A successful fundraiser that began in 1994, the Silk Walk is a project designed to sell engraved bricks for placement at the Landmark's front walkway and under its grape arbor. Funds from the project are used for the Museum's upkeep, operating expenses and educational programs. This ongoing...
The Museum will observe Workers' Memorial Day, a day set aside by the nations' unions to draw attention to the occupational health and safety of workers in the US, on Saturday, April 25th, 2020 at 1PM at its headquarters, the historic Botto House National Landmark. In addition to the traditional...
The Museum will host its first International Women's Day March on Sunday, March 8th, 2020. The March is part of New Jersey's Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Initiative, which commemorates the passage of the Constitutional admendment which granted women across the country the legal right to...
On Saturday, October 19th, 2019 at 2PM and in honor of National Arts and Humanities Month, the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark cordially invites the general public to "Tensions of the Pro-Labor & Anti-Union Sentiment in the Progressive Era," a presentation with discussion by...
Students grades 3-5 are invited to register and attend classes designed to introduce them to the history and contemporary issues of working people and immigrants through the visual and performing arts. Students are provided with the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities by which...
On Saturday, September 21st, 2019, the Museum joins over a thousand museums and cultural institutions across the country by participating in Smithsonian magazine's Annual Museum Day Live! It is a one-day nationwide event designed to celebrate museums and cultural institutions. On Saturday,...
The Annual Labor Day Parade, co-sponsored by the American Labor Museum/Botto House Natonal Landmark and the Borough of Haledon, September 1st, 2019. Step-off is at 12:30 PM. The parade will begin and end at the Botto House in Haledon. There will be a barbecue for all registered...
The Museum's 26th Annual Sol Stetin Golf Open will take place on Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey. The Golf Open is named in honor of Museum President-Emeritus, Sol Stetin. Mr. Stetin was the former president of the Textile Workers Union...
The Museum is proud to announce the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endownment of the Arts, Blue Star families, and more than 700 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Armed Forces Day, May 18th...
The Museum is proud to offer a "Labor & Immigrants of Paterson" bus tour on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019. Educators and the general public are invited to register for this historical tour. Educators who attend will receive a Professional Development Certificate. On Wednesday, May...
On Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 at 7PM, the Museum proudly host its Annual May Day Festival. Plans call for instrumental and vocal performances of folk and labor music by George Mann with Marty Confurius and Al Podber, the New Jersey Industrial Union Council (IUC) "Solidarity Singers," and lyric...
The Museum proudly opens the original photography exhibit Working Class New York by Dakota Santiago on Saturday, January 12th, 2019 at 1PM. Working Class New York is an exhibit of black-and-white contemporary images. Discussing the exhibit, photographer Dakota Santiago notes, "Along...
