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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join us for Matawan's own 250th celebration! The colonial encampment scheduled for Saturday 6/27 has been POSTPONED.  A new date will be announced soon. The Burrowes Mansion at 94 Main […]

The regularly scheduled tours for today have been cancelled because of the extreme heat.  (We have no air conditioning in the Mansion!) We apologize for any inconvenience.  Please join us for our next tour date on July 19.

110 years ago, the quiet town of Matawan, NJ became the site of one of the most dramatic shark attacks in American history — a story so compelling it helped inspire the movie “Jaws.” Join the Matawan Historical Society on July 12, 2026 for our 110th Anniversary Commemoration Tours: a guided bus + walking tour through the […]

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 […]