Contact: Bob Foster, 201-656-2240, director@hobokenmuseum.org
Family Programs
Hoboken Historical Museum provides engaging programs for children and students. All are welcome to enjoy our popular Storytime programs at the Museum or participate in our hands-on Arts & Crafts for Pre-K children in the walkway by the Museum’s entrance during fair weather. All children MUST be accompanied by an adult.
As weather and staffing issues may affect our programming without advance notice, we encourage visitors to call 201-656-2240 if you have questions about a particular date.
For families visiting our exhibits, we offer scavenger hunts to help the children engage with the artifacts displayed around the Museum, and books and t-shirts just for the little ones.
We offer age-appropriate programs for schools and other children’s organizations. Click on the menu at left to explore the types of curated programs available to local school and pre-school classes. Call 201-656-2240 for more information.
Or take advantage of our online materials to create your own activities and lesson plans. Click on the image at right to download coloring sheets created by our own Bill Curran, local artist and Museum Associate. Or visit our “Explore” section to learn more about Hoboken’s history.
Map It!
Grades 1 - 3, 60 minutes Working cooperatively, students will be asked to observe their surroundings and then read or create maps and symbols, starting with the museum interior and expanding to their own neighborhood and the city. By following a map of the area…View Details
Traveling Trunk Program
Grades 2-10, 60 minutes If you’re unable to bring your students to the Museum, we’ll bring the Museum to you! Choose from one of eight “Traveling Trunks” – historic steamship trunks, fully stocked with a complete interactive history workshop and primary source materials, ready to…View Details
Local History & Architecture Walking Tour
60-90 minutes Focusing on the link between local architecture and history, our walking tour can be tailored to fit individual classes and grade levels. After first using visual skills to identify architectural elements in historic photographs, students will then identify and discuss actual buildings’ features…View Details
Our Neighborhood: Shapes and Patterns
Grades K-2, 60 minutes Shapes and patterns can be found in buildings throughout the city and right outside our doors. Students will explore neighborhood architecture with their eyes, and then go inside to create a community mural based on the design elements of shapes, lines,…View Details
Destination Hoboken: the City and Immigration
Grades 3-5, 60 minutes From Native Americans over 10,000 years ago, to Dutch settlers of the early 17th century, to large-scale immigration and migration of the 19th and 20th centuries, Hoboken has always been a community of immigrants – a people in motion. Ship manifests…View Details
Community and Diversity
Grade 2, 60 minutes This program focuses on the second grade social studies curriculum standards for Community and Diversity. By examining objects from the Museum’s collection representing celebrations of culture, festivals, and heritage, students will engage with the diverse cultural history of their community and…View Details
History Detectives: Primary Source Investigations
Grades 4 - 10, 60 minutes How do historians learn about the past? What is a primary source? In History Detectives, students will explore and analyze objects from the Museum’s collection to learn how to “read” artifacts, documents, and photographs. Developing skills of historical inquiry…View Details
Italian-Americans: From Scapegoats to Superstars
Italian-Americans: From Scapegoats to Superstars Grades 2 - 4, 60 minutes In the second great wave of immigration to the U.S., Italians became suspect and were often used as scapegoats. Americans’ xenophobia caused many injustices against Italian-Americans, including convicting them of crimes they did…View Details
Family Programs
Hoboken Historical Museum provides engaging programs for children and students. All are welcome to enjoy our popular Storytime programs at the Museum or participate in our hands-on Arts & Crafts for Pre-K children in the walkway by the Museum's entrance during fair weather. All children…View Details
Friday Storytime at the Museum
1301 Hudson St. Ages 2-5, 30 minutes Every Friday, 10:00 am This Storytime program is designed especially for our youngest museum guests. Launched in 2005 by librarian and former Museum Trustee Penny Metsch, the program presents stories and songs about city life read by our…View Details
Class Visits
[caption id="attachment_5933" align="alignright" width="150"] Click on the image above to download 4-page brochure[/caption] Teachers: Visit the museum with your students or scout troop members to interact with our current exhibit or to engage in one of our informative educational programs, tailored to specific grade levels.…View Details
Learn
The Hoboken Historical Museum offers a variety of educational programs for all ages of students, preschool through high school. Our ongoing programs engage students in the study of history, local architecture, and the unique community of Hoboken.View Details
Kids’ Arts & Crafts at the Museum
1301 Hudson St. Ages 2-5 (Program takes place outdoors) Join us two days a week for fun art making in the Museum walkway on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 12 pm. Recommended for ages 2-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult.…View Details
