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Now available on our YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/pRO3uaat2Gg
Video Stories Recently Added on Hometown Histories
It seems the Museum in Ocean Township just keeps making history. Or at least repeating it. Long ago stories of the past are remembered for a new audience of viewers and archived for posterity in a project called Hometown Histories.
In it, a guest with stories as diverse as the now-vanished farms in Wayside, postcards of another era at the shore, Broadway musicals that once rang out at Joe Palaia Park, or the entertainment and gambling mecca, Ross Fenton Farm on the shores of Deal Lake in Wanamassa, are among the growing catalog of stories worth remembering being recalled by local witnesses to history.
Most recently three new programs have been posted on the website according to Dallas Grove, the program producer. A family story of old Oakhurst is told by former residents Mary Ann McKean and Cathy Lyle. Phyllis Fyfe, a longtime school librarian, recalls a time when the only library in town was housed at the Wanamassa firehouse. Representing the series 'Towns That Once Were Part of Ocean Township' is Elizabeth Hardy, whose father was an artist, along with many notable painters and illustrators of a century ago, who formed an artist colony in Interlaken.
Visit the Museum Tues., Wed., Thurs 1 pm-4 pm, 1st and 2nd Sunday of each month 1 pm-4 pm or call 732-531-2136 for information.
For information on the many events and exhibits at the museum, and to view videos visit https://www.youtube.com/user/OceanMuseum and browse the archive.
Current Hometown Histories can also be viewed on Ocean TV, Channel 77 for Optimum users or Channel 88 for Verizon customers.
Funding for Gallery Talks was provided by the New Jersey Cultural Trust.
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 (1 p.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.
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Richmond Gallery - "Votes for Women: The Story of Suffrage" Opening July 28, 2019. More.
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| Our Town Gallery - “Election Memorabilia: The Stuff of American Campaigning” Exhibit opens December 7, 2019, and runs until November 24, 2020. 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
or our other web locations listed below.
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| Funding for the Township of Ocean Historical Museum provided by the New Jersey Cultural Trust. |
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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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