The Hopewell Museum is an American history museum in Hopewell, New Jersey.
History
editThe museum was incorporated in 1922 as the Hopewell Free Public Library and Museum Funding and Building Association. It was formed to raise funds for a building to house a collection of antiques donated by Sarah D. Stout. This collection became the cornerstone of the museum.[1] Many of the items having been used by the early inhabitants of Hopewell.[2][3]
The original Museum and Hopewell Public Library were housed in a three-storey brownstone[4] that was built by Randolph Stout in 1877. In 1965 the Hopewell Public Library moved to its present location and in 1967 a two-story addition was made to the Museum building. The additional space enabled the Hopewell Museum to display other collections of Southwestern Native American crafts donated by Dr. David H. Hill.[2]
Apart from Native American antiquities, the museum displays relics of American village life from colonial days to the present.[4][5]
In 1974 Alice Blackwell Lewis was the curator of the museum.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Hopewell Museum". Fieldtrip.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ a b "The Hopewell Museum". Hopewell, New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ Jack Seabrook (2000). Hopewell Valley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-0431-9.
- ^ a b New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past, p. 536
- ^ Capuzzo, Jill P. (November 18, 2007). "It's in New Jersey, but It Screams Vermont". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
- ^ "Historic Hopewell Lives in New Book". New York Times. February 17, 1974. Retrieved 2009-11-29.