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  • Discover the ART in SpARTa - FINAL DAY
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  • A Midsummer's Night Theme Party
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  • Veterans Salute Weekend - June 10-11
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  • Discover the ART in SpARTa
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  • Discover the ART in SpARTa
  • Minding your Tea - Reservations Required by 5/19
  • Discover the ART in SpARTa
  • Veterans Roundtable
  • Spring Antique and Vintage Market
  • RESCHEDULED on 4/27 = Juliette Low: Founder of Girl Scouts
  • Discover the ART in SpARTa - Opening Day
  • Volunteer Appreciation & 2023 Sign Up
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoys: America's First Folk Art - FINAL DAY
  • Holiday Lunch with Holiday Musical Guests RESERVE by 11/30
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoys: America's First Folk Art
  • Introducing the First People of NJ, PA and DE
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoys: America's First Folk Art
  • Sparta Through the Years
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoy: America's First Folk Art
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoys: America's First Folk Art
  • Krogh's Giving Tap Harley's Helles Craft Beer September
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoy: America's First Folk Art
  • Scutes and Scales
  • New Sussex Symphony's Brass Quintet & String Quartet RESCHEDULED
  • 20th Anniversary Reception
  • Vintage Waterfowl Decoys: America's First Folk Art - OPENING DAY
  • Whiskey Crossing
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum - LAST DAY
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum
  • UpTown GetDown
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum
  • Spring Vintage Market
  • Learning to Innovate: Thomas Edison & the Creation of the Electrical Industry
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum
  • The Best of Van Kirk Museum - OPENING DAY
  • Members Only Opening Spring Exhibit Reception
  • Children's Magic Show SOLD OUT!
  • Emily Roebling: Bridge Builder in Petticoats
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts -- FINAL DAY
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts
  • Becoming a Museum Curator on Sparta's Homespun Arts
  • Lunch with the Secret Victorian Lady
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts
  • 6th Annual Antiques & Classic Car Show
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts
  • The Creative Spirit: Homespun Arts - OPENING DAY
  • The Beauty of Butterflies
  • Rescheduled -- Brass Quintet & String Quartet
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist -- FINAL DAY
  • Flexible Flyers Sing Golden Oldies
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist
  • Cornerstone Playhouse Cabaret
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist
  • Lunch with Artist Jeffrey Wolfson
  • Rita Joyce: Evolution of an Artist -- OPENING DAY
  • Thomas A Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius FINAL DAY
  • Thomas A Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas A Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas A Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas A Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius - PERSONAL TOURS
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Fifth Annual Classic & Antique Car Show
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Music Day at the Museum
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Postponed - Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • Postponed Thomas Alva Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • (Postponed) Sparta: Its History & Heritage
  • POSTPONED =Thomas A. Edison: The Person, The Vision, His Genius
  • POSTPONED Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
  • POSPONED Carrie Chapman Catt: Founder of League of Women Voters
  • POSTPONED Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Preservation and Grace, an American Legacy
  • POSTPONED You are invited to tea lunch
  • Determined Spirit - The Story of Amelia Earhart
  • Holiday Open House
  • NJ Glass: Earth, Wind, and Fire
  • NJ Glass: Earth, Wind, and Fire
  • Antiques and Vintage Vendor's Market
