Watchung Historical

Museum of Watchung history, facts and artifacts. Open 1st & 3rd Sunday 2pm to 4pm. Wander through the 5 rooms to see Watchung past or learn from our volunteer guides.

In the middle of the Watchung circle is a a museum of Watchung history, facts and artifacts.

It can be visited during the twice a month open house, usually the 1st and 3rd Sunday, where volunteer guides can show you around or you can wander through the 5 rooms and read the descriptions of collect of memorabilia about Watchung past and current residents and places.

Plenty of convent free parking.

Masks required for all visitors and staff.

See:

* Skylight and other items from the Moldenke’s Elsinore Castle that stood on Valley Road and Elsinor from 1900 to 1950

* Artifacts from Sports Memorabilia Bobby Thomas (Watchung resident) who hit historic a three-run homer that he hit off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers that put the New York Giants in the World Series, sometimes called The Shot Heard 'Round the World to put N.Y. Giants in 1951 World Series

* Photos and possessions of Charles Aubrey Eaton, clergyman, journalist, U.S. congressman from NJ and a signatory to original United Nations Charter

* Original diary of Captain Parlin, who led the first black battalion of soldiers during the Civil War. Also his distal and other items used.

* Remembrances from Adella (Tibby)Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor or the Sinking of the General Slocum in 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in the NYC’s East River (the most tragic event until the 2001 World Trade). Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was active in the Watchung Historical Commission with maintains and staffs the Texier House Museum.

* A much much more