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
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!
Celebrating Women’s History Month
To Celebrate Women’s History Month this March, we are Honoring Women of the Cranford Historical Society. Since my joining the Society in 1996 and becoming President since 2011, it has been an honor and pleasure to have known and worked side by side with all of the following women of the Society for many years. With sadness in their passing in...
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.
