The Museum is located on the third floor of the Children's Library at 90 Broad Street.

The collection consists of furniture, clothing and accessories, tools, household articles, paintings, toys, posters, memorabilia, dioramas, maps, newspapers, photographs, postcards, letters, deeds, documents and books.

Research Requests

We can conduct individual research requests. To request research, follow the instructions in this document.

Items of special interest include

• Cornerstone from the Daniel Dodd house, 1719
• School Bell, 1758
• Signed Book presented by Joseph Bloomfield
• Ephraim Beach surveying wye level, 1823
• Peloubet melodeon, 1855
• Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine, 1855
• Thomas Hughes' map of Bloomfield, 1856
• Charles Vernon Ward oil painting, 1879
• Hallock family crib made by John Jelliff in Newark, 1863
• Peloubet-Pelton organ, 1885
• Maxfield album quilt, 1886
• Charles Warren Eaton oil painting of the Morris Canal, 1891