Honor the rich history of African American landowners and farmers in the Sourland Mountain region with Growing Up True, a new children’s book created in partnership with the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum with the support of NJCH grant funding.
Join museum staff, project scholars, veterans, and local students for an inspiring afternoon exploring newly recorded World War II oral histories, now archived in the National Library of Congress. Special guest: 104-year-old WWII veteran Tim Kiniry.
The Trent House Association, an NJCH grantee and program partner, presents a talk by Derrick Johnston of the University of Glasgow in Scotland on Scottish immigrants who came to the American colony of East Jersey in the 1680s.
The Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, and NJCH grantee, presents "From Clay Tablet to Digital Tablet: The History of Jewish Books," a public talk by Joseph A. Skloot of Hebrew Union College, NYC.
Celebrate the holidays with the Asbury Park African-American Music Project! Free event at the Asbury Park Library.
NJCH is proud to support Piscataway Public Library's "Food for Thought," a series of events exploring the cultural and historical significance of food in our lives. This event for children ages 4-11 and their families will explore the cultural significance, culinary variety, and sensory wonder of mangoes.
NJCH grantee Ritual4Return presents the Men's Rite of Passage performed by members of the Fall 2025 cohort. During the Rite of Passage, written and performed by the participants, audience members welcome the justice-impacted participants back to their identities as citizens and members of their communities.
NJCH is proud to support Piscataway Public Library's "Food for Thought," a series of events exploring the cultural and historical significance of food in our lives. This event for teens ages 12-18 will explore how delicious Dosas are made.
Mahwah Museum, an NJCH grantee, presents "The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Early American Women and Their Kitchen Gardens" on Sunday, December 14, 2025, 2:00 p.m. Presented by Garden historian, writer, and 50-year veteran of working in public gardens Lesley Parness, the event will examine the horticultural and culinary abilities of the 18th-century “huswife.”
The application deadline for groups interested in participating in a 2026 cohort of NJCH's Community History program has been extended to December 23, 2025.
The Willingboro Public Library will host a concluding lecture to mark the finale of the exhibit on the township’s storied Futuro House on January 31, 2026. Join "Space Age" design expert Eric Wolff of Chromium, LLC to learn about the history of and materials used in the iconic "UFO-style" house.
Join the New Jersey Council for the Humanities for a special conversation between musician, historian, and author Bob Crawford and Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, about Crawford's new book "America's Founding Son."
