Museum

Osborn Cannonball House Museum Open May 4th

18 April 2025

The Osborn Cannonball House Museum Front with two ladies in colonial dress welcoming visitors.On Sunday, May 4, 2025, The Osborn Cannonball House Museum, located at 1840 Front Street in Scotch Plains, will be open to the public from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Costumed docents will be available to give tours of this c. 1750 house, which was home to one of Scotch Plains’ earliest families. You can hear the amazing story of how the home got its name and how the Osborn family helped in the war for our country’s freedom. The Osborn Cannonball House is furnished with both antique Colonial and Victorian decor.

From the museum’s vast antique clothing collection, there will be on display a variety of late 19th and early 20th century traveling clothes.

In addition, we will have an exhibit on Victorian china painting. Did you know that during the late 19th and early 20th centuries women throughout America engaged in a fad that swept through our nation?  You might be surprised to learn that the mania which took our nation by storm was “Victorian China Painting.” Learn how this craze crossed all economic barriers by providing American women with an appropriate and respectable way to express themselves.  Additionally, discover how this fad created new job opportunities for poorer women who could earn wages by engaging in “a form of employment befitting their sex.”

We hope you will join us!

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Osborn Cannonball House Museum Closed April 6th

3 April 2025

Photo of Victorian room with exposed ceiling

Alas, we are still working on replacing the Victorian room ceiling thus we will be unable to open the museum to the public on  museum will not be open on April 6th. It will be finished in time for the school visit on April 23rd and the public opening on May 5th.

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Osborn Cannonball House Museum Closed March 2nd

27 February 2025

Photo of Victorian room with exposed ceiling

Unfortunately, the museum will not be open on March 2nd because we are busy replacing the Victorian room ceiling. We expect the project will be completed in time for the regularly scheduled opening on April 6th.

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