All of our museum buildings are located in the beautiful picturesque countryside of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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Young visitors, Alexandra and Amelia Ottenstroer, prepare to make 18th c. needle cases during the Dutch Saint Nikolas Day program at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead on December 4, 2011.
Enthusiastic visitors: Amy, Cady, and Alex Ottenstroer, Readington Twp. learn English Country Dance with Program Director, Kimberly Costa and Historical Interpreter, Suellen Tatrai, Lambertville during the Dutch Saint Nikolas Day program at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead on December 4, 2011.
Mercy Ingraham, Open Hearth Cook, shows pigs bladder to crowd.
Summer intern Brittany Gajewski and Museum Assistant Margaret Smith are dressed in the Colonial working close as they help teach 3rd grade students at Whitehouse School how to survey 18th century style.
Program Director Kimberly Costa teaches Whitehouse School 3rd grade student Emi Moore the art of surveying. This on-site 18th century Surveying program was held for both Whitehouse and Three Bridges Schools as part of a history outreach program. Next year all 3rd graders attending Township schools will visit the Readington Museums for the program.
Open Hearth cook Connie Unangst, of Wrightstown PA, shows off her traditional Dutch venison pie. The cooking demonstration was part of the Dutch Christmas Celebration, held Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Readington Museum’s Bouman-Stickney Farmstead. Photo Credit: John Costa
Readington Museum’s Program Director, Kimberly Costa, looks on as Connie Unangst, of Wrightstown PA, explains Seb Sasso, of Readington Township, about dried apple pie. The open hearth cooking demonstration of traditional Dutch foods was part of the museum’s Dutch Christmas Celebration held at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead, on Sunday, December 5, 2010. Photo credit: John Costa
Program Director Kimberly Costa shows off her Chestnut Pudding that she made for the Open Hearth Cooking puddings program on Sunday, November 7, 2010.
It’s not only the deer that enjoy the beauty of the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead in the snow. With ample parking and clearly marked trails the farmstead is the perfect place to enjoy nature. It is also an ideal place to take photos of our beautiful snow covered landscape.
Can you find the hidden treasure in this picture? Normally hidden by shrubbery and buried in the woods, the rooftop to our springhouse can be seen in the winter months. The springhouse would have been used by the farmstead to keep foodstuffs cool in summer.
18th century costume expert Suellen Tatrai, of Lambertville New Jersey, holds up a hand embroidered stomacher that she made herself. Ms. Tatrai presented a program on 18th century women’s clothing for the Readington Museums. Using period correct reproductions Ms. Tatrai explained what exactly went into dressing one’s self over two hundred years ago.
Photo Credit: Kimberly Costa
18th century costume expert Suellen Tatrai, of Lambertville New Jersey, proudly shows off a beautiful reproduction hat to Readington Museums’ Board member Helen Farrant. Ms. Tatrai presented a program on 18th century women’s clothing at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead, located in the Stanton section of the Township.
Photo credit: Kimberly Costa
Ronald S. Carnegie, of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, will be on hand to teach surveying, 18th century style on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead. Visitors will have a chance to run chains and measure the land as well.
