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:''To enhance the understanding and appreciation of America’s past by presenting and interpreting the history, culture and lives of ordinary people through educational programs, through preservation and stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.''
:''To enhance the understanding and appreciation of America’s past by presenting and interpreting the history, culture and lives of ordinary people through educational programs, through preservation and stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.''


The museum's historic structure, the Madison Public Library and the James Building, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (as Reference #: 80002512).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/morris.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>
The museum's historic structure, the Madison Public Library and the James Building, is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (as Reference #: 80002512).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/morris.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Morris County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604123839/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/morris.pdf |date=2011-06-04 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>


==History==
==History==
The museum was founded in 1969 in the former site of the Madison Public Library to house a collection of over 8,000 tools and artifacts used in New Jersey before 1860 that had been collected by Agnes and Edgar Land.<ref name=NYT1996>Zimmer, William. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EEDD1F39F932A3575AC0A960958260 " Remaking a Treasure Chest of Tools and Trades"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 1, 1996. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref> The couple started their collection on [[Long Island]] in the 1940s, purchasing 18th and 19th century craft items that had been used on area farms that had started to become mechanized or converted to residential developments. The couple continued their collecting after moving to [[New Jersey]].<ref>Freudenheim, Betty. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7D61F39F937A15752C1A967958260 "CRAFTS; A Collection That Grew To Fill a Museum"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 24, 1991. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>
The museum was founded in 1969 in the former site of the Madison Public Library to house a collection of over 8,000 tools and artifacts used in New Jersey before 1860 that had been collected by Agnes and Edgar Land.<ref name=NYT1996>Zimmer, William. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EEDD1F39F932A3575AC0A960958260 " Remaking a Treasure Chest of Tools and Trades"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 1, 1996. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref> The couple started their collection on [[Long Island]] in the 1940s, purchasing 18th and 19th century craft items that had been used on area farms that had started to become mechanized or converted to residential developments. The couple continued their collecting after moving to [[New Jersey]].<ref>Freudenheim, Betty. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7D61F39F937A15752C1A967958260 "CRAFTS; A Collection That Grew To Fill a Museum"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 24, 1991. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>


The museum's building, designed by the partnership of [[Charles Brigham]] and Willard P. Adden of Boston,<ref>[http://www.metc.org/details.htm James Library Building]</ref> is a prime example of [[Romanesque Revival]]; the building, a gift to the town of [[Daniel Willis James|D. Willis James]],<ref>James was a grandson of [[Anson G. Phelps]].</ref> was completed in 1900, and was used as the town's library until the late 1960s when it was leased by the Lands as a site for the museum.<ref name=NYT1996/>
The museum's building, designed by the partnership of [[Charles Brigham]] and Willard P. Adden of Boston,<ref>[http://www.metc.org/details.htm James Library Building] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119145838/http://www.metc.org/details.htm |date=2009-11-19 }}</ref> is a prime example of [[Romanesque Revival]]; the building, a gift to the town of [[Daniel Willis James|D. Willis James]],<ref>James was a grandson of [[Anson G. Phelps]].</ref> was completed in 1900, and was used as the town's library until the late 1960s when it was leased by the Lands as a site for the museum.<ref name=NYT1996/>


The museum underwent an extensive renovation project in the 1990s, funded by a million-dollar fundraising effort, to bring the facility up to date in its century-old structure.<ref name=NYT1996/> As part of the renovation project, the museum received a $240,000 grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust towards interior restoration that would allow the public to appreciate the building's "most dramatic architectural features--groined vaulting, decorative stained glass and stenciling, fireplaces, handsome light fixtures and intricate woodwork" which had been hidden by architectural changes made over the intervening years since its construction a century earlier.<ref>[http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/museumofearlytradesandcrafts.html Museum of Early Trades and Crafts], New Jersey Historic Trust. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>
The museum underwent an extensive renovation project in the 1990s, funded by a million-dollar fundraising effort, to bring the facility up to date in its century-old structure.<ref name=NYT1996/> As part of the renovation project, the museum received a $240,000 grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust towards interior restoration that would allow the public to appreciate the building's "most dramatic architectural features--groined vaulting, decorative stained glass and stenciling, fireplaces, handsome light fixtures and intricate woodwork" which had been hidden by architectural changes made over the intervening years since its construction a century earlier.<ref>[http://www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/museumofearlytradesandcrafts.html Museum of Early Trades and Crafts], New Jersey Historic Trust. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>

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Madison Public Library and the James Building
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts is located in New Jersey
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts is located in the United States
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
LocationMain St. and Green Village Rd., Madison, New Jersey
Coordinates40°45′35″N 74°25′3″W / 40.75972°N 74.41750°W / 40.75972; -74.41750
Built1900
ArchitectBrigham & Adden
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.80002512[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 08, 1980

The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts is a non-profit educational institution in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The museum's mission is:

To enhance the understanding and appreciation of America’s past by presenting and interpreting the history, culture and lives of ordinary people through educational programs, through preservation and stewardship of our collection, and through exhibition and demonstration of the trades and crafts practiced in New Jersey from its earliest settlement.

The museum's historic structure, the Madison Public Library and the James Building, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as Reference #: 80002512).[2]

History

The museum was founded in 1969 in the former site of the Madison Public Library to house a collection of over 8,000 tools and artifacts used in New Jersey before 1860 that had been collected by Agnes and Edgar Land.[3] The couple started their collection on Long Island in the 1940s, purchasing 18th and 19th century craft items that had been used on area farms that had started to become mechanized or converted to residential developments. The couple continued their collecting after moving to New Jersey.[4]

The museum's building, designed by the partnership of Charles Brigham and Willard P. Adden of Boston,[5] is a prime example of Romanesque Revival; the building, a gift to the town of D. Willis James,[6] was completed in 1900, and was used as the town's library until the late 1960s when it was leased by the Lands as a site for the museum.[3]

The museum underwent an extensive renovation project in the 1990s, funded by a million-dollar fundraising effort, to bring the facility up to date in its century-old structure.[3] As part of the renovation project, the museum received a $240,000 grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust towards interior restoration that would allow the public to appreciate the building's "most dramatic architectural features--groined vaulting, decorative stained glass and stenciling, fireplaces, handsome light fixtures and intricate woodwork" which had been hidden by architectural changes made over the intervening years since its construction a century earlier.[7]

Exhibits and programs

Artifacts on exhibit at the museum include such items as buckets, powder horns, hayforks, cradle scythes, and the ice saws used to cut and collect ice from the surface ponds in an era before refrigeration.[8]

The museum's most popular programs involve craftspeople — such as carpenters, coopers and blacksmiths — demonstrating the use of these tools in the performance of their professions.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Morris County Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d Zimmer, William. " Remaking a Treasure Chest of Tools and Trades", The New York Times, September 1, 1996. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  4. ^ Freudenheim, Betty. "CRAFTS; A Collection That Grew To Fill a Museum", The New York Times, November 24, 1991. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  5. ^ James Library Building Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ James was a grandson of Anson G. Phelps.
  7. ^ Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, New Jersey Historic Trust. Accessed September 24, 2007.
  8. ^ Freudenheim, Betty. "CRAFTS; The Beauty Behind Function", The New York Times, March 6, 1994. Accessed September 24, 2007.

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