Join us online Thursday December 2 at 7 pm when Museum Director Bob Foster will interview Linda Vollkommer-Lynch, Stevens Institute's Head Women's Fencing Coach. Linda Vollkommer-Lynch was born in Hoboken. She has been teaching Women's Fencing at Stevens Institute for 47 years, making her the longest-running head coach in Stevens' history with a record of … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Linda Vollkommer-Lynch, Stevens Institute’s Head Women’s Fencing Coach →

Join us online Thursday, December 9 at 7 pm when Jack Silbert interviews Irwin Chusid. A Hoboken resident since 1992, Irwin's long, illustrious career includes work as a journalist, music historian, radio personality and record producer. His stated mission has been to "find things on the scrapheap of history that I know don't belong there … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Jack Silbert interviews ‘outsider-music’ maven Irwin Chusid →

On Wednesday, December 1st, the Thomas Edison Film Festival and the Hoboken Historical Museum launch “Meet the Filmmakers: The Art of Storytelling” – featuring Gabriel Amaral and Francisco Saco in conversation with Jane Steuerwald, TEFF director.  The program streams live on Wednesday December 1st and will run through December 31, 2021. Amaral’s film “No Place,” … Continue reading Thomas Edison Film Festival and the Hoboken Historical Museum present “Meet the Filmmakers – The Art of Storytelling” →

Join us online Thursday, December 16 at 7 pm when the Museum's Eileen Lynch interviews Afro-American Scholar Dr. Lindsey Swindall. Swindall teaches at Stevens Institute of Technology. She earned her doctorate in Afro-American Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has written several books on radical activism in the New York City area including … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Eileen Lynch interviews Afro-American Studies scholar Dr. Lindsey Swindall →

Join us online Thursday, December 23 at 7 pm when Museum Director Bob Foster interviews Eric Kammer, Hoboken native and enthusiast. Eric Kammer was born in Hoboken in 1958 and lived in a tenement on 13th and Bloomfield. He grew up playing stickball right in front of the Museum, so it has a special place … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Museum Director interviews Eric Kammer, Hoboken native and enthusiast →

Join us online Thursday, January 6 at 7 pm when Jack Silbert interviews singer, actress, writer and master cabaret performer Tammy Faye Starlite.  Her many shows have received recommendations and glowing reviews from the New York Times, The New Yorker and Forbes, among many other publications. Starlite performs at venues across the country. Locally, she's … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Tammy Faye Starlite interviewed by Jack Silbert →

To highlight its current Main Gallery exhibit “The Avenue: A History of Washington Street" and to bring attention to the prestigious circus school that operated there in the late 1970’s, the Hoboken Historical Museum installed a visual spectacle in our Upper Gallery: “CIRCUS LIVES: Hovering Above, Balancing Below” by painter Karen E. Gersch.  Learn more … Continue reading Karen E. Gersch: Upper Gallery Opening Day Slideshow/Talk about The Circus Arts Center of Hoboken →

Join us Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7pm as world-class guitarist Julio Fernandez is interviewed by Pamela Strell. Julio Fernandez was born in Cuba and raised in Hoboken, NJ, where he attended the public school system and is a proud graduate of Hoboken High class of '72. He attended Montclair State where he majored in music. … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Julio Fernandez interviewed by Pamela Strell →