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Nights at the Roebling Museum!

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Save the Dates! “Nights at the Roebling Museum!” Coming soon to an historic heritage site near you!!

Three (3) evenings of family fun, hands-on STEM/STEAM activities, guided tours, and movies on the Millyard!

June 29th ~ September 14th ~ October 12th

Stay tuned and follow us for more details on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, NextDoor and our website…

Save the Dates! "Nights at the Roebling Museum" Coming soon to an historic heritage site near you!! 3 evenings of family fun, hands-on STEM/STEAM activities, guided tours, and movies on the Millyard! June 29th ~ September 14th ~ October 12thStay tuned and follow us for more details on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, NextDoor and our website… www.roeblingmuseum.org

Posted by Roebling Museum on Friday, 26 April 2019

Roebling Museum Garden Tour

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Calling ALL Roebling, NJ Gardeners!!!
Saturday, June 1st from 10am-3pm in the
Historic Village of Roebling, New Jersey

When the Roebling steel plant was open and homes were supplied by the company, many of the workers and their families grew beautiful gardens. Often the company would sponsor competitions to allow the residents to show off their gardens.

We want to revive that tradition by providing a chance to show off your front yard or back yard garden. On Saturday, June 1 (rain day, June 2), the Roebling Museum will sponsor a town tour showing off our wonderful gardens. If you want be part of the tour, let us know. We will include you on the tour map.

Message, email or call the Roebling Museum by May 5th to put your Roebling garden on the tour!
robin.lovenduski@roeblingmuseum.org or 609-499-7200.

Tour tickets are currently available on this website! The garden show and tours will serve as a fundraiser for the Roebling Museum, a nonprofit organization. Go to: http://roeblingmuseum.org/events/roebling-museum-garden-tour/ to purchase your tickets today!

Sponsored by:

In the Shadow of Genius – Saturday Lecture Series w/ Barbara Mensch

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Join us for another installment of the Roebling Museum’s monthly Saturday Lecture Series

Saturday, May 11th from 1pm-4pm at Roebling Museum
$7 General Admission; $6 Museum Members

Photo by Barbara Mensch

From the Fordham University Press website:
Named a Gift Book for the Discerning New Yorker by The New York Times

Photographer and author, Barbara Mensch.

“In the Shadow of Genius” is the newest book by photographer and author Barbara Mensch. The author combines her striking photographs with a powerful first-person narrative. She takes the reader on a unique journey by recalling her experiences living alongside the bridge for more than 30 years, and then by tracing her own curious path to understand the brilliant minds and remarkable lives of those who built it: John, Washington, and Emily Roebling.

Many of Mensch’s photographs were inspired by her visits to the Roebling archives housed at Rutgers University, where she pieced together through notebooks, diaries, letters, and drawings the seminal locations and events that affected their lives. Following in their footsteps, Mensch traveled to Muhlhausen, Germany, the birthplace of John Roebling; to Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, where Roebling established a utopian community in 1831; to Roebling aqueducts and bridges in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York; and to the Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where Washington Roebling, the son of the famous engineer, valiantly served as a Union soldier. The book begins and ends with Mensch’s unique photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge, including never-before-seen images captured deep within the structure. The book creatively fuses contemporary photography with the historical record, giving the reader a new perspective on contemplating the masterwork.

Fernanda Perrone, Curator of Special Collections and the Roebling Family Archive at Rutgers University, has contributed a Foreword.”

Advance reservations are strongly recommended. If you do not wish to purchase your ticket on-line, please call the museum at 609/499-7200 to reserve your seat.

Photo by Barbara Mensch

 

Roebling Museum Goes to Brooklyn!

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Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM – 7 PM

All aboard! Leaving from the historic South Jersey site where the Roebling Museum makes its home in Roebling, New Jersey, we’ll take a day-trip to the famed NY borough of Brooklyn. Home of the most loved and iconic bridges in the world, and the most amazing shopping, eating and outdoor experiences, too!

Our friend, Dom Gervasi of Made in Brooklyn Tours will lead our excursion for the day. From stunning views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, to the River Cafe and DUMBO Park…to the a walk along the waterfront of the East River, a visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society Annex, pix of the most famous view of the Empire State Building through a very special “lens,” and much more, you won’t want to miss this trip! Experience a bit of the Roebling legacy for yourself…in Brooklyn!

