Museum
A picnic area, walking and exercise trails and a StoryWalk give visitors a chance to enjoy nature while walking the grounds in this park. The full-size canal boat replica takes you back in time to when mules pulled the laden boats along the canal. The Museum’s displays include a working model of a canal lock along with many other exhibits relating Warren County’s history including Washington’s organ and piano industry, Lenape culture and life, Thomas Edison’s Portland Cement Company, the Easton-Washington Traction Company, America’s first airport dedicated to the auto giro, the Rockport train wreck, the Phillipsburg Airport, and the Eckle Age of Steam Museum.
The Hope Historical Society & Museum are located at 323 High Street (Route 519 N) at the top of a stone bridge within the State and National Historic Register district in Hope Township, New Jersey. The tiny frame building was thought to be the original 1820s toll-keepers house. It was used as a private home until 1955 when it was restored by the Hope Historical Society and became the current museum and organizations headquarters.
Millbrook Village is a representation of a late 19th Century rural community, rather than an exact restoration of the original Millbrook that has its origins in an 1832 grist mill that soon was surrounded by other businesses and homes. This scene represents the many villages that dotted the landscape and played a special role in the growth of our country. Here we remember a way of life led by millions of Americans until they abandoned it for the cities.
This husband and wife team run the 40-acre farm together. He works the land, planting shaping and harvesting the trees. She creates special events and farm tours and edits a small magazine for Christmas tree farmers. The Curtis’ decorate their 1780’s stone farmhouse in grand Colonial-style for the Christmas season. It is open to tour during the holidays and for special events. Come by, chose-and-cut your Christmas tree or visit their giftshop and museum!
An 18th Century Georgian manor, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, undergoing preservation and restoration by the Phillipsburg Area Historical Society. The house is periodically open for special events.
Shippen Manor is a c.1754 iron master’s residence built by Dr. William Shippen, Sr. The Shippens were socially prominent members of a wealthy Philadelphia family. The museum offers guided tours on the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May to December, except on holidays. Admission is free (donations to our Friends group are welcome). Field trips and group tours by appointment only. Free summer concert series on Sunday evenings from Father’s Day until Labor Day weekends. Visit Warren200.com for more information regarding programming schedules.