5:00 - 7:00 PM - Candlelight open house. Experience an eerie guided walk-through with strange tables of the Mansion, see a screening of the show Ghost Nation featuring the house, and enjoy refreshments. 7:00 - 9:00 PM - Stories around the backyard fire. Hear (and share your own) stories of Matawan ghosts, mayhem, and other […]
On the first and third Sunday of each month, Matawan Historical Society Mansion volunteers provide tours of the Burrowes Mansion to the public. Everyone is welcome and the tours are free (although donations to the Society are greatly appreciated). Each tour leads visitors room-to-room while guides discuss the Mansion’s dramatic history, unique architecture, period furniture, […]
Presenter: John Fabiano Topic: “Up Goes Huddy: Captain Joshua Huddy’s Untimely Execution.” Joshua Huddy was reputed to be the Loyalist’s worst enemy during the American Revolutionary War. In 1782, during a skirmish while defending the naval base and saltworks at Toms River, Huddy was taken to New York and executed by the Board of Associated […]
Join us for this festive annual event. The Burrowes Mansion will be open for the afternoon, all decked out in holiday splendor, while wonderful music is performed, and delicious refreshments are offered. Feel free to sing along to familiar tunes or enjoy the 5-part harmonized voices of MadRegalia as they sing holiday favorites.
Annual Holiday Party - The closing celebration in honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Burrowes Mansion As we come to the close of 2023, we invite you and your family to join us for our annual holiday party as we officially close this special 300th Anniversary year of the Burrowes Mansion. The celebration will […]
On the first and third Sunday of each month, Matawan Historical Society Mansion volunteers provide tours of the Burrowes Mansion to the public. Everyone is welcome and the tours are free (although donations to the Society are greatly appreciated). Each tour leads visitors room-to-room while guides discuss the Mansion’s dramatic history, unique architecture, period furniture, […]
Closed today because of winter conditions. Watch for return of tours in February!
On the first and third Sunday of each month, Matawan Historical Society Mansion volunteers provide tours of the Burrowes Mansion to the public. Everyone is welcome and the tours are free (although donations to the Society are greatly appreciated). Each tour leads visitors room-to-room while guides discuss the Mansion’s dramatic history, unique architecture, period furniture, […]
On the first and third Sunday of each month, Matawan Historical Society Mansion volunteers provide tours of the Burrowes Mansion to the public. Everyone is welcome and the tours are free (although donations to the Society are greatly appreciated). Each tour leads visitors room-to-room while guides discuss the Mansion’s dramatic history, unique architecture, period furniture, […]
Presenter: Rick Geffken Topic: “Stories of Slavery in Monmouth County, NJ” In this talk, historian Rick Geffken presents the history of slavery in Monmouth County and our local area. According to Rick: Slavery was “baked into” New Jersey from its very beginnings. In the 1664-65 Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of […]