Upcoming Events

There’s something special underfoot in Acorn Hall Front Parlor! Join Pat Goodfriend, MCHS Membership and Volunteer Coordinator, to find out about Acorn Hall’s remarkable mid 19th-century John Crossley & Sons […]

Acorn Hall’s Carriage House has stood for as long as Acorn Hall but, as a utilitarian outbuilding, it never received the limelight until its restoration was started in 2020! Since […]

Join Curator of Collections Anne Motto for a final look at our landmark exhibit A Storied Past: History That Makes Morris County on its closing day. From Revolutionary War sabres […]

Explore the blending of architectural features that created Acorn Hall,  Augustus Crane's mid 19th-century "country house," inspired by landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing. Free Zoom program. Pre-registration required. Email MCHSAcornHall@gmail.com […]

Mary Crane Hone, the last resident of Acorn Hall, took the daring leap from Southern belle to stage actress in 1921. Join MCHS Curator of Collections Anne Motto for a […]

Previously a small town in the country, Morristown became the home of men and women whose concentrated wealth totaled nearly $300,000,000 at the turn of the century. Products of the […]

Born from witnessing too many of Morris County’s historic structures fall victim to the wrecking ball, MCHS’s Architectural Study Collection preserves character-defining architectural features of these buildings and interprets the […]

After a yearlong conservation, MCHS's breathtaking stained glass memorial window is now on permanent display at Acorn Hall! Originally installed in 1886 at Morristown's Church of the Redeemer, the window […]