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The first independent, nonprofit African American museums in the United States were The African American Museum in Cleveland, Ohio (founded in 1956), the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois (founded in 1960), and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan (founded in 1965).
The Hermitage, located in Ho-Ho-Kus, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, is a fourteen-room Gothic Revival house museum built in 1847–48 from designs by William H. Ranlett for Elijah Rosencrantz, Jr. Members of the Rosencrantz family owned The Hermitage estate from 1807 to 1970. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark ...
Native American. History and culture of the Agua Caliente and other indigenous peoples. Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery. Agua Mansa. San Bernardino. History. Branch museum of the San Bernardino County Museum, historic cemetery of the pioneer ghost town and museum. Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum. Twentynine Palms.
The New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The Historical Society is housed in the former headquarters of the Essex Club. It has two floors of exhibition space, a gift shop, and a hall for lectures. The NJHS offers occasional Newark walking tours.
English: A fine example of the 1872 map of Newark, New Jersey by F. W. Beers. Covers the center of Newark from Elizabeth to Belleville and from Bloomfield to Newark Bay and the Passaic River. Shows streets, city wards, canals, parks, railways, and important buildings. Includes the Proposed New York and Newark Bay Ship Canal, which though the ...
August 16, 1979. The Abbott Farm Historic District is a National Historic Landmark archaeological site in New Jersey. It is the largest known Middle Woodland village of its type on the East Coast of the United States. [3] Significant evidence suggests that the Delaware River floodplain was occupied by Paleoindian people for a long period. [4]
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), in Downtown Newark in Newark, New Jersey, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Home to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), more than nine million visitors (including more than one million children) have visited the center since it opened in October 1997 on the site of the former Military Park Hotel.
The New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail is a collaborative effort between the New Jersey's Historic Preservation Office, part of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and 94 historic sites statewide to raise awareness about the roles played by women in shaping the history of state of New Jersey. [1] [2] [3]