$90 per person. Tickets on sale soon at roeblingmuseum.org and by phone at 609-499-7200. Price includes travel to and from Brooklyn by coach bus, 4-hour professionally guided walking tour with multiple stops/sites, and a gourmet Brooklyn-made chocolate treat. Lunch at on your own at Empire Store with Time Out New York. (Tour participants will need an est. $20-$30 for lunch.) Bus departs from Roebling Museum before 9am and returns at 7pm. Free parking at the Museum. Participants can arrive as early as 8am on the day of the trip for a self-guided tour of the Roebling Museum and lite continental breakfast and coffee.

****The first 10 paid registrants for this bus tour will receive a special hand-made gift, courtesy of Made in Brooklyn Tours. ****

This tour also serves as a fundraiser to support the Roebling Museum, a nonprofit organization.

https://www.brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/waterfront/

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MDA EatsNBeats

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Saturday, April 20, 2019 on the Grounds of the Roebling Museum

The MDA Eats N Beats Food Truck and Music Festival is an event dedicated to improving the lives of those individuals and their families coping with the debilitating effects of Muscular Dystrophy, ALS, and other related diseases so they can live longer and grow stronger.

Eats N Beats will unite MDA families, businesses, community leaders, and corporate sponsors in support of this important cause.
This is the second year of the festival. Last year MDA Eats N Beats brought over 1,700 people to the festival and raised over $13,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Eats N Beats is a supporting event for the Harley Davidson Ride for Life, which has a 32 year history of raising funds to support MDA in their efforts to support those who are fighting neuromuscular disease. The Ride for Life raises over $1 million annually for the Greater Philadelphia MDA.

During the event guests will be able to enjoy many styles of food, and beer, and enjoy live music throughout the day. There will be demonstrations by skilled artisans, and vendors of other goods and services. Also featured will be an upscale auction, as well as entertainment for children.

The event will be held on the grounds of The Roebling Museum, and guests will also be able to see the history of Roebling Village and the local industry that built the Brooklyn Bridge and so many other important structures.
Your support is crucial to help MDA Eats N Beats raise the funds and awareness needed to accelerate treatments and cures that will bring strength, independence and life to kids and adults living with life-threatening diseases.

Registration details – 5K Run

Course Support- There will be one water stop at the half way point. All runners and walkers must complete the course within 1 hour or keep a 19 minute per mile pace. After 1 hour the course will reopen to regular traffic.

Pre-Race Day – Packet pick-up is on Friday April 19 from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm at Third State Brewery, 352 High Street, Burlington, NJ 08016

Race Day – Packet pick-up and registration(unless event is sold out) is from 8:45am-9:45am.
The race begins at 10:00am.

Registration- The race is capped at 300 and participants are strongly encouraged to pre-register online. For all others, registration will start on race day at 8:45 am at the Roebling Museum.

Swag and Post-Race Activities- Race shirts will be given to all those who register prior to April 1, 2019.

For an additional $5 participants may upgrade to tech material shirts. One free beer will be given to each finisher at the Eats N’ Beats festival. All runners will be given a VIP ticket into the festival (a $15 value) upon completion of the race. VIP tickets allow race participants to enter the festival one hour prior til it opens to the public!

Award categories- Prizes for Male and Female 1st, 2nd, 3rd overall. Additional prizes for 1st , 2nd , and 3rd , male and female in the following age groups: 13 and under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 and over. In addition, prizes will be given to the three largest teams. Teams can be created during registration.

Sponsorship, Donations and Volunteers- There are a number of ways to be involved with the Eats N’ Beats 5K and festival. Even if you aren’t planning to run or walk in the event, please consider volunteering, making a tax-deductible donation, or sponsoring through your local business to receive great branding and advertising benefits. Volunteers, please register on this website. Click the button that says "volunteer" and enter your information so that we can keep a count and ensure that we leave nothing to chance.

To obtain information about volunteering contact:
Mark Theurer- mdaeatsnbeats5k@gmail.com

Parking- Free parking is available at the Roebling Museum.

**Please remember to bring your ID if you plan on partaking in an after race brew!

10th Annual Roebling Museum Car Show ~ A Salute to Veterans

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SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9am to 3pm
“10th Annual Roebling Museum Car Show ~ A Salute to Veterans”
(Rain date Sunday, April 28th)

Registration $20.00 Day of show only.
Spectator Fee $5.00
(Includes Museum Admission, Kids under 12 Free.)