  • NJ Glass: Earth, Wind and Fire
  • Sparta Underground: Men and Mines
  • Members Only Mining Opening Exhibit Reception
  • NJ Glass: Earth, Wind and Fire
  • 4th Invitational Antique Car Show
  • Meeting Julia Child
  • NJ Glass: Earth, Wind and Fire
  • Members Only Fall Opening Exhibit Reception
  • Connecting Past to Present: Preserving the NJ Glass Tradition
  • What's Cooking at the Van Kirk Farms: 1780-1920
  • Dedication of Wagon House & Music Day
  • Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Victorian Jewelry Curiosities
  • Curt E Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Victorian Jewelry Curiosities
  • What's Cooking at the Van Kirk Farms: 1780-1920
  • Fall Mums Pre-Order Sale
  • Curt E Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Victorian Jewelry Curiosities
  • What's Cooking at the the Van Kirk Farms: 1780-1920
  • Curt Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Victorian Jewelry Curiosities
  • Victorian Jewelry Curiosities
  • What's Cooking At The Van Kirk Farm: 1780-1920
  • Antique Vintage Vender's Market (Postponed)
  • Curt E. Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Curt E. Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lense
  • Curt E. Engelbrecht: Views Through His Lens
  • Van Kirk Museum Dressed for the Holidays
  • Traditions from the Black Forest
  • Traditions from the Black Forest
  • Traditions from the Black Forest
  • 3rd Annual Invitational Antique and Classic Car Show
  • Traditions from the Black Forest - Sussex County Heritage Weekend
  • Traditions from the Black Forest - OPENING DAY Of EXHIBiT
  • Encounters with Birds of Prey
  • Music Day at the Museum with Smooth Sailin'
  • Sussex County Views: The Art of Toni Chaplin LAST DAY EXHIBIT
  • Sussex County Views: The Art of Toni Chaplin
  • Watercolor Workshop
  • Watercolor Workshop
  • Sussex County Views: The Art of Toni Chaplin
  • Sussex County Views: The Art of Toni Chaplin
  • Life Along the Wallkill - LAST DAY OF EXHIBIT
  • Life Along the Wallkill
  • Life Along the Wallkill
  • Antique & Vintage Spring Vendor Market
  • Life Along the Wallkill
  • Create a Hummingbird, Bee & Butterfly Pollinators Garden
  • Pollinator Plant Sale by Nester's Greenhouse
  • Life Along the Wallkill
  • Importance of Bees
  • Life Along the Wallkill - OPENING Day of Exhibit
  • Members only Spring Opening Exhibit Reception
• News
  • Opening Lenni-Lenape Fall Exhibit on 9/10
  • Long Hill String Band performance on 8/26/23
  • One Room Schoolhouse Dedication & Opening on 8/13/23
  • Sparta Historical visit Hardyston Monroe Schoolhouse on 7/24/23
  • Florian Schantz Jazz Combo returned on 7/23/23
  • Sparta Memorial Day and Independence Day Parades 2023
  • Summer has arrived on 6/21 with our annual Summer Soiree
  • Sixth Graders visit over 3 days
  • Veterans Salute Weekend June 10-11, 2023
  • Carol Simon Levin portrays Juliette Low on 4/27/23
  • Members 4/20/23 Opening Spring Exhibit Reception with Gallery Dedication
  • 3/29 /23 - Sparta Historical truly appreciates our Volunteers!
  • Vernon Camera Club visits on 02/05/23
  • Holiday at Van Kirk Homestead Museum
  • Sussex County Birders Visit
  • Celebrating Native American History Month
  • Sparta 6th Graders return for Colonial History
  • NJ Questers Visit on 10/17/22
  • 7th Annual Classic & Antique Car Show
  • Sussex Symphony Ensemble Returns
  • Fall Duck Decoy exhibit Opens
  • Whiskey Crossing - a Country Rock Duo
  • in Memorium, Jack Clark
  • Sparta Rec Farm Camp visits on 7/1/22
  • Up Town Gets Down, NJ most fun party band
  • Sixth Graders visit over 3 Days
  • Sparta Day 2022
  • Dr Paul Israel, Exec Dir & Editor, Edison Papers Visits
  • Wantage DAR awards Sparta Historical at 2022 Award Luncheon
  • 2021 Volunteers Celebration & 2022 Call Out on 3/30/22
  • Hop on Down to Childrens' Magic Show 03/27/22
  • Carol Simon Levin portrays Emily Roebling on 3/24/22
  • Sparta Lenape School Program
  • FROM THE PRESIDENT's CHAIR
  • 2020 Classic & Antique Car Show
  • Music Day at the Museum was finally held using our new performance deck!
  • Van Kirk Drive Street Sign Dedication
  • Menlo Park Edison Historical Center visits Van Kirk Homestead Museum!
  • We’re baaaack! We are the first heritage site to be reopened in Sussex County!
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