| Category: | Museum, |
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| Address: | 9 N River St, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844, USA |
| Postal code: | 08844 |
| Website: | http://www.oldmillstoneforge.org/ |
| Monday: | Closed |
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| Tuesday: | Closed |
| Wednesday: | Closed |
| Thursday: | Closed |
| Friday: | Closed |
| Saturday: | Closed |
| Sunday: | 1:00 – 4:00 PM |
My first visit today - what an experience! JP (the museum leader blacksmith - a woman) and Ed were just fabulous with their knowledge and obvious love of the craft and their recounting of the museum's history as a working forge in Somerset County until about 1958. I will join the group supporting this museum for sure. Open Sundays 1-4PM during the "tepid months", Sep-Nov and Apr-June (the museum is as it was, no heat, no A/C, no electricity, a coal forge, even a 16th century anvil!
Come visit on Sunday between 1:00 and 4:00.
Open on Somerset county historical weekends. I've been to other forges, this is the best because of the woman who explains it all, and the young man who is an apprentice of this rare trade.