Location: Roebling Museum, 100 Second Ave., Roebling, NJ 08554, 609-499-7200.

The show welcomes all years, makes & models, foreign & domestic. “Rat Rods” welcomed, too. Free Registration for 1920 & Earlier Stock Cars. Registration closes at noon.  Top 70 Trophies plus specialty awards.  Special “Red, White and Blue” Awards will be given!

We will be Honoring all United States Veterans during the car show! We will also be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Car Show with several Mercers automobiles onsite! (America’s First Sports Car, built by the Roebling and Kuser families here in NJ!)   All Military Vehicles and Emergency Vehicles, free admission to display. (Not Judged)

Fun for the Entire Family! Music by Tom “E” Tunes. Over 30 Vendors Selling Various items. Food, Ice Cream, Fresh Popped Popcorn, and More Available! Door Prizes! 50/50 Drawing!

Sponsored by the Roebling Museum.  Hosted & Judged by Movin’ on KruZers Car Club. Proceeds Benefit Roebling Museum’s Community Outreach & Education Programs.

For Merchandise Vending Info: Bobbi (H) 215-752-0484, (C) 215-820-3276. Or go to www.movinonkruzers.com. E-Mail movin’onkruzers@inbox.com.

Thank you 10th Annual Roebling Museum Car Show ~ A Salute to Veterans Sponsors:

Lead Sponsor:
~ Szucs Meat Market

Major Sponsors:
~ Burlington Chevrolet
~ Lucas Ford

Local Business Sponsors:
~ CarStar of Burlington
~ Eastbound Auto and Customs
~ Old Glory Detailing & Paintless Dent Repair
~ Roy’s Garage
~ Wheel Works custom Made Wheels

Szucs Meat Market Burlington Chevrolet Lucas Ford #CarStarofBurlington Eastbound Auto & Customs / Outdoor Power Equipment Old Glory Detailing and PDR #RoysGarage #WheelWorks 

Food Vendors include:

Marys Mobile Diner

Jarhead Johnny’s & Sons Hot Dogs & Catering Llc.

Dainty Donuts

Smylie’s Ice Cream Shop

Saturday Lecture Series w/ “Trenton Makes” Author Tadzio Koelb

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NEXT SATURDAY @ Roebling Museum

“Trenton Makes” with author Tadzio Koelb

Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 1pm
$7 General Admission; $6 Museum Members

Roebling Museum’s Saturday Lecture Series returns in with a very special discussion and book signing event on New Jersey Makers Day!

Intrigue, secrets, and industry collide in a new piece of fiction written against the backdrop of the place in New Jersey where the popular slogan, “Trenton makes, the world takes,” was born. Meet the author, Tadzio Koelb. Hear about his research for the book, and take part in what is sure to be a lively discussion, followed by a book signing.

The discussion with Koelb will be moderated by Jon Michaud, a writer and librarian. His novel, “When Tito Loved Clara” was published by Algonquin in 2011. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and The Washington Post. Jon lives in Maplewood, N.J. and is currently writing a nonfiction book about the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.

Visitors who attend the lecture can also participate in New Jersey Makers Day, a statewide celebration of making and maker culture that takes place every March in the Garden State. Makers Day activities are included with the lecture admission price.

About the novel, “Trenton Makes” From the Penguin Random House website:
“In 1946, in the hardscrabble industrial city of Trenton, New Jersey, a woman kills her army veteran husband in a domestic brawl—and then assumes his identity. As Abe Kunstler, he secures a factory job, buys a car, and successfully woos a young woman with whom he makes a home. But for Abe, this is not enough: to complete his transformation, he needs a son. Fast-forward to 1971, and the certainties of midcentury triumphalism are a distant, bitter memory, Trenton’s heyday as a factory town is long past, and the family life Abe has so carefully constructed is crumbling under the intolerable pressures of his long ruse. Written in brilliantly stylized prose, Trenton Makes is the indelibly told story of a woman determined to carve out her share of the American Dream.”

