The Hoboken Historical Museum will be closed today in honor of Juneteenth. You can find us tabling at the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Unity Picnic hosted by Kera Rosa at Hoboken High School today from 1:30 PM — 5:30 PM…We will have activities for kids based on our new coloring book “H is for Hoboken.” Please … Continue reading Closed for Juneteenth →

The Thomas Edison Film Festival & Hoboken Historical Museum invite you to a Pride Film Celebration on June 21st!  Filmmakers Rolando Nieves and Nicole Pometti interviewed the LGBTQ icon and Hoboken resident Randy Wicker about his life and activism. We are proud to debut this special project and other independent films from the TEFF 2025 … Continue reading Pride Film Celebration →

Due to the rainy forecast on June 14th, we are rescheduling the full historic walking tour. Join us instead on Sunday, June 22nd with Museum Collections Manager Rand Hoppe! We were running out of our maps, so Rand took advantage of the new printing to streamline the beautiful design and add two new stops! The … Continue reading Rescheduled Full Historic Walking Tour With Rand Hoppe →

Get to know Hoboken's honorary bird, the Common Tern. A colony is inhabiting a pier close to the Museum. Following a question and answer session as we observe the colony, participants may also enjoy a "Birding Wonder Walk" to discover more species nearby. Jeff Train is a local resident, teacher, birder, citizen scientist, positivity counselor, … Continue reading Terns of Endearment with Jeff Train →

With Mayor Brian Stack’s support, Union City Commissioners prepared a resolution to name a street after poet and Union City resident Janine Pommy Vega. Janine was a Beat poet and feminist trailblazer. The street sign will be on the corner of 47th Street and Palisade Avenue, and will be called Janine Pommy Vega Way. This … Continue reading Janine Pommy Vega Street Naming →