Vintage & Variety Yard Sale
Please Join Us on June 5!
Bring goods to sell or come and buy. It will be a fun way to show your support. See the Vineland Historical Society's Facebook page for further information or to register as a vendor. Space is available for $20 and you must bring your own table and chairs as well as your items for sale.
A Virtual Success
Slavery Talk Nets Large Audience
Author Rick Geffken presented our first virtual program during Black History Month based on his new book, "Stories of Slavery in New Jersey." We were delighted to find that more than fifty people from throughout the United States and Canada attended the event. We are currently planning our next program so check back with us soon. Autographed copies of Geffken's book are available for sale at the museum for $22.
Happy Anniversary, Vineland!
Town Turns 160
Visitors to the museum will see a new exhibit this year devoted to the anniversary celebrations that once dominated local life. It seems that Vineland residents loved to party and, each year, the anniversary provided them with an opportunity to stage parades, dances, dinner parties, concerts and more to celebrate the founding of what would become an extremely important town. The elegant poster seen here at left was one of the many distributed throughout the region to show that Vineland celebrated in style (although we're still wondering about that seven nights of frolic...). We hope that you will come out to enjoy the exhibit and learn more about Vineland's past.
The Spectro-Chrome Meter
On Exhibit
This unusual piece of medical equipment, currently on exhibit at the museum, was invented in the 1930s by Dr. Dinshah P. Ghadiali of Malaga. It reportedly cured illness by using different colored lights that were shown on the affected part of the body. Although considered controversial by traditional medicine , many people purchased the device and declared it to be helpful.