Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Growing Good Health, a FREE historic garden-based program focusing on:

-gardening
-healthy eating
-exercise
-creative time outdoors
-sustainability
-history
-community

Programs are held onsite in our garden and classroom. Programs are also held offsite in your classroom such as "Honeybees: Alive in the Hive" sharing the wonders of the honeybee and offering activities such as storytelling, building a honeycomb model, trying tools of the Beekeeper, and making a bee book.

The goal of Growing Good Health is to engage the full community with the historic gardens in a sustainable, integrated garden experience through creative learning and volunteer opportunities. Program initially funded by Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System.

Youth Summer Garden Program.

Through hands-on gardening, guided interactive learning experiences, tours of the Museum’s exceptional eighteenth-century kitchen, and an art making experience with New Jersey artist and storyteller children will:

-learn how Macculloch Hall grew, prepared and stored fruits and vegetables to sustain the household throughout the year
-learn how to cultivate and care for a kitchen garden
-consider the positive environmental impact of pollinating insects and birds
-examine the nutritional and environmental impact of a local garden
-participate in the creative aspect of tending green space and using inspiration from it to create art
-explore the history of the community while participating in it

This program is made possible by a generous grant from The Astle-Alpaugh Family Foundation.

Elementary:
-A Home Away From Home- 1st grade
-Lessons from the Garden- 2nd-3rd grade

Thomas Nast for Middle & High School:
-Meet the Press: NY Civil War Weekly Newspapers– 5th-11th grade
-Curbing the Copperheads: Nast and the 1864 Election–5th -11th grade
-Portraying Post-War Presidents: Johnson and Grant– 5th– 11th grade

Civil War Lessons for Middle & High School:
-A Call to Arms– 5th-11th grade
-Capturing the Slave Ship Erie–5th-11th grade
-The Blockade Begins– 5th-11th grade

Offsite, Classroom Programs:
-Meeting Mr. Macculloch– 2nd– 4th grade
-Building the Morris Canal– 4th– 5th grade

Daisy Programs:
- Making Memories
- Louisa's Rose Garden

Brownie Programs:
- Celebrating Community
- Pen, Ink and Paintings

Junior Programs:
- Yes to the Dress
- It's About Time

Cadette Programs:
- Who Speaks For You?

Tiger Scout Programs:
- Shape Search
- Ready, Set, Float Your Boat

Wolf Scout Programs:
- Great Gardens
- Treasures Assembled

Bear Scout Programs:
- Machines that Move

Webelo Scouts Programs:
- Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Off the Wall

Boy Scout Programs:
- Architecture: Past and Present
- We the People

Programs include:
-Architecture (Fall/Spring)
-Remembering Abraham Lincoln (Year-Round)
-Transportation: Travel Then and Now (Year-Round)
-Thomas Nast (Year-Round)
-Celebrating The Secret Garden (Spring)

For families and care partners with neurodiverse children and teens - experience the historic house with plenty to touch and time for questions. Explore the garden sensory pathway through sight, sound, touch, and smell.

Once a month from June through October, adults can try their hand at different art techniques with a teaching artist. All supplies are provided. These programs are offered for free through support from The Astle-Alpaugh Family Foundation.

A free self-contained art making kit tied to the history of the collection. This art box is distributed in partnership with the Morris County Division on Aging, Disabilities, and Community Program reaches hundreds of homebound senior citizens annually. Additionally, programs are held offsite affiliate centers through the Morris County Division on Aging, Disabilities, and Community Program.