, NJ 08608
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton, NJ 08606
William Trent House, 15 Market St, Trenton, NJ 08611
Middlesex County:
Cranbury: Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Pl E, Cranbury, NJ 08512
East Brunswick: East Brunswick Museum, 16 Maple St, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Edison: Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, 37 Christie St, Edison, NJ 08820
Jamesburg: Buckelew Mansion, Buckelew Ave, Jamesburg, NJ 08831
New Brunswick: Buccleuch Mansion, 200 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Rutgers University Geology Museum, 85 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Perth Amboy: Kearny Cottage, 63 Catalpa Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Proprietary House, 149 Kearny Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Piscataway: Cornelius Low House, 1225 River Rd, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854
East Jersey Olde Towne Village, 1050 River Rd, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854
Metlar-Bodine House, 1281 River Rd, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854
Monmouth County:
Asbury Park: Stephen Crane House Museum, 508 Fourth Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Eatontown: Eatontown Historical Museum, 75 Broad St, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Farmingdale: Allaire Village, 4265 Atlantic Ave, Farmingdale, NJ 07727
Freehold: Covenhoven House,150 West Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 70 Court St, Freehold, NJ 07728
Holmdel: Holmes-Hendrickson House, 62 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center, 1 Memorial Ln, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Howell: MacKenzie Museum, 427 Lakewood Farmingdale Rd, Howell, NJ 07731
Old Ardena Schoolhouse, Old Tavern Road Howell, NJ 07731
Oakhurst: Township of Ocean Historical Museum, 703 Deal Rd, Ocean, NJ 07712
Ocean Grove: Centennial Cottage, 50 Pitman Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
Museum of the Historical Society of Ocean Grove, 50 Pitman Ave, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756
Shrewsbury: Allen House, 400 Sycamore Ave, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
Spring Lake: Spring Lake Historical Society Museum, 5th St, Spring Lake, NJ 07762
Morris County:
Boonton: Boonton Historical Society and Museum, 210 Main St, Boonton Township, NJ 07005
Butler: Butler Museum, 1 Ace Rd, Butler, NJ 07405
Denville: Denville Historical Society & Museum, Diamond Spring Rd, Denville, NJ 07834
Dover: Dover History Museum, 55 W Blackwell St, Dover, NJ 07801
Landing: Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, State Park , Landing, NJ 07850, 07860
Ledgewood: Silas Riggs Saltbox House, 213 Main St. in Ledgewood, Roxbury NJ 07852
King Store & Homestead Museum, 209 Main St, Ledgewood, NJ 07852
Long Valley: Washington Township Historical Society Museum, 6 Fairview Avenue, Long Valley, NJ 07853
Madison: Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main St, Madison, NJ 07940
Montville: Montville Township Historical Museum, 6 Taylortown Road, Montville, NJ 07045
Morris Plains: Morris Plains Museum, 51 Jim Fear Dr, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Morristown: Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 MacCulloch Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960
Morristown National Historical Park, 30 Washington Pl, Morristown, NJ 07960
Schuyler-Hamilton House, 5 Olyphant Pl, Morristown, NJ 07960
Mount Tabor: Mount Tabor Historical Society and Museum – 32 Trinity Place, Mount Tabor, NJ 07878
Parsipanny: Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, 2352 NJ-10, Morris Plains, NJ 07950
Pompton Plains: Pequannock Museum, 477 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
Randolph: Randolph Museum, Millbrook Avenue at Freedom Park, Randolph, NJ 07869
Ocean County:
Barnegat Light: Barnegat Historic Heritage Village, E Bay Ave, Barnegat, NJ 08005
Bay Head: Bay Head Historical Society Museum, 1643 Bay Ave, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
Bayville: Berkeley Historical Museum, 630 Atlantic City Boulevard, Bayville, NJ 08721
Beach Haven: Long Beach Island Museum, 129 Engleside Ave, Beach Haven, NJ 08008
Brick: Havens Homestead Museum, 521 Herbertsville Rd, Brick, NJ 08724
Forked River: Lacey Schoolhouse Museum, 126 U.S. 9, Forked River, NJ 08731
Island Heights: Island Heights Cottage Museum, 105 Simpson Ave, Island Heights, NJ 08732
John F. Peto Studio Museum, 102 Cedar Ave, Island Heights, NJ 08732
Jackson: Prospertown Schoolhouse Museum, 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, NJ 08527
Lakehurst: Lakehurst Historical Museum, 300 Center St, Lakehurst, NJ 08733
Lakewood: Lakewood Heritage Museum, 655 Princeton Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701
