Join us online at YouTube or Facebook on Thursday, March 9 at 7pm for the second Hoboken Talks of our third season. Our guest is Pastor Shirley Dennis of “Go Ye Therefore Ministries, Inc.” and she will be interviewed live by guest host La Trenda Ross, the CEO and Founder of Trending Into A New … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Pastor Shirley Dennis with guest host La Trenda Ross →

The Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) and the Hoboken Historical Museum launch the annual on-demand, Women’s HERstory Month Marathon celebrating women, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming filmmakers, with two virtual programs of selected shorts and a “Meet the Filmmakers” talk with Cheri Gaulke, Cheryl Bookout and festival director Jane Steuerwald. Both programs will be available on-demand … Continue reading The Thomas Edison Film Festival -Women’s HERstory Month Marathon →

Join us at the Museum on Sunday, March 12 at 4pm at 1301 Hudson Street, Hoboken NJ, when Janet Ayala speaks on her experience surviving the fire at the Pinter Hotel on April 30, 1982 that killed 13 people including  children.  Christopher López,  exhibit curator of "The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982"  will be present. Admission is … Continue reading Janet Ayala, “Fires” survivor, with Christopher López →

Museum visitors continue to be perplexed, amused, entranced and moved by our Upper Gallery exhibit, "From a Yuppie's Typewriter" featuring the typewriter poetry of Pierce Logan inspired by Joseph Barry and John Derevlany’s 1987 book 'Yuppies Invade my Home at Dinnertime.'  Join us Saturday, March 11 @4pm when Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry gives a … Continue reading Gallery Talk w/Pierce Logan, on his Upper Gallery exhibit “From a Yuppie’s Typewriter” →

Join us on Saturday, May 6 as painter and long-time Museum staff member Bill Curran leads a "Famous Artists of Hoboken Walking Tour." The Walk runs from 1 - 3pm.  We meet DOWNTOWN, across from the CVS, at 70 Washington Street. Comfy shoes and a bottle of water are suggested. Tickets are $20, and $15 … Continue reading Famous Artists of Hoboken Walking Tour with Bill Curran – Spring 2023 edition →

Join us online at YouTube or Facebook on Thursday, March 30 at 7pm for the third Hoboken Talks of our third season. We've got two quick-witted and gregarious fellows, so it promises to be a very entertaining episode! Our guest is Marty Anderson,  proud sponsor of the Hoboken Little League & Hoboken Youth Soccer, among … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Marty Anderson with guest host Steve Zane →

Mark your calendars, we are pleased to announce our next Upper Gallery exhibit, "Shipyard Marina - watercolors by Patrick Neill." There's an opening reception on Saturday, April 8 from 2-5pm. Neill and his work will be the subject of an online Artist Talk Thursday (NOT Friday), April 6 from 7 - 8pm. Watch this space … Continue reading Opening Reception for “Shipyard Marina – watercolors by Patrick Neill” in the Upper Gallery →

Join us on Sunday, March 19 at 4pm when the Museum and the community come together to honor and celebrate the life of Hoboken Historical Museum founder, artist and historian Jim Hans. The event will also be livestreamed HERE on our YouTube channel, and HERE on our Facebook page, and will also be archived there … Continue reading Remembrance ceremony for Jim Hans, Museum founder →

  Join us on Sunday, March 26 when Upper Gallery typewriter-poetry artist Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry and a special guest present, TWO type-in sessions: "Letters to my City."  Drum roll puh-leaz! Co-hosting with Pierce will be Joseph "Walking Mall Poet" from Winchester, Virginia! Session 1 is 12:30-1:30 and Session 2 is 2-3. A Type-in!?!?  … Continue reading “Letters to my City” – Two “Type-Ins” with Pierce Logan and Special Guest from Virginia! →

Join us on Sunday, March 26 at 4pm for "Shooting the Fires" with photojournalist Bill Bayer. It's the 4th in our series of 6 Exhibit Events that complement our Main Gallery exhibit, “The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982.” Bill worked as a photographer for the Hudson Dispatch at the time of the Hoboken Fires. The event is … Continue reading “Shooting the Fires,” with photojournalist Bill Bayer →

Join us in the Museum on Sunday, April 2 at 4pm for “The Fires and the founding of The Hoboken Shelter,” with Mark Singleton in conversation with the Museum’s Collections Manager Rand Hoppe. It's the fifth in our series of six special Exhibit Events that complement our Main Gallery exhibit, “The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982.”  Mark … Continue reading “The Fires and the founding of the Hoboken Shelter” Mark Singleton in conversation with Rand Hoppe →