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Museum Open 1st Saturday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 1st Saturday
Oct 1 @ 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 4 @ 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 6 @ 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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Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tours -The Case of the Unknown Woman
12:00 pm
Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tours -The Case of the Unknown Woman
@ Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum
Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 Ghosts of the Past Cemetery Tour The Case of the Unknown Woman Due to the forecast for severe weather tomorrow, Sunday, October 2, the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum is rescheduling the 2022 “Ghosts of the Past: The Unknown Woman” … Continue reading
Museum Open 2nd Sunday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 2nd Sunday
Oct 9 @ 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 11 @ 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 13 @ 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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Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
12:00 pm
Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Merchants & Drovers
Oct 15 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 On Saturday, Oct 15 Sunday, Oct 16 over two dozen museums and historic sites across Union County will e open, giving history buffs a chance to take a journey through mor than 400 years of history. The Merchants and Drovers … Continue reading
Museum Open 3rd Saturday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 3rd Saturday
Oct 15 @ 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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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
On Saturday, Oct 15 Sunday, Oct 16 over two dozen museums and historic sites across Union County will e open, giving history buffs a chance to take a journey through mor than 400 years of history. The Merchants and Drovers … Continue reading
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Museum Open Weekdays
10:00 am
Museum Open Weekdays
Oct 18 @ 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 20 @ 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 4th Sunday
12:00 pm
Museum Open 4th Sunday
Oct 23 @ 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 25 @ 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 27 @ 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.
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 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
 Centuries of the Unexplained within the Gates of the Rahway Cemetery Reserve your spot online or call 732-381-0441! This October, the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum will once again host The Spirits of Rahway: A Lantern Lit Tour of 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 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Centuries of the Unexplained within the Gates of the Rahway Cemetery Reserve your spot online or call 732-381-0441! This October, the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum will once again host The Spirits of Rahway: A Lantern Lit Tour of 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 2022 HEART Grant Program; a New Jersey Council for the Humanities Incubation Grant; RSI Bank; and numerous individual donors. The museum has been supported in 2020-2022 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; The City of Rahway COVID and Ida Relief; 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. The Tavern Museum, located at St. Georges Avenue (Rt. 27) and Westfield Avenue, is recorded in the Historic American Buildings Survey and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.