Oral histories of longtime Hoboken residents. Chapbooks' PDF files can be downloaded.

The Hoboken Historical Museum On-line Collection

The Hoboken Historical Museum’s collections have well over 50,000 documents, maps, drawings, books, photos, slides and objects. While the museum has been collecting since 1986, formal accessioning and cataloging began in 2001. Since 2006, the Museum has offered an online version of its collections catalog. Here users can access a database containing more than 10,000-plus records with 32,000-plus images of books, ephemera, documents, photos, and artifacts, all in an easy-to-use format with multiple methods to find out about Hoboken’s history. In 2008 the site logged more than 18,000 user searches.

Hoboken Views

Dozens of historic pictures & postcards organized into categories including "The Waterfront", "Trolleys", "Bird's Eye Views" and others. Check out how Hoboken has changed...and hasn't.

On The Waterfront, 1958-1989: The Photographs of Donald "Red" Barrett

A History of Hoboken Play

Curated by Holly Metz, this e-exhibit was inspired by a long- standing wish to chronicle the history of Hoboken's street games and other urban recreation activities.

St. Ann
Slide show of St. Ann and the Festival Through Two Centuries in Hoboken

A History of Hoboken Play

Curated by Holly Metz, this e-exhibit was inspired by a long- standing wish to chronicle the history of Hoboken's street games and other urban recreation activities.

Silde show of Galapalooza25 celebration. Our 25 Anniversery.

Museum Events Links

Email Event Reminders
Sign up for our email remainders for all upcomming museum events.

Hoboken House Tour
An annual tour of some of the great private homes in Hoboken.

Hoboken Pet Parade
An annual Parade of Your Pets

The Annual Baby Parade(photo gallery 2011)
A great event for the whole family

The Great Online Hoboken Auction
An online fund raiser held several time year offering unque items to bid on. Stay tune.