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Atlantic County Government DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF CULTURAL AND HERITAGE AFFAIRS |
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Phone Number: (609) 659-9000 Hours: Call for hours. Address: P.O. Box 1422,
Meetings: Meetings are held spring and fall with programs of a historic theme and are open to the public. Museum: Howlett Hall Museum, 100 New Jersey Avenue, Absecon, NJ 08201 Collection: Artifacts and ephemera related to Absecon history. ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE & LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S MUSEUM Phone Number: (609) 449-1360 Hours: September-June: Thursday-Monday 11 am-4 pm. July & August: Open daily 10 am-5 pm. Closed major holidays. Address: 31 S. Rhode Island Avenue,
Museum: New Jersey's tallest, and the country's third tallest lighthouse, rising 171 feet with 228 steps & the original first-order Fresnel lens in place at the top. Free parking, exhibits, Keeper's Cottage museum, two-acre lawn for picnics, and gift shop. Fresnel lens exhibit and live video feed from the top for those not able to climb. Educational programs and special events offered. Admission to climb; group rates available. 
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, INC. Phone Number: (609)704-5495, fax: 704-5532 Hours: Tuesday through Friday 10 am - 3 pm. Saturday by appointment only. Please call ahead for group tours. Contact: Ralph Hunter Address: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 661 Jackson Road,
Museum: Over 7,000 items of Martin Luther King, Jr. memorabilia & other items of the civil rights movement, the African American portrayal in advertising, African American artwork, and local African American history. Collection: An "African American Heritage Traveling Museum" is available for schools and organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. ATLANTIC CAPE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WILLIAM SPANGLER LIBRARY Phone Number: (609)343-4951 Contact: Grant Wilinski Address: 5100 Black Horse Pike,
Collection: Spangler Digital Projects: Historically important rare and unique books, photos, and articles have been digitized to both preserve and increase access on the following three topics: 1. Amatol, former World War I munitions factory and town; 2. Atlantic City Speedway, 1920s wooden raceway billed as the fastest in the world; 3. "Atlantic City Answers Call to World War II" relating to the City's service as an Army and Navy training center. 
ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION HALL ORGAN SOCIETY Address: c/o 1009 Bay Ridge Avenue, PMB 108,
Specialty: Formed in 1997 to create a greater awareness of the Midmer-Losh (the largest pipe organ in the world) and Kimball pipe organs in Boardwalk Hall(formerly Convention Hall) through newsletters, magazine articles, a website plus audio & video recordings. Monthly docent tours are available by emailing acchostour@gmail.com. The website store includes books, CDs and a DVD for sale, plus various MP3 sound files for listening. ATLANTIC CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY - HESTON COLLECTION Phone Number: (609) 345-2269 ext. 3062 Hours: Wednesdays 2-4:30 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am -12 noon and 2-4:30 pm. Other times by appointment. Address: 1 North Tennessee Avenue,
Collection: Books, reports, periodicals, photographs, postcards, oral histories, scrapbooks and memorabilia from Atlantic City. Resources include both published and unpublished material. Microfilm materials include “The Press of Atlantic City” from 1895 to the present, city directories from 1872-1982 (not complete), census records for Atlantic County, and maps of Atlantic City and Absecon Island. Other collection strengths include Miss America Pageant yearbooks and photographs, Atlantic City High School yearbooks, casinos and gaming information, and tourism in Atlantic City. Subject guides and indexes are available for the photograph, postcard, and African American collections. Vertical files on Atlantic City-related topics. 
ATLANTIC CITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Phone Number: (609) 347-5839 Hours: Daily, except Christmas, 10 am - 4 pm. Address: Garden Pier,
Museum: Rotating thematic photographic exhibits are featured including "Shore Deco: Atlantic City Design between the Wars, 1919-1939," and "Boardwalk Ballyhoo: The Magic of Atlantic City." Collection: Founded in 1984, the Atlantic City Historical Museum is a non-profit corporation established to encourage the acquisition, preservation, and appreciation of Atlantic City history through museum exhibits, educational outreach and programs that are culturally inclusive. ATLANTIC COUNTY HISTORY ROUNDTABLE Phone Number: (609)625-2776, ext. 6314 Contact: Cynthia Mason Purdie Address: c/o Atlantic County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs,
Meetings: Atlantic County history groups meet to network and exchange information at a roundtable meeting usually held at the Somers Point Historical Society, Shore Road in the evening of the last Wednesday of the month on a bi-monthly basis. Call or email to join a list for meeting reminders.
Produced in cooperation with the Atlantic Heritage Center. |
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