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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 Address: P.O. Box 1422,
Meetings: Meetings are held spring and fall with programs of a historic theme. Open to the public. Announced in local newspapers, Society newsletter and on Absecon local access TV. 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: Open year-round. Please check the website for hours. Address: 31 S. Rhode Island Avenue,
Museum: New Jersey's tallest, and the country's third tallest lighthouse, first lit in 1857. Two-acre site features the 153 year old lighthouse tower, 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 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,
P.O. Box 39,
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, churches, and organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION HALL ORGAN SOCIETY Address: 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 (www.acchos.org), 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. Some Jerseyana and genealogy materials are located in the main library ATLANTIC CITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Phone Number: (609) 347-5839 Hours: Daily, except Christmas, 10 am - 4 pm. Address: Garden Pier,
New Jersey Avenue & Boardwalk,
Museum: Exhibitions: "Shore Deco: Atlantic City Design between the Wars, 1919-1939," "Boardwalk Ballyhoo: The Magic of Atlantic City," and rotating thematic photographic exhibits. 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 LIBRARY SYSTEM, REFERENCE CENTER Phone Number: (609) 625-2776, ext. 6310 Hours: M-TH 9 am-9 pm, F & SAT 9 am-5 pm Contact: Regina Bell Address: 40 Farragut Avenue,
Collection: The NJ reference collection includes books, magazines, historical pamphlets, newspaper clipping files, and South Jersey Federal (1830-1930) and state (1885, 1895, 1905, 1915) census microfilm reels. A digitized collection of Atlantic County historical records is available online at: www.atlanticlibrary.org/collections/ digitized/index.asp. This collection includes ten newspapers from 1860-1923, wills, guardianships and minutes from Orphans Court 1837-1920 (County Surrogate’s Office) indexed by last name, immigration records indexed by last name and local Civil War “mustered out” records. Phone Number: (609) 927-5218 Address: 907 Shore Road,
P.O. Box 301,
Museum: Includes furniture, clothing, textiles, equipment and tools including those from early maritime and shipbuilding industries. Owns the Risley Homestead (see listing). Collection: Census of south Jersey counties, IGI, cemetery records, vital statistics, church records, deeds, family history books, genealogist collections, obituaries, local newspapers, account books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and early books. Specialty: Publishes a newsletter and annual research yearbook. Presents special public programs. Formerly known as Atlantic County Historical Society.
Produced in cooperation with the Atlantic Heritage Center. |
