Word Seed, Inc. and the Paterson Museum have teamed up to create the Paterson Poetry Workshop Series. These workshops are presented as a prequel to the Paterson Poetry Exhibit to be held at the Museum in spring 2022. Some of the poetry generated from these...
Making the World a Better Place: The History of Girl Scouts in Paterson, celebrated and commemorated the 100th anniversary of girl scouting in Paterson. Founded in 1919 by Miss Dora Goodbody, the Paterson chapter of The Girl Scouts USA was a fairly early club, forming...
Originally planned for 2020, this exhibit is a collaboration between the Paterson Museum and the Passaic County Historical Society to commemorate the centennial of Wright Aeronautical, later Curtiss-Wright, opening its first plant in Paterson, in 1920....
110th Birthday Celebration Honoring Lou Costello was an exhibit commemorating the legacy of one of Paterson’s most famous sons. Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo), never forgot his hometown....
The Museum’s first fashion exhibition, Paterson Eco-Chic, was an eco-friendly art installation focusing on Environmental Responsibility. Weaving Paterson’s textile industry past with its future, the exhibit curated by Cristina Deutsch, showcased fifteen wearable art pieces produced by Bergen County Academies students, guest artists and designers....
Continuing the success of the Museum’s 2017 Paterson Eco-Chic, this exhibition proposed a closer look at the deleterious impact that plastic bags have on our environment. Paterson Eco-Chic II, under Art Curator Cristina Deutsch, was an eco-friendly fashion project designed for the Paterson Museum that highlighted...
In 2021, the Paterson Museum received grant funding administered by the Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council from funds granted by New Jersey State Council on the Arts, to update the Museum’s “Story of Paterson” coloring book....
The situation of refugees has been a much debated topic in recent years, both within the United States and internationally. As a city with a strong history of diversity among its inhabitants, Paterson and its citizens have an opportunity to partake in the discussion....
On Exhibition June 2- July 8, 2018 Salute to the Women of Paterson was an exhibit that celebrated fourteen women who have had a significant impact on Paterson and its residents. The women included in this exhibit are diverse in both their interests and their backgrounds....
Debuted at Girls Scouts of Northern New Jersey’s Voter Girl event, (held at Berkeley College’s Woodland Park Campus on March 7th, 2020), Votes for Women commemorates the 100 year anniversary of American women receiving the right to vote. Ratified in August of 1920, the struggle...
