I yO DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



NEW JERSEY 



FLEMINGTON: 



HUNTERDON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



The society has a small historical collection now in storage, await- 

 ing the erection of a new library building. 



HACKENSACK: 



BERGEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



This society maintains a museum of local historical material, 

 including household and similar utensils; letters, diaries, manuscripts, 

 deeds, and other legal documents; revolutionary war relics; costumes; 

 and a collection of Indian arrowheads and implements. There is 

 also a valuable musical collection, including a very old harpsichord. 

 The museum is receiving frequent additions. 



NEWARK: 



NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (16 West Park Street.) 



The society maintains a small museum comprising for the most 

 part objects of local historical interest. 



THE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION. The Newark Museum. 



The property of the museum at present occupies rooms in the 

 public library, and consists of a collection of Japanese art objects, 

 numbering about 2000 specimens; lacquers; prints; porcelains, both 

 Chinese and Japanese; paintings; textiles; armor; ivories; and metal 

 work, bought by the city and held in trust by the Museum Association 

 for the people of the city of Newark. 



The Newark Museum Association is a corporation formed in 

 April, 1909, to establish a museum for the reception and exhibition 

 of articles of art, science, history, and technology, and for the encour- 

 agement of the study of the arts and sciences. 



The museum was opened to the public on February 24, 1910. At 

 that time the Japanese collection and a loan collection of American 

 paintings and sculpture were shown by the museum. 



The control is vested in a board of trustees. There is at present 

 no fixed appropriation for maintenance. The income is from a system 

 of membership. 



The museum publishes a bulletin, "The Newark Museum," vol. 

 i beginning February, 1910. 



