The Hoboken Historical Museum is pleased to present a very special family-friendly event. Composers, musicians and instrument inventors Bill Brovold and Jay Kreimer present an instrument-making workshop at Sybil’s Cave Park, on Saturday, May 21 from 2:00 - 3:30pm. Bill and Jay will be bringing all the materials needed to make your own instruments. … Continue reading Family Friendly Instrument-Making Workshop by Bill Brovold & Jay Kreimer at Sybil’s Cave →

The Hoboken Historical Museum is pleased to present “Modern Cave Sounds,” a concert at Sybil’s Cave Park, on Saturday, May 21 at 4:30pm. Internationally acclaimed innovative composers, musicians and instrument inventors Bill Brovold and Jay Kreimer will bring their musical experiment in cave acoustics to Hoboken in a concert open to all. Guests may want … Continue reading “Modern Cave Sounds” Music and Soundscapes by Bill Brovold & Jay Kreimer at Sybil’s Cave →

  Join us Thursday, May 19 at 7pm when Michael Hill is interviewed by Jack Silbert. Michael Hill moved to Hoboken during a sweltering Labor Day weekend in 1981 and has been here ever since. His greatest ambition was to live within walking distance of Maxwell's on 11th and Washington, and he definitely accomplished that. … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Michael Hill, Music Supervisor and longtime resident, talks with Jack Silbert →

Join us on Saturday, June 18 at 4pm for a special event with baseball historian and collector Jonathan Popovich. His recent work on the Elysian Fields of Hoboken was selected as the “Special Presentation for 2022” by the Society for American Baseball Research in Cooperstown, N.Y. and we are thrilled that he will be sharing … Continue reading Baseball at Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, 1845–1865: A Visual History →

Join us online Thursday, June 2 at 7pm as we kick off our PRIDE month with very special guest iconic gay rights activist Randy Wicker, with guest host Hassan Khan. In an article in Vogue UK from 2021, Randy says: “From the beginning, I believed in publicity and discussion as a means to change attitudes." … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Randy Wicker, iconic gay rights activist, with Hassan Khan →

Join us at the Museum on Sunday, June 5 at 1301 Hudson for a full day of LGBTQIA+ programming. From noon until 6, the Hoboken Historical Museum honors and celebrates the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer Intersex and Asexual community, and communities, with 3 special events that take place outdoors in the Shipyard Passageway, and … Continue reading A PRIDE Celebration and Queer Cinema Screening →

  Join us online Thursday, June 9 at 7pm as Hoboken Talks continues our PRIDE-themed month with guest Laurel Knittel (She/They), hosted by the Museum's own Bill Curran. Hoboken resident Laura Knittel (aka Lauran / Defran Knittel) is a veteran LGBTQIA+, and Women's rights activist and community organizer, who has been instrumental in building the … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Laurel Knittel, LGBTQIA+, & Women’s rights activist, with Bill Curran →

  Join us on the second Saturday of the month, June 11 at 11am for an Historical Bike Tour!  Let us be your guide as we pedal along together, stopping to tell some stories about our town's many historical points of interests. Bring your bike. We'll have a pump.  The tour is expected to last … Continue reading June ’22 Historical Bicycle Tour →

  Join us online Thursday, June 16 at 7pm as Hoboken Talks continues our PRIDE-themed month with guest Jose Fernandez, interviewed by host Mark Singleton. Jose and Mark have know each other since High School. They'll talk about Jose's experience as a gay youth in Hoboken in the 70's, and what it was like coming … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Jose Fernandez, Cuban-born longtime resident, with Mark Singleton →