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Macculloch Hall's Civil War Christmas - Holiday Open House, Decorations & Gift Shop

Macculloch Hall’s Civil War Christmas - Holiday Open House, Decorations & Gift Shop

 

Morristown, NJ - Macculloch Hall Historical Museum invites you to join us this holiday season.

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Step back in time and enjoy this beautiful historic home at this special time of year. Decorated for the holidays in traditional style by the Garden Club of Morristown, the gorgeous historic home provides a lovely setting to kick off the holiday season in luxurious surroundings. Visitors will find more than twenty five of Thomas Nast’s well-known original Santa and Christmas images throughout the museum’s galleries and period rooms. Find unique gifts created just for the museum's expanded holiday shop.  Special items include Thomas Nast Christmas cards, wrapping paper and limited edition ornaments, along with other traditional toys and unique stocking stuffers. Memberships to the Museum will also be available for purchase and make a great holiday gift as recipients can enjoy visits to the museum and current and upcoming exhibits through June 2012.

 

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Join us for a Macculloch Hall’s Civil War Christmas, on Saturday & Sunday, December 3rd and 4th from 12 noon - 5 pm. See the decorations, upstairs gallery Christmas exhibit, iconic Thomas Nast Christmas images and enjoy special tours of the period rooms.  The new exhibit “Gone For A Soldier:” Jerseymen in the Civil War which the museum is presenting in partnership with the New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee (NJCWSC) will be open both afternoons. The exhibit brings together about two hundred objects from nearly thirty museums, historical societies, and private collections and is a truly unique display of an array of items relating to the role of New Jerseyans in the Civil War. On Saturday afternoon Bernard Olsen will be signing copies of his book Upon The Tented Field and A Billy Yank Governor: The Life & Times of New Jersey’s Franklin Murphy. On Sunday afternoon Joe Bilby will be on hand to sign copies of his books New Jersey Goes to War: 150 Biographies of New Jerseyans of the Civil War Era, New Jersey's Civil War Odyssey: An Anthology of New Jersey Civil War Stories and Freedom to All: New Jersey's African American Civil War Soldiers.

 

Beginning December 7th the museum will be open for tours of the home and exhibits and to view the decorations or shop in the store on Wednesday, Thursdays and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.  The last tickets for admission are sold at 3 p.m. The Museum closes for the holiday break on Friday December 23rd 2011 and reopens for tours on Wednesday January 4th 2012. Visitors can see the decorations and shop in the store during normal touring hours throughout the remainder of January.

 

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families, the Morris area community, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd through its historic site, collections, exhibits, and educational and cultural programs. It is located in the heart of Morristown’s National Historic District. For complete admission prices and membership information please visit our website www.maccullochhall.org. Consider a membership as a gift this to Macculloch Hall Historical Museum this holiday season. School tours, adult/senior tours and rentals may be scheduled by appointment.  For information, call the Museum weekdays at (973) 538-2404, visit our website www.maccullochhall.org or find us on Facebook.  Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.  

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