Last updated: 1/5/2010
1301 Hudson Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Tuesday - Thursday
2 PM - 7 PM
Sunday, Saturday
12 PM - 5 PM
Members, free; non-members, $2
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Robert Foster
phone: 201-656-2240
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David Webster
phone: 201-656-2260
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HHM presents changing exhibits focusing on the history of Hoboken New Jersey. Recent exhibits include: 50th anniversary exhibit on the film "On the Waterfront: Starring Hoboken New Jersey"; "Hoboken Tunes: Our Musical Heritage"; "100 Hoboken Firsts"; "Heaven, Hell, or Hoboken: A World Transformed by World War I"; "Up and Down the River: A History of the Hudson, 1609 - 2009". In addition the Museum exhibits art work by local artists in it's Upper Gallery. We also have an extensive education program for school children. In addition to our exhibits HHM features many events including house tours, garden tours, baby parades, pet parades, tomato-tasting festivals, film festivals, storytime, and lectures. The Museum has a gift shop that features t-shirts, postcards, maps, posters, and books. The Museum publishes many of it's own books, including a series of oral histories titled "Vanishing Hoboken".
HHM was established in 1986 and has been in it's permanent home since 2001.
Approximately 100,000 items including objects, photos, maps, documents, books, ephemera. Date range: 1800 - present.
Materials can be used by appointment.
Access: Staff Only
Appointment required: Yes
We publish a bi-monthly newsletter, an oral history series, and occasional books of historical significance.
1=On the Waterfront: The Great Ocean Liners of Hoboken, by Bill Miller
2=From Another Time: Hoboken in the 1970's, photographs by Caroline Carlson, John Conn, and Benedict Fernandez
3=Vanishing Hoboken: An Oral History Series
4=100 Hoboken Firsts, by Jim Hans
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