Hopewell Museum

The Hopewell Museum is an American history museum in Hopewell, New Jersey.

History

The museum was incorporated in 1922 as the Hopewell Free Public Library and Museum Funding and Building Association. It was formed to raise funds for a building to house a collection of antiques donated by Sarah D. Stout. This collection became the cornerstone of the museum.[1] Many of the items having been used by the early inhabitants of Hopewell.[2][3]

The original Museum and Hopewell Public Library were housed in a three-storey brownstone[4] that was built by Randolph Stout in 1877. In 1965 the Hopewell Public Library moved to its present location and in 1967 a two-story addition was made to the Museum building. The additional space enabled the Hopewell Museum to display other collections of Southwestern Native American crafts donated by Dr. David H. Hill.[2]

Apart from Native American antiquities, the museum displays relics of American village life from colonial days to the present.[4][5]

In 1974 Alice Blackwell Lewis was the curator of the museum.[6]

References
  1. "Hopewell Museum". Fieldtrip.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28. In 1922, Hopewell resident Sarah D. Stout donated an important collection of antiques which became the nucleus of a continuously growing inventory of artifacts, furniture, crafts, and other items.
  2. "The Hopewell Museum". Hopewell, New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-28. The Hopewell Museum was incorporated in 1922 as the Hopewell Free Public Library and Museum Funding and Building Association. It was formed to raise funds for a building to house a collection of antiques offered to the community by Miss Sarah D. Stout. This collection became the nucleus of the present museum which bears the much simpler name of The Hopewell Museum.
  3. Jack Seabrook (2000). Hopewell Valley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-0431-9. The Hopewell Museum, shown as it appeared in the mid- 1920s, has long been the repository for historical information in Hopewell Borough. ...
  4. New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past, p. 536
  5. Capuzzo, Jill P. (November 18, 2007). "It's in New Jersey, but It Screams Vermont". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-28. ... At other times of the year, the museum’s focus is village life in America from colonial times to the present. ...
  6. "Historic Hopewell Lives in New Book". New York Times. February 17, 1974. Retrieved 2009-11-29. Hopewell Valley Heritage, written by Alice Blackwell Lewis, curator of the Hopewell Museum, and published by ...

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