Upcoming Events

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 look at her early career from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts to Stratford-Upon-Avon to Broadway. Free Zoom program. Pre-registration required. Email MCHSAcornHall@gmail.com to register.

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 new Gilded Age, these millionaires changed the landscape with the construction of palatial estates, which – along with their private sidings, squash courts, and midnight […]

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 rich local history they once held. Slated to be installed on the second floor of the carriage house upon completion of its restoration, our Architectural […]