Name: All Things Les Paul: The Early Years of Recording
Start: 2020-12-07T19:30:00-05:00
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New Exhibit! Revealed: Women’s Fight for the Right to Vote

On September 11, 2020September 11, 2020In Exhibit, History, News

The Museum will be featuring a new exhibit, Revealed: Women’s Fight for the Right to Vote, which is a revealing look at some of the toughest battles undertaken by women, several from New Jersey and New York, to win the right to vote. 2020 is the centennial year for the passage of the 19th Amendment. ...

Oct 19 -Life at Ramapo College in the 1970’s: Students Perspectives – A Virtual Program

On September 5, 2020September 11, 2020In News, Ramapo College, Upcoming Event, Virtual Event, Virtual Program

Ramapo College students from the 1970’s, including Vincent Marchese, Carol Ryan Peterson, and Dean Shapiro, will share their memories of the early years of the college. Afterward, the floor will be open for other Ramapo College students of the 70’s to discuss their experiences and share their memories of the formative years of the school.

Mahwah Museum will Open on September 26

On August 28, 2020August 29, 2020In News

We are delighted to announce that the Mahwah Museum will reopen to the public on Saturday, September 26, 2020.
At this time, the Museum will only be open one day per week, on Saturdays, from 1 to 4 pm.
To ensure the safety of our guests and our docents, we have made some adjustments to our operations.

Oct 17 – Virtual Workshop – How to Care for and Maintain your Guitar with Jeff Zacher, Luthier

On August 27, 2020September 12, 2020In Music, Upcoming Event, Virtual Event, Workshop

Luthier Jeff Zacher will demonstrate the techniques necessary to adjust a guitar for optimal playability and tone. Participants will receive individualized attention as they work on their own guitars. $20.00

Oct 5 – An Inside Look at Palisades Amusement Park – A Webinar

On August 16, 2020September 8, 2020In Palisades Amusement Park, Upcoming Event, Virtual Event

It has been 49 years since Palisades Amusement Park closed its gates for the last time. But the memories of the legendary fun center are still as vivid today in the minds of the over-50 crowd as they were back in the park’s heyday. To celebrate the history of this New Jersey landmark, the Mahwah Museum will be presenting an online Zoom event featuring special guests who all share a unique inside perspective about the park.

November 2 – The Making of a Village: Ridgewood Grows Up, 1894-1905 – Online

On August 15, 2020September 15, 2020In Historian, History, Virtual Event

Bergen County Historians Peggy Norris and Joe Suplicki will present a lecture on these critical years of this Bergen center. Using documents, maps and historic panoramic photos, they will illustrate Ridgewood's growth and transformation into a village.

The Les Paul Legacy Event Series Presents: An Online Guitar Workshop With Muriel Anderson

On August 7, 2020September 6, 2020In Les Paul, News, Upcoming Event, Virtual Event, Workshop

An online guitar workshop with award-winning guitarist Muriel Anderson on Saturday, September 12, from 10:00am to 12:00 noon. The cost of the workshop is $35.00 per student.

Open to guitarists of all levels, the workshop is designed to help you make the most of your time with your guitar.

Collecting Mahwah’s Stories

On August 2, 2020August 27, 2020In Research and Archives

Our mission is to gather, preserve and tell the story of Mahwah’s history. We are living through an 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.

Hinsdale Quilt to be featured in the Bergen Quilt and Coverlet Show

On July 26, 2020August 29, 2020In Museum Collections, Textiles

The Hinsdale Tree of Life Quilt will be on display at the Bergen County Quilt and Coverlets Show scheduled for June 11-12, 2021 at Old Paramus Reformed Church and Schoolhouse Museum, Ridgewood, NJ.

Donald Cooper Model Railroad

On July 26, 2020August 27, 2020In Donald Cooper Model Railroad

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 commuter lines throughout the state of New Jersey. These are dual mode locomotives which are capable of running either on the electrified portions of the system or in diesel territory. They were part of Ed Skurna's final gift to the museum.

Virtual Concert Celebrates Les Paul’s 105th Birthday

On July 3, 2020August 27, 2020In Les Paul, Virtual Event

This Day In History

Government: 1923 The New Jersey State Court of Errors and Appeals turned down the project to dam the Ramapo River to provide water for Bayonne. The basis for the decision was errors in the process whereby the project was implemented. It is expected that before the application can be re-submitted, the State Legislature will pass a law preventing a single municipality from monopolizing a watershed which may be needed by a whole region. The suit was brought by property holders who would have had their lands flooded by the project. (Bristow) (97)
Transportation: 1911 Robert J. Morgan, while walking home to Ramsey from his job at the American Brake Shoe Plant, was killed by a train. He generally walked the tracks in good weather rather than the road and had arrived at the Mahwah Station when he stepped out of the way of an east-bound express train and directly in front of a west-bound freight train. He died when his head struck the stone abutment of the road overpass. He leaves a wife and three children. He was recently elected Secretary of the Ramsey Republican Club. He and his wife were active in the work of the Presbyterian Church where the funeral was held on the 24th. He was 41 years old. The Brake Shoe Company paid all of his funeral expenses and established a liberal bank account in the name of his daughter Lillian Morgan. (Bristow) (109)

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