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NJ Transit Passenger Train at the Mahwah Museum
Donald Cooper Model Railroad NJ Transit passenger train at the Mahwah Museum The Mahwah Museum has acquired a DCC with sound HO scale model of a NJ Transit ALP 45-DP locomotive and the bi-level passenger cars that are assigned to them. This is the newest equipment owned by NJ Transit that runs on all the…
Mahwah Museum Plans to Reopen in September
The Mahwah Museum plans to reopen in September, assuming all things go well. The Museum is regularly closed in July and August to update exhibits. We will be featuring a new exhibit, “The Woman’s Hour,” which explores the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote; an updated “Palisades Amusement Park…
Virtual Concert Celebrates Les Paul’s 105th Birthday
The Mahwah Museum presented an online concert series during the weekend of June 6-9, 2020 to celebrate Les Paul’s 105th birthday with Gene Paul, Lou Pallo, Gary Mazzaroppi, Vincent Raniolo, Muriel Anderson and Thom Bresh. The links are now up for the performances and Zoom conversation. Click on the links to hear the performances. Click…
Hinsdale Tree of Life Quilt
An article by Peggy W. Norris Among the quilts and coverlets which will be featured in the upcoming Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet Show is a beautiful applique quilt from the Mahwah Museum collection which was once owned by Rebecca Hinsdale Kraus (1915-2015). Peggy Norris, chair of the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlet show, was…
In Memoriam: Bucky Pizzarelli
The Mahwah Museum has lost a dear friend, Bucky Pizzarelli who died this week. Bucky assisted the museum on many occasions in the last decade as we built our archive on Les Paul and mounted our outstanding exhibit honoring the longtime Mahwah resident, who died in 2009. Les was frustrated by large prestigious institutions that…
Collecting Mahwah’s Stories
Collecting Mahwah’s Stories Our mission is to gather, preserve and tell the story of Mahwah’s history. We are living through a historical moment like no other, and the Museum will be gathering stories, photographs, videos and artifacts to add to our archives. Visit our website for details in the next few weeks.
Museum Memberships Extended
Your memberships will be extended. At this point we do not anticipate opening the Museum again until September at the earliest. We will extend all current memberships for the time we missed this Spring and will use this time to make modifications that will make the museum safer for patrons and docents in this new…
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