Crane House & Historic YWCA110 Orange RoadMontclair NJ 07042
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Description
Explore 200 years of Black history in Montclair and New Jersey through rare first-hand accounts, primary and secondary source documents at the Crane House & Historic YWCA. Artifacts include a bill of sale for an enslaved person in the household, an 1800s newspaper, an 1840s New York Knickerbocker magazine, census data, personal letters, oral histories, and mid-century Jet and Ebony magazines.
These artifacts provide a springboard for discussion about race both in the past and in the present day.
Who
all ages
Cost
Admission is $12/adult, $10/student/senior, and $8/children under 18; children under 2 and MHC Members are free.How
Tours begin at 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, and 2:00 pm at the little red Nathaniel Crane House & Visitor Center located at the back of the parking lot. No reservations are required.
Masks are optional for the interior portions of the tour.
