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Meadowlands Museum
The Meadowlands Museum is open on most Saturdays
from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
We look forward to your next visit to the Museum
at 91 Crane Avenue, Rutherford, NJ .
The Meadowlands Museum is a non-profit, non-political center for the preservation and education of regional history. It is operated by a volunteer staff and volunteer Board of Trustees, and it welcomes the efforts of all who are committed to discovering and preserving the unbiased history of New Jersey's Meadowlands region, and helping to tell our multi-facetted story.
Show Your Support for Our History By Donating Today
Please consider the Meadowlands Museum as one of the non-profit organizations that you choose to support. Your support will help to make sure that the history of the Meadowlands Communities continues to be preserved and exhibited for all. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO DONATE TO THE MEADOWLANDS MUSEUM WITH PAYPAL. THANK YOU.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT - 2026
In honor of Black history Month, the Meadowlands Museum has converted its rotating exhibit room to a featured exhibit of the history of the Black community in Rutherford and the southern Bergen County area.
The exhibit features the history of slavery in the region, the underground railroad, accomplishments of freed slaves in the area, including the first African American family to own their own home in Rutherford in 1868. Also featured in the exhibit is the history of the Rutherford Civil Rights Commission, the Mount Ararat Baptist Church, the Murray Hodge American Legion Post, and the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII that grew up in Rutherford, and other notable members of the local black community.
Come see this exhibit until March 14, 2026. The Museum is open on Saturdays from 10-4 pm.
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​Upcoming Zoom History Speaker Event
featuring
Sheryl Hilliard Tucker
Thursday, Feb 26, 2026 7:30 pm.
Please help support our Go Fund Me campaign with funds going to support the exterior repairs of our historic building. These repairs are not covered under other available grants.
Funding of the Meadowlands Museum is also supported in part through grant funds administered by the Bergen County Division of
Cultural and Historic Affairs, Department of Parks, through a General Operating Support grant from the New
Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
The Meadowlands Museum was grateful to be a recipient of a 2020 COVID-19 Response Grant from the NJ Council for the Humanities, which was made available through the CARES Act funding that was allocated through the NEH. This Grant covered some of the Museum's General Operating Expenses during the time of the COVID -19 pandemic.
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Thanks to Our Sponsors
Rutherford Woman's Club
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