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Getting to Know the Hoppers!

By: Tessa Payer, Museum Specialist at the Wayne Museum and Staff Member of the Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs Today marks 150 years since the Van Riper-Hopper House gained...

Remembering the Old Barn Milk Bar

By: Patrick Byrnes, Staff Member of the Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs Today, we’re marking the last day of summer by remembering one of Wayne’s beloved summer icons,...

Batman and Wayne Township

By: Patrick Byrnes, Staff Member of the Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs Today is #BatmanDay, celebrating everyone's favorite 'dark knight'! We're taking...

This Month in Wayne History- Willowbrook Mall opens…with a penguin?

Along with the virtual content offered on our website,- map, timeline, blog, Wayne Wednesdays, and more- we are so excited to be partnering with TAPInto Wayne for a series of 13 monthly articles (April...

This Month in Wayne History- Wayne Little League Wins Big!

Summer at the Wayne Museum!

When did it become August?! Summer is flying by at the Wayne Museum, but we've been busy with community events, research and writing, and behind the scenes work! In June, we kicked off our second...

Getting to Know William Colfax

By: Tessa Payer, Museum Specialist at the Wayne Museum and Staff Member of the Passaic County Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs In his 1896 book Ballads of New Jersey in the Revolution, Charles...

This Month in Wayne History- the Continental Army Visits Wayne

Washington’s Aide-de-Camps: Tench Tilghman

Dey Mansion Washington’s Headquarters is fortunate to have had so many of George Washington’s committed aide-de-camps occupy the site during the American Revolution. Tench Tilghman was one of the...