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!