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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Revolutionary War in New Jersey was more than a contest between George Washington’s Continentals and the red-coated British. Thousands of New Jerseyans took up arms on one side or […]