Historic House Museum Tour

10:00am – 11:30am

Excite the mind and enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the arts at the Morris Museum. Formerly the home of the Frelinghuysen family, the Museum recently unveiled a spectacular new exhibition entitled, “Musical Machines & Living Dolls: Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection” in a brand new 4,300 square-foot gallery. Other areas of the Museum’s distinguished collection include costumes and textiles, fine art, decorative art, dolls and toys, natural science, geology, paleontology and anthropology.

11:45am – 1:15pm

Enjoy lunch in downtown Morristown, featuring over 75 restaurants with international cuisine options. These include Caribbean, Hispanic, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Irish, Italian, Greek, New York deli-style, new American and an Afghani restaurant.

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Visit Acorn Hall and experience mid-Victorian splendor at its best. The house is furnished primarily with pieces from the Schermerhorn and Crane-Hone families, supplemented with significant objects from other prominent Morris County families. Carpeting, wall covering and decorative paint techniques remain as they were in the nineteenth century.

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Experience Macculloch Hall. Built in 1810, this Federal-style mansion of more than twenty rooms was home to George Macculloch (best remembered as the Father of the Morris Canal) and five generations of his descendants. The museum features a collection of 18th and 19th century decorative and fine arts and is home to the largest collection of works by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. End your afternoon with a stroll behind Macculloch Hall through the oldest gardens in Morris County.

Download our Morristown Histrical Walking Tour App for the iPhone or take the Virtual Walking Tour.