About the Author:
Tadzio Koelb is a novelist, translator, painter, and essayist. Koelb has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, Caldera Arts, and I-Park, and for three years was an artist-in-residence at the Maison d’Art Actuel des Chartreux in Brussels, Belgium. He regularly reviews fiction, non-fiction, and art for a number of publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including The New York Times and The Times Literary Supplement. His short critical biography of Lawrence Durrell appeared in Scribner’s Sons’ British Writers series, and Morasses, his translation of André Gide’s Paludes, was published in 2015. Koelb, who has lived in Belgium, France, Spain, Uzbekistan, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Tunisia, now lives in New York and teaches creative writing at Rutgers University and the New School.

New Jersey Makers Day @ Roebling Museum

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NEXT SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD! 11AM-4PM
Make and Create on New Jersey Makers Day @ the Roebling Museum

New Jersey Makers Day is a celebration of maker culture across the Garden State. This all-ages event connects individuals with libraries, schools, businesses, and independent makerspaces that support making, tinkering, crafting, manufacturing, and STEM-based learning. The primary goal is to enhance community engagement and facilitate connections among New Jersey residents by exploring new and interesting opportunities for community-wide education, entrepreneurship and hands-on learning experiences.

Kids and their families can join the Roebling Museum for a variety of activities, including: mobiles with yarn and craft sticks, designing their own “art-bots,” and casting and building activities with materials like kinetic sand.

Museum staff and volunteers will help children and their families experience a day of fun projects that teach STEAM concepts in new and interesting ways. More than fun and games, families that attend Makers Day can enjoy becoming junior engineers and designers as they learn, play, and turn STEAM ideas and concepts into tangible experiences.

NJ Makers Day will run from 11am to 4pm on Saturday, March 23, 2019. Admission is $5 dollars per person. Children age 5 and under get in for FREE. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required.

Experience the Roebling legacy with your children, through STEAM learning and play!

For more information on NJ Makers Day visit http://njmakersday.org/index.php/sitelocations/.

Also on Makers Day, the Roebling Museum is proud to present another installment of its monthly, Saturday Lecture Series. Visitors can join us for a discussion and book signing with Tadzio Koelb, author of the book, “Trenton Makes.” The lecture begins at 1PM, $7 General Admission; $6 Museum Members (Admission for the lecture will include Makers Day.)

Available at the Roebling Museum

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GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

“ROEBLING: Company Town ~ Steel, Immigrants, Moonshine and Crap Tables, 1905 – 1947” written by Louis “Lou” Borbi

Steel—the backbone of a growing industrial nation.

Roebling—well-known for building the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, was ready to expand into steel-making.

Land—the right piece of property was located alongside the Delaware River.

Workforce— in an era when immigrants were welcomed for the labor they could provide.

Louis Borbi, a life-long resident of Roebling with a keen interest and passion for its history, meticulously compiled a wealth of information over the past fifty years. Through vivid descriptions and dialogue influenced by these reference materials, Borbi enables readers to step into the past and learn about everyday life in the now historic village of Roebling, NJ.

The book’s list price is $36.99. Available for purchase at the Roebling Museum Store.

Golden Gate Bridge Exhibit Returns!

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It’s the return of the Roebling Museum’s vibrant and expansive exhibit about the majestic Golden Gate Bridges!

Stop in to see, “Spinning Gold: Roebling Cables and the Golden Gate Bridge.”

Open each Wednesday thru Sunday from 11am-4pm! See for yourself what American ingenuity, innovation, and the spirit of Independence looks like, as forged and built by and through the John A. Roebling’s Sons Company!

Location of bridge: San Francisco, California, USA
Bridge spans: Golden Gate Strait, North Bay
Construction Commenced: January 5, 1933
Construction Completed: May 27, 1937
Chief Engineer: Joseph B. Strauss
Bridge Constructor: Joseph b. Strauss
Wire Rope manufacturer: John A. Roebling Sons, Co.
Bridge Type: Suspension
Length of main span: 4,200 feet
Number of supporting cables: 2
Diameter of each cable: 36 3/8in
Status: Still in existence

VISIT US

(GPS:1495 Hornberger)
100 Second Avenue
Roebling, NJ 08554
Phone: 609-499-7200

VISITING HOURS

January and February:
Open by appointment for groups over 10 and for researchers.

March through December:
Wednesday through Sunday 11 am-4 pm


Closed:
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Easter.

Admission:
$6.00 Adults; $5.00 Seniors and Children 6-12; FREE for members and Children under 6

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