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The Hopewell Museum is an American history museum in Hopewell, New Jersey.

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History

The museum was incorporated in 1922 as the Hopewell Free Public Library and Museum Funding and Building Association. It was formed to raise funds for a building to house a collection of antiques donated by Sarah D. Stout. This collection became the cornerstone of the museum. [1] Many of the items having been used by the early inhabitants of Hopewell. [2] [3]

The original Museum and Hopewell Public Library were housed in a three-storey brownstone [4] that was built by Randolph Stout in 1877. In 1965 the Hopewell Public Library moved to its present location and in 1967 a two-story addition was made to the Museum building. The additional space enabled the Hopewell Museum to display other collections of Southwestern Native American crafts donated by Dr. David H. Hill. [2]

Apart from Native American antiquities, the museum displays relics of American village life from colonial days to the present. [4] [5]

In 1974 Alice Blackwell Lewis was the curator of the museum. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The Hopewell Museum". Hopewell, New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  3. Jack Seabrook (2000). Hopewell Valley. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   0-7385-0431-9.
  4. 1 2 New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past, p. 536
  5. Capuzzo, Jill P. (November 18, 2007). "It's in New Jersey, but It Screams Vermont". New York Times . Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  6. "Historic Hopewell Lives in New Book". New York Times . February 17, 1974. Retrieved 2009-11-29.

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