The Mahwah Museum is one of the participants in the Northwest Bergen County History Tour on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This tour is sponsored by the Coalition of Northwest Bergen Historical Organizations. Tickets are  $10 per person - children under 12 free - and are good at eight historical homes and museums in the northwest Bergen area.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Mahwah Museum has an exhibit "New Jersey Fights in the Civil War: Remembering Soldiers Buried in Mahwah."  Ticket holders on the tour will also be able to visit the New York Times acclaimed "Les Paul in Mahwah" exhibit and the Donald Cooper Model Railroad.

Tickets are on sale at the Mahwah Museum on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. or click here.

Tickets are also on sale at the Schoolhouse Museum in Ridgewood on Thursdays and Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. and Sundays 2-4 p.m. and at Abma's Farm Market in Wyckoff, Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

To purchase tickets by mail, send a request and self-addressed stamped envelope to The Schoolhouse Museum, 650 E. Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (make checks payable to the Ridgewood Historical Society).

Grilled hot dogs and will be sold at the Hopper Goetschius House Museum in Upper Saddle River.

For more informatiion about the day, call Sheila Brogan at 201.652.7354 or email info@ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org

Each of the other participating museums or historic houses has an equally exciting Civil War exhibit.  The other Coalition participants include: 

The above is a release from the Mahwah Museum.

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