Museum
Township of Lebanon Museum
The Township of Lebanon Museum is located at 57 Musconetcong River Road in New Hampton in what was formerly the New Hampton School. Click on the map below for detailed location information.
The Museum is supported by the Township of Lebanon under the guidance of the Township Historians.
Admission is Free
For Museum hours please look under the Township's Calendar on the homepage
**** For all special events/activities look under the Township's Calendar on the homepage ****
Historian Committee
Meetings
The Historians meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm at the Lebanon Twp. Museum.
NO MEETINGS JULY AND AUGUST 2024.
If you'd like to be added to our email list, let us know by emailing [email protected].
Resources
Virtual Visit
Read about Lebanon Township's historic school districts, some of the remarkable residents who have lived here, current research into our connection with the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and much more . . . all while getting a sneak peek of exhibits, past and present.
You might be surprised at all our local museum has to offer via this virtual visit!
Shop Local & Support the Museum!
Gifts to purchase at the Museum include Lebanon Township Keepsake Ornaments, the
Lebanon Township History Book, Quilting books, and Note Cards by Lebanon Township Artist
William Martin.
Museum News
We did it!
Thank you so much for the votes, notes and words of encouragement -- results have been tabulated and we've been chosen as the BEST MUSEUM IN HUNTERDON COUNTY!
If you haven't stopped in recently to see why, come in for a visit!
Music Video
Before child labor laws were enacted, it wasn’t uncommon for rural children, particularly boys, to miss school during busy times on the farm. However, some children in Lebanon Township worked other jobs to help support their farming families.
Nationally, women and children made up the majority of the American textile mill workforce in the early 1900s. This photograph of the Hopatcong Worsted Mill in Changewater from that time period shows that this fact was true locally as well.
World Music children’s performer Daria has a new album, “Come From a Coal Town,” that includes songs that uncover stories of poverty and prejudice from her own family’s history as well as conditions in mines and in coal towns, like those where they worked and lived. This includes the use of child labor which is covered on the album in a remake of folk singer Dorsey Dixon’s song, “Babies in the Mill.”
The music video she produced for this song includes an introduction by Lebanon Township Museum Curator, Gina Sampaio, acting as an early 1900s schoolmarm named Miss Sharps (an homage to our New Hampton school house’s last teacher, Miss Mary Sharps).
