2026 Walking Tours
From April to October, join MCHS and its partners in the local history community for walking tours highlighting the historic neighborhoods, districts, and downtowns that make Morris County unique. Led by local historians, the tours are free to participants and allow each community to showcase their own rich history. Rain or shine. Space is limited, pre-registration required.
Dates and times may be subject to change.
July 19 walking tour sponsored by:
| Date | Time | Topic | Organization / Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, April 1 | 11:00am & 2:00pm | Ayres/Knuth Farmstead | Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation |
| Sunday, April 19 | 1:00pm–3:00pm | King Store & Homestead Museum and Silas Riggs House | Roxbury Historic Trust |
| Saturday, April 25 | 10:00am–11:30am | Whippany Burying Yard: Civil War Veterans | Hanover Township Landmark Commission |
| Saturday, May 2 | 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm | Washington Township (Dutch Valley) | Washington Township Historical Society |
| Saturday, May 9 | 1:00pm | “Founding Mothers:” 200 Years of Madison’s History | Hillside Cemetery Volunteers |
| Saturday, May 16 | 10:00am–4:00pm | Discover Historic Mount Tabor | Mt. Tabor Historical Society |
| Sunday, May 17 | 1:30pm | Morris Canal & Boonton Ironworks | Canal Society of New Jersey |
| Sunday, May 17 | 1:00pm & 4:00pm | Blackwell Street Historic District & Orchard Street Cemetery | Dover Area Historical Society and Orchard Street Gatehouse Historical Association |
| Saturday, May 30 | 10:00am & 2:00pm | United for Good Works: Morristown’s Female Charitable Society | Macculloch Hall Historical Museum and The Presbyterian Church in Morristown |
| Sunday, June 7 | 1:00pm & 3:00pm | Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery | Randolph Friends Meetinghouse & Cemetery |
| Sunday, June 7 | 2:00pm | Historic W. Main Street Succasunna & First Presbyterian Church | Sue Anderson and Linda of Ferro-Monte Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution |
| Saturday, June 20 | 10:00am & 1:00pm | Rocks in the Garden: A Public History of Slavery in Morristown | Mike Snyder |
| Saturday, June 27 | 11:00am & 2:00pm | The Four Corners Neighborhood of Denville | Vito Bianco, Denville Historical Society |
| Saturday, July 4 | 10:00am–11:30am | Whippany Burying Yard Fourth of July | Hanover Township Landmark Commission |
| Saturday, July 18 | 11:00am & 2:00pm | Colonial Taverns & Forges of Denville | Vito Bianco, Denville Historical Society |
| Sunday, July 19 | 10:30am-12:30pm | Jacob Ford, Mansion to Powder Mill | Morris County Historical Society and Morristown National Historical Park |
| Saturday, August 22 | 11:30am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm | Wharton Canal Day | Joe Macasek, President, Canal Society of NJ |
| Saturday, September 19 | 10:30am | Normandy Park Historic District | Carol Barkin, Morris Township Historic Preservation Commission |
| Saturday, September 19 | 2:00pm & 7:00pm | Ayres/Knuth Farmstead | Ayres/Knuth Farm Foundation |
| Sunday, September 20 | 11:00am | Historic Morris Avenue | Morris County Historical Society |
| Saturday, September 26 | 12:00pm & 2:00pm | Chatham’s Historic Main Street | Chatham Historical Society |
| September, date TBD | Madison and Barber Shop Protests | Dr. Jonathan Golden, Drew University | |
| Saturday, October 3 | 2:00pm | A Stroll Through the Old Village of Chester | Ed Ng, Chester Historical Society |
| Sunday, October 18 | 1:30pm | Historic Boonton Main Street | Boonton Historical Society |
| Saturday, October 24 | 6:30pm | Historic Manning Avenue Cemetery | Butler Museum |