MUSEUM TOURS
Visit the Crane-Phillips House Living Museum, the “The Little House on the Rahway” built around 1840 by Josiah Crane.
Take a walk back in time and experience this “American Treasure” listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.
SCHEDULE
*Museum is open the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, September through May, from 2:00 to 4:00.
124 North Union Avenue
SOCIETY POSTS
Join us at our annual Fall Festival
As we open our Museum for the season, we invite community members to join us for a festival on Sunday, September 28th from 12:00-4:00. Spend some time with local crafters and vendors, and enjoy music, children's games and face painting. Then come inside for a tour which ends in the backyard at our antique tool barn, outhouse and Memorial Stone...
Garden Tour Fundraiser
Join us as we showcase 5 home gardens including our own at the Crane-Phillips House Museum. RSVP by 6/20. Tickets cost $45. Program booklets can be picked up the day of the event at the Hospitality House, 124 N. Union Ave.
Meet the Master Gardener
Join us on April 5th for a presentation on planning and planting in your garden with a focus on herbs. Caren White will be speaking at the Crane-Phillips House Museum and will be followed by a tour and refreshments. See the flyer for more details. Space will be limited so please RSVP!
EVENTS & PROGRAMS
We plan community programming for all ages in support of our mission. In recent years, we have held antique appraisals, speaker events on a variety of topics, a garden tour, all kinds of children’s events, train shows, Four Centuries in a Weekend, and more. We host elementary students and Scouts at our museum and we support the Cranford86.
Our office is open during the following hours:
Monday to Thursday, from 9:30-12:30 PM (Tuesday and Wednesday only during summer months)
Our Archives Curator is available for questions and research help on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 AM
Anyone wishing to do research or to drop-off a donation to our archives department, please do so during these hours.
