Museum Guide

· Little-Lord Farmhouse, Museum and Farmstead, 31 Horseshoe Road, Berkeley Heights. Open 2 to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of each month from April through December or by appointment. Call (908) 464-0961.
· Dr. William Robinson Plan- tation Museum, 593 Madison Hill Road, Clark. Open I to 4 p.m. the first Sunday of each month from April through December. Call (732) 381-3081.
· Crane-Phillips House Museum, 124 Union Ave. North, Cranford. Open 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays from September through June, or by appointment. Call (908) 276-0082.
· Belcher-Ogden Mansion, 1046 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth. By appointment only. Call (908) 351-2500.
· Boxwood Hall, 1073 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call (908) 648-4540.
· Woodruff House/Easton Store Museum, I I I Conant St., Hillside. Open 2 to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of each month or by appointment. Call (908) 352-9270.
· Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, Constitution Plaza opposite the Mountainside Library, Mountainside. Open I to 3 p.m. the third Sunday of the month from March to May and September to October; closed June to August and November to February.
· Trailside Nature and Science Center, 452 New Providence Road, Mountainside. Open I to 5 p.m. daily. Call (908) 789-3670.
· The Saltbox Museum, 1350 Springfield Ave., New Providence. Open I to 3 p.m.. the first and third Sundays of the month, and 10 a.m. to noon on each Thursday of the month.
· Drake House Museum, 602 W. Front St., Plainfield. Open 2
to 4 p.m. Sundays September to June. Call (908) 755-5831.
· Merchants and Drovers Tavern, 1632 St. Georges Ave., Rahway. Currently under restora- tion. By appointment only. Call (732) 381-0441.
· Abraham Clark House, 101 W. Ninth Ave. at Chestnut Street, Roselle. By appointment only. Call (908) 486-1783.
· Roselle Park Museum, 9 W. Grant Ave. at Chestnut Street, Roselle Park. Open Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call (908) 245-1776.
· Osborn Cannonball House, 1840 Front St., Scotch Plains. Open 2 to 4 p.m. the first Sunday of the month. Call (908) 233-9165.
· The Cannonball House, 126 Morris Ave., Springfield. By appointment only. Call (973) 379-2634.
· Donald B. Palmer Museum of the Springfield Public Library, 66
Mountain Ave., Springfield. Open 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. Call (973) 376-4930.
· Benjamin Carter House, 90 Butler Parkway, Summit. Open 9:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 to 4 p.m. the first Sunday of the month-, and by appointment. Call (908) 277-1747.
· Reeves-Reed Arboretum, 165 Hobart Ave., Summit. Grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk; office is open from 9 am. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Call (909) 273-8787.
· Caldwell Parsonage, 909 Caldwell Ave., Union. Open 2 to 4 p.m. the third Sunday of the month or by appointment. Closed December and January. Call (908) 687-8129.
· Liberty Hall Museum, 1033 Morris Ave., Union. C)pen 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays to Sundays. Call (908) 527-0400.
· Miller-Cory House Museum, 614 Mountain Ave., Westfield, Open 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays from September through June - closed during the summer - and 2 to 4 p.m. Sundays in January and February, or by appointment. Call (908) 232-1776.
· Deserted Village of Feltville- Glenside Park. By appointment only during daylight hours. Call (9O8) 527-4911.

Note: This Museum Guide is compiled by Worrall Community Newspapers. It is a list of museums and historical sites in Union County and the surrounding area. To add to the list, send the relevant information to Arts and Entertainment Editor Bill VanSant at Worrall Community Newspapers, 1291 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, 07083.

 

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