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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 1 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open 1st Saturday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 1st Saturday
Oct 2 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tours 2020
12:00 pm
Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tours 2020
Oct 3 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tour – Sunday October 3! “They Responded to the Call” Online reservations are now closed, but there are still walk-up times available. Hope to see you on Sunday! In observance of the 20th anniversary of … Continue reading
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 7 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 8 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open 2nd Sunday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 2nd Sunday
Oct 10 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 12 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 14 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 15 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
12:00 pm
Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
Oct 16 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 Stop by the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum during Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event! We’ll be open from Noon to 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday for free tours. If you’ve driven by our historic building and … Continue reading
Paranormal Unplugged with Brian Cano
7:00 pm
Paranormal Unplugged with Brian Cano
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – Oct 17 @ 12:30 am
 Paranormal “Unplugged” – Sat, Oct 16, 2021 Paranormal investigator Brian Cano returns to the Merchants and Drovers for a most unusual event! Join Brian and special guest Rev. Robyne Marie along with other metaphysical fanciers to witness old-school divination and … Continue reading
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Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
12:00 pm
Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Stop by the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum during Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event! We’ll be open from Noon to 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday for free tours. If you’ve driven by our historic building and … Continue reading
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open 4th Sunday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 4th Sunday
Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 29 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Museum Open for Regular Hours. We recommend calling us at 732-381-0441 so that we can be ready to greet you when you arrive.
The Spirits of Rahway – A Lantern Lit Tour of the Rahway Cemetery
7:30 pm
The Spirits of Rahway – A Lantern Lit Tour of the Rahway Cemetery
Oct 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
 Get in the spirit of Halloween and join us for our Lantern-Lit, nighttime tour of the historic Rahway Cemetery. Our spirit guides will share eerie and true tales of unsolved murders, tragic deaths, and the rumored hauntings witnessed in the … Continue reading
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The Spirits of Rahway – A Lantern Lit Tour of the Rahway Cemetery
7:30 pm
The Spirits of Rahway – A Lantern Lit Tour of the Rahway Cemetery
Oct 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Get in the spirit of Halloween and join us for our Lantern-Lit, nighttime tour of the historic Rahway Cemetery. Our spirit guides will share eerie and true tales of unsolved murders, tragic deaths, and the rumored hauntings witnessed in the … Continue reading
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MDTMA - 1632 St. Georges Ave - Rahway, NJ 07065 - (732)381-0441 *** Mailing address: PO Box 1842 - Rahway, NJ 07065
The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum is supported in part by funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation; the Union County Board of County Commissioners 2021 HEART Grant Program; a New Jersey Council for the Humanities Incubation Grant; RSI Bank; and numerous individual donors. The museum has been supported in 2020-2021 by pandemic-relief funding from the New Jersey Arts & Culture Recovery Fund; the New Jersey Economic Development Authority; Union County COVID-19 Relief; New Jersey Historical Commission; and grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the federal CARES Act and through the American Rescue Plan Act. (Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this event/publication do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.) Phase III of the restoration of the historic Merchants and Drovers Tavern is being funded by capital grants from the New Jersey Historic Trust and Union County.
The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association is supported by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the federal CARES Act. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this association do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
The MDTMA is dedicated to preserving the Merchants and Drovers Tavern (c. 1795/1820), the Terrill Tavern (c. 1735), developing the site as a tavern museum and to interpreting the important role played by taverns in early American history; to provide a regional educational, cultural and historic resource; and to preserve local history.