Nutley Historical Society and Museum

Nutley Historical Society

The Nutley Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization established in 1945, dedicated to serving the educational, cultural and historical needs of our community. The Nutley Museum operates in the former school building at 65 Church Street.

Got Historic Nutley Stuff?

Our trustees and docents continue to itemize, catalog and preserve as much Nutley history as we can. If you have an item tied to our town's history, please consider donating it to the Nutley Museum. Give us a call 973-667-1528, or contact us for more information.

Join or renew your membership!

Your support helps us to be able to continue to offer these programs to our community.

Rent the Nutley Museum Meeting Room

We are happy to announce that our meeting room is now available for rentals. To inquire about availability and rental fee, please call 973-667-1528 and leave a message for our caretaker, Kerry Flynn.

Learn About the History of Nutley

Visit the Nutley Museum, take a Walk In The Park Historic Tour, read a Book of Nutley History, or browse Historical Society Articles!

Program Honoring Hall of Fame Cyclist Tino Reboli

Event Date

Wed, Nov 19 2025, 7 - 8pm

Nutley Historical Society Will Host a Program Honoring Hall of Fame Cyclist Tino Reboli on Nov. 19 at Museum

Tino Reboli at the Nutley Velodrome, undated photo, courtesy of the Jeff Groman Collection

The Nutley Historical Society will host a special program to honor Tino Reboli, the award-winning golden age bicycle racer and a fan favorite at the legendary Nutley Velodrome, on Wednesday Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at the Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street. The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

A former Nutley resident, Reboli was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, Davis, CA, on October 18. Born and bred in New Jersey, Reboli was one of the most popular and successful pro bike riders in the 1930s. He competed in Motorpace (riding in the slipstream of a motorcycle), grueling Six-Day races, and track and road races.

He was part of the world-class field of cyclists when the Nutley Velodrome held its inaugural races on Sunday, June 4, 1933, before a standing-room-old crowd of 12,000 fans. Reboli, during the 1930s, competed at cycling tracks in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee and San Francisco.

Reboli won the 1938 national professional Motorpace championship, held at the Nutley Velodrome. High-speed motorpacing was a glamorous but dangerous part of the sport, as cyclists “drafted” behind motorcycles. As an amateur, he captured the Newark national junior road race championship in 1929, then went on to win the state senior road racing titles in 1931 and 1932.

Chester (Tino) Reboli was born in Newark in 1913 and died on November 18, 1985.

A Saturday Morning of Classic Christmas Cartoons and Films

Event Date

Sat, Dec 6 2025, 9 - 11am

The Nutley Museum Presents . . .

A Saturday Morning of Classic Christmas Cartoons and Films on December 6, 2025

The Nutley Historical Society is pleased to announce a special showing of old-time Christmas cartoons and short films at the Nutley Museum on the morning of Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 9:00 – 11:00 AM.

Saturday, December 6, 2025
9:00 – 11:00 AM
The Nutley Museum
65 Church Street
Nutley, New Jersey 07110
Admission is free
Light refreshments will be served

The program will include Christmas short films from the 1930s – 1950s that include “The Little Drummer Boy,” “A Christmas Dream” and “The Night Before Christmas,” as well as classic cartoons like “The Christmas Visitor” and “The Little King Christmas Night.” The showing will also include “The Little Match Girl,” an immortal cartoon from 1937.

This program is suitable for children, but all Nutleyites are invited to attend. Admission is free.

The Gary and Zeny Erbe Old-Time Film Festival

The showing marks an installment of The Gary and Zeny Erbe Old-Time Film Festival, a film series held at the Nutley Museum. All events feature films that were donated to the Nutley Museum by Nutley residents Gary and Zeny Erbe. Gary Erbe, a world-renowned painter who lives in Nutley, collected all the antique films that will be shown and recently had them transferred to DVDs.

Future events in the The Gary and Erbe Old-Time Film Festival will be announced.

For more information, contact Barry Lenson, Nutley Museum Art Historian at (973) 715-2691 or barrylenson@gmail.com