Please join us for the installation of the final Minisink Trail marker in Monmouth County.  This will be the final sign in a series of eight, placed in Monmouth County […]

Our normally scheduled tours for the third Sunday of the month will be cancelled today (4/19) as we work on setting up new exhibits.  We'll be back next month for […]

We are happy to welcome well-known local historian John Schneider back to MHS! Please join us for this free event, open to the public.  A brief business meeting will follow […]

We are happy to announce that the Matawan Historical Society and Burrowes Mansion Museum will be participating in the annual “Weekend in Old Monmouth” on Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday, […]

We are happy to announce that the Matawan Historical Society and Burrowes Mansion Museum will be participating in the annual “Weekend in Old Monmouth” on Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday, […]

This event has been postponed to 5/16/26 because of the threat of rain.  Please see event entry for that date.

NOTE NEW DATE: Postponed from 5/9/2026 ***One of the BEST rummage sales in all of NJ returns May 16th!*** Please join us for the Matawan Historical Society’s 3rd Annual Rummage […]

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 […]

Larry Mihlon is a retired Chief of Police from West Long Branch who has been a living historian, reenactor and actor for decades. In celebration of our Nation's 250th Anniversary, he has assembled a presentation of Uncle Sam and performs a reading of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a brief overview of the Uncle […]

Please join us to dedicate new grave markers for Revolutionary War Patriots at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Matawan.  Those being honored include: Captain Samuel Carhart (1737 - 1809) Private William G Crawford (1757 - 1837) Patriot Samuel Forman (1713 - 1792) Private John Lisk (1756 - 1823) Sergeant William Van Pelt (1760 - 1839)   […]