All programs are to be held at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead, 114 Dreahook Road in the Stanton section of the township. Times vary, please check listings below. There is a $5.00 suggested donation for dances and lectures, children are FREE! For updates and additional information please call Program Director Kimberly Costa at 908-236-2327 or visit www.readingtontwp.org/ReadingtonMuseums
2012
Sunday, May 6
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Gunsmithing and colonial life with Guest lecturer, Harry Greenberger
Saturday, May 19
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Join Betsy Gotta as she calls our first Barn Dance of the season. This family friendly event is great for all ages, no prior experience or partner needed. There is a $5.00 suggested donation for adults, $2.00 for children, refreshments served.
Friday, June 29
7:00-8:00 p.m.
First of our Friday Night Lecture Series, Finding Polly Burling, Sue Huesken, Rancocas Merchants
$5.00 suggested donation for adults, refreshments served.
Friday, July 27
Friday Night Lecture Series
7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Camden and Amboy Railroads with guest lecturer John Kilbride
$5.00 suggested donation for adults, refreshments served.
Friday, August 31
Friday Night Lecture Series
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Ghosts of Central NJ, with guest lecturer Gordon Thomas Ward
$5.00 suggested donation for adults, refreshments served.
Sunday, September 9
1:00-4:00 p.m.
18th and 19th century room stenciling
Noted artist New Jersey artist Deborah Mores will be on hand to teach 19th century techniques for room and floor stenciling. Donations accepted.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Open House at Cold Brook School
Spend the afternoon in 1826. Visitors will have the chance to try their hand at ciphering, orthography, learn some history, roll hoops and more. Fun for the whole family.
October 19- 28, 1-4 p.m. and November 3-4, 11
Annual Exhibit
One Home-Three Wars: Women during Wartime in Hunterdon County
The exhibit will feature costumes, artifacts and personal accounts of three of the ten wars the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead has seen in its two hundred and fifty year history as a home.
Saturday, October 13
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Join Betsy Gotta as she calls our second Barn Dance of the season. This family friendly event is great for all ages, no prior experience or partner needed. There is a $5.00 suggested donation for adults, $2.00 for children, refreshments served.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Women’s Fashions of the Civil War
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Textile and costume expert Suellen Tatrai will show what it took for a lady to get dressed, from the inside out, during the Civil War years. Held in conjunction with the exhibit “One Home- Three Wars: Women during Wartime in Hunterdon County”.
Sunday, December 2
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Christmas with Jane Austen
Come find out what it was like to celebrate Christmas in the Regency period. Open hearth cooking demonstration, dancing and crafts. Donations accepted.
