Current Exhibit:

Legendary Ladies A to Z

Exhibit by Patti Kaufman

January 8th - April 26th, 2025

Legendary Ladies A to Z features a series of collage paintings by artist Patti Kaufman and honoring courageous, bold women who have taken great risks and who, despite the odds, succeeded in making a lasting contribution that changed the world. (At left: E is for Amelia Earhart by Patti Kaufman.)

This exhibit is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council form funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Irwin Nack Workers’ Memorial Day Observance

and A Life in the Struggle book talk with author Lawrence Hamm

Monday, April 28th, 2025 at 7PM

The general public is cordially invited to the Museum’s Annual Irwin Nack Workers’ Memorial Day Observance, which is a hybrid program (in-person at the Museum and virtual via ZOOM). In addition to the traditional candlelight vigil, Lawrence Hamm will discuss his new book, Lawrence Hamm: A Life in the Struggle, which he wrote with Annette Alston (2024). Mr. Hamm is a co-founder of the People’s Organization for Progress (POP), headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, and is a long-time social justice advocate. For further information and to receive the ZOOM link, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.

Annual May Day Festival

Thursday, May 1st, 2025 at 7PM

The Festival plans call for instrumental and vocal performances by George Mann, who presents concerts that are part sing-along and part history lesson, accompanied by Marty Confurius and Al Podber. Annamaria Stefanelli, lyric soprano, will sing opera arias that were popular among immigrant workers of the early 1900’s. The NJ Industrial Union Council’s “Solidarity Singers” will also perform featuring creative lyrics. For further information, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com

This program is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Ordinary People During Extraordinary Times

Exhibit by David Greene

May 1st - August 23rd, 2025

Contemporary photographer David Greene’s documentary work provides a view of the social, cultural, and personal experiences of the lives of the “ordinary people” who are his subjects. These black-and-white photographs focus on storytelling by a photographer who excels in portraiture. (At left, Generations 2 by David Greene.)

This exhibit is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States

A virtual book talk with author David Madland

Wednesday, Oct. 22nd, 2025 at 7PM

In honor of National Arts and Humanities Month, the Museum cordially invites the general public to a virtual discussion with David Madland, author of Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States (Cornell University Press, 2021). David Madland is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He has been called “one of the nation’s wisest” labor scholars by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. For further information and to receive the link to this virtual (ZOOM) discussion, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.

Free Saturday Labor Arts Classes for Children, Grades 3 through 5

March 1st - May 31st, 2025

The Museum has received funding from the Puffin Foundation to host Saturday Labor Arts classes. The purpose of the program is to introduce students to the history and contemporary issues of working people and immigrants through the visual and performing arts. Registered students will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities by which they are encouraged to develop their understanding of an immigrant worker’s home, lifestyle and workplace as a means of comparison to the same issues today. Due to the program’s growing popularity, pre-registration is required and seating is limited. For further information and to register, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.