OFFICE OF CULTURAL AND HERITAGE AFFAIRS

ABSECON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Phone Number:  (609) 677-5412

Address:  P.O. Box 1422, 
Absecon, NJ 08201-1422

Meetings:  Meetings are held spring and fall with programs of a historic theme. Open to the public. Announced in local newspapers, Society newsletter and on Absecon local access TV.

Museum:  Howlett Hall Museum, 100 New Jersey Avenue, Absecon, NJ 08201

Collection: Artifacts and ephemera related to Absecon history.

ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE & LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S MUSEUM

Phone Number:  (609) 449-1360

Hours:  Open year-round. Please check the website for hours.

Address:  31 S. Rhode Island Avenue, 
Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Museum:  Visit New Jersey's tallest lighthouse, and the country's third tallest lighthouse! This two-acre site features the 152 year old lighthouse tower, rising 171 feet. Climb the 228 steps (admission donation requested), and experience the original first-order Fresnel lens still in place at the top. See spectacular 360 degree views of Atlantic City on the wrap-around deck outside the watch room. Absecon Lighthouse has free parking, outdoor exhibits, a Fresnel Lens exhibit in the old Oil House for those not able to climb, and a Keeper's Cottage. Educational programs and special events offered. The lighthouse is available for rent for special events. Located 4 blocks north of the Showboat Casino.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, INC.

Phone Number:  ((609) 704-7262

Hours:  Tuesday through Saturday 10 am - 4 pm. Closed Sunday & Monday

Address:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 661 Jackson Road,  P.O. Box 39, 
Newtonville, NJ 08346

Museum:  Over 7,000 items of Martin Luther King, Jr. memorabilia, other items of the civil rights movement, the African American portrayal in advertising, African American artwork, and local African American history from southern New Jersey.

Collection: An "African American Heritage Traveling Museum" is available for schools, churches, and organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION HALL ORGAN SOCIETY

Address:  1009 Bay Ridge Avenue, PMB 108, 
Annapolis, MD 21403

Specialty:  Formed in 1997 to create a greater awareness of the Midmer-Losh (the largest pipe organ in the world) and Kimball pipe organs in Boardwalk Hall(formerly Convention Hall) through newsletters, magazine articles, a website (www.acchos.org), plus audio & video recordings. Monthly docent tours are available by emailing acchostour@gmail.com. The website store includes books, CDs and a DVD for sale, plus various MP3 sound files for listening.

ATLANTIC CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY - HESTON COLLECTION

Phone Number:  (609) 345-2269

Hours:  Wednesdays 2-4:30 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am -12 noon and 2-4:30 pm. Other times by appointment.

Address:  1 North Tennessee Avenue, 
Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Collection: Books, reports, periodicals, photographs, postcards, oral histories, scrapbooks and memorabilia from Atlantic City. Resources include both published and unpublished material. Microfilm materials include “The Press of Atlantic City” from 1895 to the present, city directories from 1872-1982 (not complete), census records for Atlantic County, and maps of Atlantic City and Absecon Island. Other collection strengths include Miss America Pageant yearbooks and photographs, Atlantic City High School yearbooks, casinos and gaming information, and tourism in Atlantic City. Subject guides and indexes are available for the photograph, postcard, and African American collections. Vertical files on Atlantic City-related topics. Some Jerseyana and genealogy materials are located in the main library

ATLANTIC CITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Phone Number:  (609) 347-5839

Hours:  Daily, except Christmas, 10 am - 4 pm.

Address:  Garden Pier,  New Jersey Avenue & Boardwalk, 
Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Museum:  Exhibitions: "Shore Deco: Atlantic City Design between the Wars, 1919-1939," "Boardwalk Ballyhoo: The Magic of Atlantic City," and rotating thematic photographic exhibits.

Collection: Founded in 1984, the Atlantic City Historical Museum is a non-profit corporation established to encourage the acquisition, preservation, and appreciation of Atlantic City history through museum exhibits, educational outreach and programs that are culturally inclusive.

ATLANTIC HERITAGE CENTER

Phone Number:  (609) 927-5218

Address:  907 Shore Road,  P.O. Box 301, 
Somers Point, NJ 08244

Museum:  Includes furniture, clothing, textiles, equipment and tools including those from early maritime and shipbuilding industries. Owns the Risley Homestead (see listing).

Collection: Census of south Jersey counties, IGI, cemetery records, vital statistics, church records, deeds, family history books, genealogist collections, obituaries, local newspapers, account books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, and early books.

Specialty:  Publishes a newsletter and annual research yearbook. Presents special public programs. Formerly known as Atlantic County Historical Society.

BRIGANTINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Phone Number:  (609) 266-3437

Address:  3607 Brigantine Boulevard,  P.O. Box 833, 
Brigantine, NJ 08203

Museum:  Exhibits include a large collection of photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries, ship models, and many other artifacts from Brigantine history.

Specialty:  Monthly programs are offered.

Produced in cooperation with the Atlantic Heritage Center.
This list was updated on Monday, December 01, 2008.