Join us online Thursday, December 22 at 7pm for the first (annual?) Mister Snitch Holiday Special! It's Mister Snitch and also Missus Snitch. Museum folks are following up their Halloween Snitch tribute with this Holiday celebration of local cultural icon "Mister Snitch." The "Mister Snitch" column appeared on the cover or the Hoboken Pictorial, and … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Mister Snitch Holiday Special! →

Join us online Thursday, December 29 at 7pm for a replay of the Hoboken Talks episode when April Harris is interviewed by Bob Foster, April Harris grew up in  the housing projects of Hoboken. Drawing on her own experience as a child in poverty and the hardships she witnessed, she was determined to help the … Continue reading Hoboken Talks REPLAY: April Harris, director of “In Jesus Name Charities” talks with Bob Foster →

    Join us on Sunday, January 22 at 2pm for the opening reception of two interconnected exhibits by photo-based artist and arts educator, Christopher López. “The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982” shines a light on horrific events from Hoboken’s early period of gentrification. This visual and oral history project will be on display in our Main … Continue reading Opening Reception for “The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982” and “(UN)ERASED” →

Join us online Friday, January 20 at 7pm when we livestream an Artist Talk with Christopher López, a Puerto Rican photo-based artist and arts educator who was born in The Bronx and raised between New York and Northern New Jersey. López has two exhibits opening at the Museum on Sunday, January 22, with a reception … Continue reading Artist Talk with Christopher López →

Join us on Sunday, February 12 at 4pm when HHM’s Poet-in-Residence Danny Shot gathers 4 poets in a celebration of the life and art of, “Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance (and Hoboken).” Admission is free and refreshments will be served. This event can also be viewed LIVE online at "Hoboken Museum." … Continue reading Four poets celebrate Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance (and Hoboken) →

Tickets are $20 and and can be purchased here. Join us on Sunday, February 19 at 4pm for a reading of, “Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime.” This hybrid/documentary play was written by Mile Square Theatre's playwright-in-residence Joseph Gallo. It is set in the 1980s and chronicles Hoboken’s gentrification when fires, many of them arson, … Continue reading Reading of the new play, “Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime” by Joseph Gallo →

Join us on Sunday, March 5 at 4pm when The Reverend Dr. Elaine Ellis Thomas of All Saints speaks on how Hoboken’s fires inform her ministry. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. This event complements our Main Gallery exhibit, "The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982." Pastor Elaine began her ministry at All Saints on February … Continue reading Pastor Elaine Ellis – “The Mile Square Cathedral: The Church as Community Healer” →

  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here. Join us on Saturday, February 25 at 7pm when the Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) and the Hoboken Historical Museum present the 42nd Annual TEFF Hoboken Premiere. The program includes a collection of top award-winning films from the 2023 collection. TEFF Executive Director Jane Steuerwald hosts … Continue reading 42nd Annual TEFF Hoboken Premiere, w/ special guest filmmakers →

  Hoboken Talks broadcasts on the 2nd and last Thursday of each month. Join us online Thursday, February 23 at 7pm when Jack Silbert chats with Rob Harari. Rob has had an extensive career in music production for the recording industry and theater. His is also Program Director and Industry Professor of Music & Technology … Continue reading Hoboken Talks: Rob Harari – music producer, composer & educator →

Join us online Friday, February 24 at 6pm when we’ll livestream an Artist Talk with poet Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry. Danny Shot is the host.  The Museum’s next Upper Gallery exhibit, "From a Yuppie's Typewriter," features Logan’s work, and opens on Sunday, February 26 with a reception at 2pm. Logan says, “All typewritten poems are … Continue reading Artist Talk in advance of our next Upper Gallery exhibit: Pierce Logan of QWERT Poetry with Danny Shot →