Nutley Historical Society and Museum
65 Church
Street, Nutley N.J. 07110
973-667-1528
Mark Your Calendar
September 20: General Membership Meeting
October 15: Annual Fall Pumpkin Festival
December 7: Annual Christmas Party
See event details below
Students Tour Nutley Museum
Washington School fourth grade students recently toured Nutley Museum, Franklin Reformed Church and Cemetery
Fall Pumpkin Festival
1 P.M. to 3 P.M. October 15, 2017
Christmas Party
7 P.M., December 7, 2017
Events held at the Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street, Nutley, unless otherwise noted.
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 email us to get together.
Now is a great time to join or renew your Nutley Historical Society membership
Thanks to all our members who supported the Nutley Historical Society’s Events and Activities. Here is a recap of what your membership dues helped to support in 2016.
• Ongoing open houses and Museum events. Our Museum continued to hold open houses for yearly events that included the Summer Ice Cream Social, the Fall Pumpkin Painting Festival, and the Christmas Holiday Open House with live music and refreshments.
• Tours of the Nutley parks. Museum Director John Simko continued to conduct “Walk in the Park” tours that explained our parks’ rich history – the creation of the Memorial Park to honor veterans of World War II, the locations of textile mills and other fascinating facts about our town.
• Special exhibitions outside the Museum. In the last year, the Historical Society has continued to present well-received lectures and special exhibitions at the Nutley Public Library.
• Art competition. Three members of our Board joined Nutley educators in a competition in which 18 Nutley students submitted designs for a new mural that will be installed in the Walker Middle School this year.
• Museum scholarships. Three scholarships were awarded to graduating Nutley High School students who applied and submitted essays about Nutley’s history.
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Member Benefit
Call Kerry Flynn, caretaker, to rent the hall, 973-667-1528
For school groups and private museum tours, please contact
Suzanne Hagert 973-667-4270
Nutley Historical Society General Membership Meeting & Election of Board Members held May 17, 2017
NUTLEY Yesterday - Today - Ann Troy & Vivian Noyes Fikus
Where all great study of Nutley history begins
Hardcover keepsake
Know Your Town, Nutley: Early History
By Jesse K. BartelThe natural wilderness which was once Nutley was first disturbed by the tread of the Lenape Indians on their eastward migration from the west of the Mississippi...
The Vreeland House recently changed hands in May 2012, when the Junior Woman's Club of Nutley turned over the property to the township of Nutley, N.J. The town placed oversight of the 200-plus year-old house in the hands of the Nutley Historical Society.
Read about the Vreeland Homestead
Ice Cream for History
June 1, 2017
The Nutley Historical Society is hosting its Annual Ice Cream for History night and museum tour at the Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street, Nutley, N.J.
The Society is especially happy to welcome children to the museum along with their parents who will enjoy Nutley's rich history.
Ice cream is 'free' and all welcome to tour the Nutley Museum on the 2nd floor.
A Walk in the Park: Historic Nutley Walking Tour at Memorial Park with John Simko
May 28, 2017
More than two dozen locals brushed up Nutley history with “A Walk in the Park,” hosted by Nutley Museum Director, John Simko.
The walking tour stepped off on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at the Mud Hole (near the intersection of Passaic and Vreeland Avenues) and traveled along the Third River.
Mr. Simko talked about the river’s role in Nutley history as a source for early industry, as an inspiration for world-class artists, as a symbol of civic pride, as an important boundary marker, and as a fitting memorial to our war veterans.
The tour visited the sites of three former mills as well as the pre-Revolutionary Van Giesen homestead. Those on the tour learned why the Third River splits in two, about the beginnings of our hundred-year-old Carnegie Library and even older Town Hall, and walked through one of Nutley’s oldest cemeteries.
The tour concluded inside an 1875 brick schoolhouse (now the Nutley Historical Society and Museum). The museum was open for browsing, and tour-related museum objects were on display.
The real story of the
Vreeland Manor is just one stop on
the historic tour of
Nutley led by NHS trustee John Simko.
US Army 'Camp Nutley' aka Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion
Did you, or someone you know, serve in Nutley at Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion form 1952 to 1957?
The Nutley History Society is seeking former members and artifacts of this chunk of Nutley history in protecting the free world.
Share your story and preserve our history by sharing your tales of serving at the camp. Please call us at 973-667-1528 and leave your contact information.
The camp was located on the south side of Park Avenue near Route 21 where the ball fields, tennis courts and hockey rink stand today. Its four 90 MM radar controlled guns were assigned to defend the George Washington Bridge, just 11 miles away, from Soviet bomber attack.
AA
shirt donated to the Nutley Museum by
April 19, 2017
Nutley
Historical Society will present an encore discussion and new video
detailing the History of US Army "Camp Nutley," officially known as
Battery A of the 98th AAA Air Defense Battalion.
Read all about Camp Nutley and see the video: Camp Nutley, Battery A, 98th AAA Gun Battalion: I Was There
Guest speakers included Anthony Bowens AKA "Vigilante" who wrestled his first match on April 13, 2013, in his hometown of Nutley and who later went on to win his first title on April 12, 2014, Sal Scarpa, brother of Joe AKA Chief Jay Strongbow, who brought lots of memorabilia.
Nutley wrestling coach Mike DiPiano, and former Nutley coach Carmen LoRe who resides in Nutley and was a member of the original "club" wrestling team at Nutley High School (1961) the first varsity wrestling team (1962) and head coach for the NHS wrestling team (1994 to 2007) and won more than 100 matches.
Nutley High School Performing Arts Presents Annie Get Your Gun
Nutley High School, Nutley, NJ—Nutley High School Performing Arts presented three performances of Annie Get Your Gun at Nutley High School in March 2017. Read the full story of the Nutley musical here
March 26, 2016
Nutley Museum Director John Simko looks back at the Nutley Amateur Circus, a colorful fundraiser to help those in need more than 100 years ago. Although this event took place in 1894, it has inspired a local mural competition unveiled in 2016 and will be installed at John Walker Middle School.
Nutley Historical Society
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65 Church
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973-667-1528
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For school groups and private museum tours, please contact
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As a member, you and your family are welcome to participate in any or all of our upcoming events. Nutley Historical Society members have the benefit of renting our meeting room at the museum at a reduced and very affordable rate.
When you join or renew your membership, the Nutley Historical Society will be able to continue and expand our work to bring you interesting, informational and fun programs throughout the year. By making our history available and known to those who visit the museum, we can continue to move forward by knowing about and appreciating our past. We can only accomplish this with your help.
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The Nutley Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serve the educational, cultural and historical needs of our community.
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973-667-1528
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