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Upcoming Events
Feb17Fri7:00 pm I Heart Horror – Featuring the M...I Heart Horror – Featuring the M...Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
I Heart Horror – An Evening of Poe This February, avoid the Red Death and join us for an evening of food, drink, and storytelling, as we again transform our museum into an old, candle-lit hotel. Enjoy 4 macabre stories … Continue readingFeb18Sat7:00 pm I Heart Horror – Featuring the M...I Heart Horror – Featuring the M...Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pmI Heart Horror – An Evening of Poe This February, avoid the Red Death and join us for an evening of food, drink, and storytelling, as we again transform our museum into an old, candle-lit hotel. Enjoy 4 macabre stories … Continue readingMar25Sat11:00 am The Elizabeth Resolutes at The B... @ Smithtown Historical SocietyThe Elizabeth Resolutes at The B... @ Smithtown Historical SocietyMar 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Your Elizabeth Resolutes start the 2023 season playing our friends, The Brooklyn Atlantics, for a double header of 1864 and 1870 rules base ball! Playing at the beautiful Atlantic Field at The Smithtown Historical Society, this match is sure to … 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
Funding is made possible in part by 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 HEART Grant Program; the New Jersey Council for the Humanities; the New Jersey Historical Commission; RSI Bank Foundation; the Rahway Chamber of Commerce; and by numerous individual donors. Phases III-IV of the exterior restoration of the historic Merchants and Drovers Tavern structure is funded by capital grants from the New Jersey Historic Trust and Union County.
The mission of the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum is to preserve the historic Merchants and Drovers Tavern and Terrill Tavern structures; develop the site as a museum; preserve and interpret local history in partnership with the community; and serve as an educational, cultural, and historic resource.