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June
1 through
July 31st -- statewide
Explore
New Jersey, Discover the Past, and Find Your Civic Superpower
with History Pinned!
The
American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark is excited to
team up with RevolutionNJ for the 2024 History
Pinned program! Visit us between June 1st – July
31st, to collect a unique pin featuring our civic
superpower. If you travel to the other four participating
sites by July 31st, you’ll win a special History Hero badge!
History
Pinned 2024
Sites are the Alice Paul Institute, the American Labor Museum,
the Hoboken Historical Museum, the New Jersey State Museum and
the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center. Get started at https://www.revnj.org/history-pinned.
In 2026,
New Jersey, like much of the U.S., will commemorate the 250th
Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America
through events, programs, and ceremonies. RevolutionNJ is
New Jersey’s official organization charged with planning and
promoting our state’s commemoration. Learn more: https://www.revnj.org/
RevolutionNJ invites you to explore New
Jersey’s past this Civic
Season through
the History Pinned program.
From
June 1st – July 31st, five historic sites with connections to New
Jersey’s civic history will be handing out unique History Pinned
pin-backed buttons. Collective all five and win a prize!
2024
History Pinned Sites:
· Alice Paul
Institute
· American Labor
Museum/Botto House
· Hoboken Historical
Museum
· New Jersey State
Museum
· T. Thomas Fortune
Cultural Center
Details:
The
pin-backed buttons and History Pinned booklets will be available
at each location. To receive your button, look for the History
Pinned sign at the welcome desk or ask museum staff for
assistance. Supplies are limited and will be distributed on a
first-come, first-served basis.
To
receive your prize, collect a button from each of the five sites.
Then fill out the History
Pinned Prize Form or tag a photo of yourself with your completed
History Pinned booklet @revolutionnj on Instagram.
History
Pinned Map
Please
check visiting hours before traveling to each site as summer
hours can differ.
Civic
Season is a
new tradition for self-discovery and civic upskilling, co-created
by Gen Z and cultural institutions. This summer, discover your
story and how you'll power our democracy, aided by a vast array
of credible, relevant sources. Civic Season is the flagship
program from Made
By Us, a
network of hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries and
archives unleashing access to history for younger generations who
have the most at stake.
Alice
Paul Institute, www.alicepaul.org.
Thursday, Friday: Open for
individual and group tours from 12 – 6 PM. Saturday: Open
for individual and group tours from 10 AM – 3 PM. 128 Hooton Rd,
Mt Laurel Township, NJ 08054
The Botto
House National Landmark, home of the American Labor Museum,
83 Norwood Street in Haledon, NJ. Monday through Friday,
9AM-5PM. The museum is open to visitors Wed-Sat, 1-4PM and by
appointment; 973-595-7953, email labormuseum@gmail.com or visit www.american-labor-museum.org.
Hoboken
Historical Museum, www.hobokenmuseum.org.
1301 Hudson St. Hoboken, New Jersey. Our hours are: Tuesdays –
Thursdays, 2 – 7 pm, Fridays 1 – 5 pm, Saturdays – Sundays 12 – 5
pm. We are closed on Mondays.
T.
Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Drs. James Parker Blvd., Red
Bank, NJ 07701; 732.383.5483;
shanel@tthomasfortunefoundation.org.
www.tthomasfortuneculturalcenter.org/visit.
Open to the Public 1pm-5 pm (Sat. Sun) with the
exception of special events.
New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608. Tuesday – Sunday: 9 a.m. to 4:45
p.m. Galleries begin closing at 4:30 p.m.
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