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This Sunday (2/27) at 4 pm, p hotographer Sterne Slaven will give an illustrated talk about his fascinating Upper Gallery exhibit, "Deconstructing Hoboken: Photomontages by Sterne Slaven," at the Museum. Learn how he composed these multilayered images of Hoboken -- especially some of its iconic factory… Continue

Ted Tihansky first made a name for himself as a portrait painter, but his career took a turn in 1991 when he earned a landscape painting fellowship that enabled him to travel across North America. At the end of the fellowship, he discovered Monhegan, Maine, a remote, rocky island that boasts a long history as an artists’ colony, attracting painters such as Hopper, Bellows, Kent and Wyeth. He primarily paints in oils, and prefers painting on site and outdoors, rather than from photographs,… Continue

Right here in Hoboken, the Keuffel & Esser Company made

instruments that helped make the modern world. They didn't invent the

slide rule, but they sold more of them than any other company. "The

slide rule has been around since the Mayflower came to North America,"

according to Dr. Deborah Douglas, Curator, Science &

Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum.



The MIT Museum curator will visit the Hoboken Historical Museum on Sunday,… Continue

Ever wonder where the name "Hoboken" comes from? Or who lived

here when Henry Hudson made the first visit by a European to our

shoreline? On Saturday, May 8 at 4 p.m., come hear a

leading scholar on the Lenni Lenape people, Dr. David M. Oestreicher,

tell the history of the Lenape from their Paleo-Indian predecessors to

modern times. Admission is free for Museum members; a $2 donation

is requested from other visitors. The talk is part of the Museum's "Open… Continue