Point Pleasant: Point Pleasant Historical Society Museum, 416 New Jersey Ave, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
Toms River: Ocean County Museum, 26 Hadley Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753
Tuckerton: Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum, 35 Leitz Blvd, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
Waretown: Little Red Schoolhouse Museum, 182 Wells Mills Road, P.O. Box 138, Waretown, NJ 08758
Passaic County:
Clifton: Hamilton Van Wagoner House Museum, 971 Valley Rd, Clifton, NJ 07013
Haledon: American Labor Museum, 83 Norwood St, Haledon, NJ 07508
Paterson: Lambert Castle Museum, 3 Valley Rd, Paterson, NJ 07503
Paterson Museum, 2 Market St #102, Paterson, NJ 07501
Ringwood: Ringwood Manor, 1304 Sloatsburg Rd, Ringwood, NJ 07456
Skylands Manor, 5 Morris Rd, Ringwood, NJ 07456
Wayne: Dey Mansion, 199 Totowa Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470
Schuyler Colfax-House Historic House Museum, 2343 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470
Van Duyne House, 533 Berdan Ave, Wayne, NJ 07470
Van Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum – 533 Berdan Ave, Wayne, NJ 07470
West Milford: West Milford Museum, 179 Cahill Cross Rd # 202, West Milford, NJ 07480
Salem County:
Hancocks Bridge: Hancock House, 3 Front St, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08079
Penns Grove: Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point and Oldsmans Museum, 48 W. Main St, Penns Grove, NJ 08069
Pennsville Township: Pennsville Township Historical Society Museum, 88 Church Landing Rd, Pennsville, NJ 08070
Salem: Salem County Historical Society Museum, 83 Market St, Salem, NJ 08079
Salem City Fire Museum, 166 E Broadway, Salem, NJ 08079
Somerset County:
Basking Ridge: Brick Academy,15 W Oak St, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Bedminster: Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum, 1 River Road Park, Bedminster Township, NJ 07921
Belle Mead: Van Harlingen Historical Society Farm Museum, 506 Co Rd 601, Belle Mead, NJ 08502
Kingston: Rockingham House, 84 Laurel Ave, Kingston, NJ 08528
Millstone: Old Millstone Forge Museum, 25-33 North River Street, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844
Montgomery: Bedensville Schoolhouse, 244 Orchard Road, Montgomery, NJ 08558
Somerset: Hageman Farm, 209 S Middlebush Rd, Somerset, NJ 08873
Van Lieul-Suydam House, 280 South Middlebush Road, Somerset, NJ 08873
Somerville: Old Dutch Parsonage, 71 Somerset St, Somerville, NJ 08876
Sussex County:
Hardyston Township: Old Monroe School House, 412 NJ-94, Sparta Township, NJ 07871
Highland Lakes: Vernon Township Historical Society Museum, 173 Barrett Rd, Highland Lakes, NJ 07422
Montague: Foster-Armstrong House, 320 River Rd. (Rt. 521), Montague, NJ 07827
Nelden-Roberts Stonehouse, 501 Rt. 206 N., Montague, NJ 07827
Newton: Hill Memorial Museum, 82 Main Street, Newton, NJ 07860
Ogdensburg: Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum, 6 Passaic Ave, Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
Stanhope: Waterloo Village, Waterloo Rd, Stanhope, NJ 07874
Stillwater Township: Stillwater Historical Museum, 900 Main Street, Stillwater, NJ 07875
Walpack Township: Rosenkrans Museum, 82 Main St, Newton, NJ 07860
Wantage: Van Bunschooten Museum, 1097 NJ-23, Sussex, NJ 07461
Union County:
Clark: Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum, 593 Madison Hill Rd, Clark, NJ 07066
Cranford: Crane-Phillips House, 124 N Union Ave, Cranford, NJ 07016
Elizabeth: Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University, 1003 Morris Ave, Union, NJ 07083
Plainfield: Drake House Museum, 602 W Front St, Plainfield, NJ 07060
Rahway: Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum, 1623 St George Ave, Rahway, NJ 07065
Summit: Carter House, 90 Butler Pkwy, Summit, NJ 07901
Union: Caldwell Parsonage, 909 Caldwell Ave, Union, NJ 07083
Westfield: Miller-Cory House, 614 Mountain Ave, Westfield, NJ 07090
Warren County:
Allamuchy Township: Rutherfurd Hall, 1686 County Rd 517, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Belidere: Warren County Historical Society Museum, 313 Mansfield St, Belvidere, NJ 07823
Blairstown: Hillbrook Village, Old Mine Road & Hillbrook Road, Blairstown, NJ 07825
Hackettstown: Hackettstown Historical Society Museum, 106 Church St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
Harmony Township: Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead, 3026 Belvidere Road, Harmony Township, NJ 08865
Hope: Hope Historical Society Museum, 323 High Street, Hope, NJ 07844
Oxford: Shippen Manor Museum, 8 Belvidere Ave, Oxford, NJ 07863
Phillipsburg: Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum, 477 County Route 519, Stewartsville NJ 08886
White Township: Museum of White Township, 555 County Road 519, Belvidere, NJ
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