Butler Museum 221 Main Street Butler, NJ 07405

Butler Museum 221 Main Street Butler, NJ 07405

Butler Museum

221 Main Street

Butler, NJ 07405

(973) 838-7222

https://www.butlerborough.com/cn/webpage.cfm?tpid=17694

https://www.facebook.com/TheButlerMuseum

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Butler Museum 221 Main Street

The Butler Museum is housed in the former New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad station. Constructed in 1888, it was remodeled in the 1890’s and in 1907, when a freight room was added to the northwestern end of the building. A major restoration took place from 2011 to 2015. Purchased by the Borough of Butler for a museum just in time for the Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, the museum houses a large collection of artifacts of local and regional significance.

The Butler Fire and Police Department artifacts.

Exhibits highlight the social, educational, fraternal, political, and business life of the community. Unique to the Butler Museum are artifacts pertaining to the Statue of Liberty, statue designer Frederic Bartholdi, and his friend Richard Butler, for whom the town is named. Mr. Butler was an important member of the committee that raised the funds to construct the statue’s pedestal (Pathways to History of Morris County website).

The Statue of Liberty exhibition.

Displays also include products manufactured by the American Hard Rubber Company, the area’s largest employer from the 1880’s to the late 1950’s. Development of items such as Ace Bowling Balls and Ace Combs can be traced from blueprints and salesman samples to the finished products.

The Ace Company exhibit

The resource center presents the opportunity to view past copies of local newspapers, almost a century of Butler High School yearbooks, and a pictorial history of Main Street, Butler.

The Butler Museum main gallery with the Ace Rubber exhibition as well as the Butler Fire and Police departments. The displays represent years of tradition in the town.

The Butler Museum main gallery. The Ace Company exhibition.

The Butler Museum’s local town history display.

The Printing industry of the town of Butler, NJ.

The display of vintage clothing.

The museum has a wonderful display of artifacts that tell the story of the town and show the progression of the town’s growth. The docents do a nice job of telling that story of the town they love so much. It is a very fascinating museum when you tour all the interesting things that the museum has in its collections.

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