Looking for a Unique Montclair Gift?
Two hundred years ago, folks who visited Israel Crane’s general store shopped local. In keeping with that tradition, we have many Montclair-specific items in our general store, available on our...
View ArticleGreat News! We’re Partnering with the Nubian Quilters. Again!
Great news! We just found out we’ve received a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a joint project with the Nubian Heritage Quilters that will take place at...
View ArticleThe Price of Liberty Film Series Returns this Winter
We’re delighted the New Jersey Council for the Humanities is underwriting the cost of this year’s Price of Liberty Film Series focusing on Civil Rights and the African American experience with a...
View ArticleA Trip through Edwardian England
During the Blizzard of 2016, while many people binge-watched Making of a Murderer, Orange is the New Black, or House of Cards, I binge-read the journal of Emily Shultz, daughter of Charles Shultz, who...
View ArticleVolunteers: Following in Bradford’s Footsteps
This week, President Barak Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation establishing April 10 through April 16, 2016 as National Volunteer Week. Thank you, volunteers, from the bottom of our hearts....
View ArticleMontclair High School Students Discover Black History at Crane House and...
After a group of Montclair High School students visited the Crane House and Historic YWCA, District Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor Davida Harewood wrote up her thoughts on the experience and...
View ArticleDiscovering Black History through Primary and Secondary Sources
Grades 5 – 12. This two-hour program uses primary and secondary source documents within the museum and research library, spanning 200 years of the Black experience in Montclair and New Jersey....
View ArticleHortense Tate’s Ideals Live On
Congratulations to Sebastian Rodriguez Vars, who was recently received the 2016 Hortense Tate Scholarship Award at the Montclair High School’s Awards Night. His essay, chosen from many solid choices,...
View ArticleMILL Matching Grants Campaign 2016
The MILL is part of the Lifelong Montclair aging in place initiative and is a collaborative effort of four partner organizations, including Montclair Historical Society. The goal of the MILL is to...
View ArticleIntroducing the Montclair History Center
We believe history is not just facts and figures. It’s not just dates and battles. History is the stories of the people who have come before us and who, through their experiences, can guide us today....
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