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WELCOME TO DURAND-HEDDEN HOUSE & GARDEN

Join us for our next event on Sunday, April 23, from 1pm to 4pm
Shuttles, Spindles, and Flyers:
Spinning and Weaving in the 21st Century
Watch a sheep shearer in action; see weavers and spinners at work; participate in activities just for kids

Upcoming Events

  • Shuttles, Spindles, and Flyers: Spinning and Weaving in the 21st Century
    Shuttles, Spindles, and Flyers: Spinning and Weaving in the 21st Century
    Sun, Apr 23
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden
    Apr 23, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA
    See a sheep shearer at work in beautiful Grasmere Park. Learn about modern-day spinning and weaving with live demonstrations. Kids can enjoy activities just for them.
    Register now
  • Ongoing Exhibit: "Charm and Necessity: Maplewood Village Since 1888"
    Ongoing Exhibit: "Charm and Necessity: Maplewood Village Since 1888"
    Sun, Apr 23
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden
    Apr 23, 1:00 PM – May 21, 4:00 PM
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA
    “Charm and Necessity: Maplewood Village since 1888,” an extensive exhibit on the history of Maplewood Village, continues to be on display at the Durand-Hedden House, Maplewood’s historic house museum.
    Learn more
  • Obadiah Hedden’s Farm—1800
    Obadiah Hedden’s Farm—1800
    Sun, May 21
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden
    May 21, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA
    Take a trip back in time to Obadiah Hedden's farm, around the year 1800, and find out what life might have been like for area residents over 200 years ago.
    Register now
  • Honoring Juneteenth
    Honoring Juneteenth
    Sun, Jun 18
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden
    Jun 18, 1:00 PM
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA
    Celebrated in conjunction with the SOMA Community Coalition on Race.
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  • Durand-Hedden's 2023-2024 programming season
    Durand-Hedden's 2023-2024 programming season
    2023-2024 season
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden
    2023-2024 season
    Durand-Hedden House & Garden, 523 Ridgewood Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040, USA
    While Durand-Hedden takes a short break over the summer, we will be planning another wonderful season of lectures, workshops, and events for 2023-2024. Watch this page for updates.
    Learn more
Visitors, complete our event survey here and be entered in our monthly drawing. For January, we will give away one copy of Durand-Hedden's book, Slavery in New Jersey: A Troubled History, written and signed by Durand-Hedden President Gail Safian.

Where History is a Community Effort

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Slavery in New Jersey: A Troubled History is an illustrated 40-page book that traces the evolution of slavery in New Jersey, which began with Dutch settlement in the seventeenth century and continued through the end of the Civil War.

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