The Museum is pleased to host a new series of the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival with guest filmmakers on Thursday evenings throughout the fall. Black Maria Executive Director Jane Steuerwald will present each custom-curated program and lead a discussion with the audience. Filmmakers will be present at a number of the screenings for … Continue reading Black Maria Film Series returns! Program One: 45th Annual NJ Young Filmmakers’ Festival 2019 →

The Museum is pleased to host a new series of the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival with guest filmmakers on the second Thursday evening of the month throughout the fall. Black Maria Executive Director Jane Steuerwald will present each custom-curated program and lead a discussion with the audience. Special guest Jorge Malpica, filmmaker and … Continue reading Black Maria Film Series returns! Program Two: “You Be the Judge!” →

On Monday, Oct. 21, at 10 am, Irma Jenne, TCM health consultant and medical Qigong instructor, will offer a free workshop in Qigong, a powerful ancient energy practice that has been shown to strengthen the immune system, help alter metabolic rates, harmonize endocrine system function, and adjust pulse rates, among a wide range of positive … Continue reading Qigong Movement for Breast Cancer Self-Care →

How well do you know Secaucus? Join us for the latest in our series of guest lectures for the exhibition, “Greetings from Hudson County,” on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 4 pm. Secaucus town historian Dan McDonough will regale the audience with stories from the town's colorful past.  Sikakes, Sicakus, Siskakes, Siskakus, Seacaucus, Secaucus Island, however … Continue reading Talk: “Secaucus, a Brief History,” by Dan McDonough →

On Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 pm, the Hoboken Museum is pleased to host the third installment of the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival fall series, featuring special guest filmmaker, Karl Nussbaum, who will screen his moving and insightful work, “Ghost Dance for America, 1890.” The film, originally conceived as a large-scale installation, is … Continue reading Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Series, Program Three: “Ghost Dance for America” →

On Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 pm, the Hoboken Museum is pleased to host the fourth and final installment of the Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Festival fall series, featuring a journey into film history with “Once and Again,” an award-winning documentary by Isabel Dunn, of Glendale, CA. “Once and Again” explores the human desire … Continue reading Thomas Edison Black Maria Film Series, Program Four: “Once and Again” →

Artist Kelli Glancey moved to Hoboken in 1985 to study at Parsons School of Design in NYC, where today she is a part-time assistant professor. She says that residing in Hoboken is distinctive in many ways and is so rich historically. “I am a visual person. I walk the streets daily and stare at the … Continue reading Art Exhibit Opening: “Lackawanna: New Works by Kelli Glancey” →

Join former Museum Trustee Terry Pranses as he revisits his enlightening walking tour through Hoboken's industrial history, 16 years after his first "Hoboken Grit" tour in 2003. Some of the landscape has changed, but much remains, thanks to some active industrial businesses (yes, there still are a few!) and some outstanding examples of adaptive reuse. … Continue reading Historic Walking Tour: “Hoboken Grit (North): A Walking Tour of Our Industrial Heritage” →

Join former Museum Trustee Terry Pranses on Sunday, Dec. 8, as he revisits his enlightening walking tour through Hoboken's industrial history, for anyone who couldn’t join him on Nov. 25. Find out what Hoboken factories used to crank out (from dainty chocolates to giant ship propellers) and see some outstanding examples of adaptive reuse. An … Continue reading Reprise: “Hoboken Grit (North): A Walking Tour of Our Industrial Heritage” →