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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!

Fall Pumpkin Festival

Event Date
Sun, Oct 19 2025, 1 - 3pm

Pumpkin Painting, Face Painting & Fun

Come join the fun for pumpkin painting and light refreshments

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Photograph of child and large pumpkin on window ledge

NUTLEY NJ -- Paint Your Real Pumpkin. All are welcome. Fun for children and families. The pumpkin festival is free. Step up for a tour of our second floor museum artifacts. Hosted by The Nutley Historical Society at Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street, Nutley, N.J.

 

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
 

Events

Arbor Day Meet & Greet
Fri, Apr 25 2025
A Walk In The Park Historic Tour
Sun, May 25 2025
Ice Cream for History
Thu, Jun 5 2025
Fall Pumpkin Festival
Sun, Oct 19 2025
A Saturday Morning of Classic Christmas Cartoons and Films
Sat, Dec 6 2025

Articles

How Nutley Received Its Very Unique Name
WW2 Vinyl 'letter on a record' Donated to Nutley Museum
Nutley, the first 100 years timeline
How Lambiase Farm Became Radcliffe School, Not Nutley Junior High
Obituary for Henry Cuyler Bunner, Puck No. 1003, May 27th 1896

For school groups and private museum tours call 973-667-4270
To rent the Historic First Floor of the Nutley Museum for your event call 973-667-1528

© 1945-2025 Nutley Historical Society
65 Church Street, Nutley NJ 07110
The Nutley Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the educational, cultural and historical needs of our community.

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