Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

In partnership with Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System, Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is pleased to offer 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.

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
-Through the Keyhole- 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:
-Mr. Macculloch Grows a Farm
-Tigers, Tweed and Thomas Nast

Programs include:
-Storytime at 2
-Daffodil Bulb Party
- Tea for Two

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum welcomes group tours Sunday-Thursday. Come enjoy our period rooms, changing exhibition galleries and two-acre historic garden. Group tours are scheduled by appointment: (973) 538-2404, ext. 11.

July 11-August 29
Join us every Thursday before opening to the public for a 10-minute mini-program exploring a significant object from the museum's extraordinary collection or the life of an intriguing person who lived at, worked at, or visited Macculloch Hall. Learn about art, history, preservation, conservation, and more from the curators, archivists, and other museum specialists who preserve and interpret MHHM's history. FREE.