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Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8
Holiday open house and mini-exhibit premiere
It’s become a time-honored custom. On the first weekend of each December, we open the doors of the Museum and invite the public in to launch the holiday season. This year, our annual Holiday Open House falls on Saturday (11 to 4) and Sunday (11 to 5:30), December 7 and 8.
The halls are decked
The galleries are filled with model trains, seasonal collections, handmade crafts, and home-baked delicacies. Living history interpreters entertain visitors with holiday songs and traditions. Children hunt for hidden snowmen. The Garden Club sells wreaths on the porch. And we draw the winning quilt raffle ticket at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday afternoon blends into the evening as guests arrive at the Museum grounds starting at 4:30 for the Township of Ocean’s annual tree lighting festivities—complete with hot chocolate and a visit from Santa.
Election Memorabilia exhibit opens Holiday Weekend
There’s yet another reason to stop by the Museum the first weekend in December. The mini-exhibit, “Election Memorabilia: The Stuff of American Campaigning,” opens in the Our Town Gallery December 7.
Even before we moved to the Eden Woolley House, the Museum boasted an impressive collection of election artifacts, a gift from Ocean Township resident and Museum member William Mullaney, assembled over decades of an active career in politics.
The new exhibit shows off gems from the collection—buttons, banners, jewelry, and hats, to name a few. There are invitations to national political conventions and presidential inaugurations, a plastic doll of Barry Goldwater, Al Smith and Herbert Hoover medallions, and handmade signs in support of local candidates many oldtimers will remember.
Colorful stuff
 It’s no surprise that the stuff of American political campaigning is colorful. Consider the characters it represents. Even the father of our country wore a campaign button. His was brass, sewn to his coat, and read “Long live the President.”
William Henry Harrison was the first to run an “image” presidential campaign (1840). He was born rich, but chose the log cabin as his logo and coined what might be the first presidential political slogan, “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.”
Campaign buttons were not mass-produced until the 1890s and enjoyed their golden age from 1896 to 1916. They sum up the candidate in a few words like the iconic “I like Ike.” Jimmy Carter went Ike one step further. His button had no words at all, just a golden peanut!
From the start, American campaigning has been rough and tumble. The new exhibit captures the fight and the fun of the contest.
“Elections Memorabilia: The Stuff of American Campaigning” runs through November of the new year. |
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| The Township of Ocean Historical Museum, founded in 1984, is a member-supported, §501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Its headquarters, the Eden Woolley House, is one of the few 18th century structures still in existence in the Township and is open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.), Thursday Evenings (7 p.m. to 9 p.m. - March 15 through December 15 each year) and the first and second Sundays of each month (1p.m. to 4 p.m.). The Museum also maintains a library and archive, which houses manuscripts, books, and photographs of historical and genealogical interest. For more information, please call 732-531-2136 or visit our website www.OceanMuseum.org (On mobile devices http://OceanMuseum.impress.ly) |
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Coming Soon to The Museum
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| Our Town Gallery - "Election Memorabilia: The Stuff of American Campaigning" Exhibit opens December 7, 2019. More. |
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| Richmond Gallery - "Votes for Women: The Story of Suffrage" Open through July, 2020. More. |
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| Our Town Gallery - "Deal Test Site: 100 Years of History" Exhibit runs until November 27, 2019. More. |
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Together with our permanent exhibits in the Our Town Gallery and the Hearth and Home Gallery
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The Township of Ocean Historical Museum, founded in 1984, is a member-supported, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Its headquarters, the Eden Woolley House, is one of the few 18th century structures still in existence in the Township and is open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.), Thursday Evenings (7 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 15 through December 15) and the first and second Sundays of each month (1p.m. to 4 p.m.). The Township of Ocean Historical Museum offers exhibits on the history of coastal Monmouth County and a full calendar of events. The Museum is also 100% volunteer supported, with no paid staff. The Museum maintains a library and archive, which houses manuscripts, books, and photographs of historical and genealogical interest. For more information, please call 732-531-2136 or visit our website at
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| Funding for the Township of Ocean Historical Museum provided by the New Jersey Cultural Trust. |
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| Funding has been made possible in part by an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission |
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Painting and repair of the exterior of the Stucile Farms Dairy Barn have been accomplished with 2018 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust.
Painting and repair of the exterior of the Stucile Farms Water Tower have been accomplished with 2016 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust.
Painting and repair of the exterior of the Eden Woolley House Farms Water Tower have been accomplished with 2014 financial assistance from The 1772 Foundation in cooperation with and administrated by the New Jersey Historic Trust. |
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