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- 2026 Annual Meeting
- Tree - mendous - CLOSING DAY!
- Tree - mendous!
- NJ Trees including Champion and Heritage
- Tree - mendous!
- Tree - mendous!
- Antique & Vintage Market
- Tree - mendous!
- Tree - mendous!
- Forests in the Walkill by Lacklin Robertson
- UpTown GetDown Returns
- Tree - mendous! OPENING DAY!
- Members Only Spring Exhibit Opening Reception
- Exhibit Spotlights
- Exhibit Spotlights
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye - CLOSING DAY
- Happy Together, an a cappella group
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets The Eye
- Quilts: More Than Meets the Eye - OPENING DAY
- Spring Antique and Vintage Market
- Van Kirk Closed for Winter
- Alice Paul - Not Ourselves but the Cause
- Annual Meeting 2025
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond - CLOSING DAY
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond
- Peters Valley Visits Sparta
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond
- Long Hill String Band - Rescheduled
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond
- New Sussex Symphony - Brass Quintet & String Quartet
- Life in the Military
- American Art Pottery: From New Jersey & Beyond - OPENING DAY
- Members Only - Opening Exhibit Reception
- Metal" From Earth to Form and Fashion - CLOSING DAY
- Mike Dettra
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Military History Day
- Sparta Flag Day Ceremony
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Sparta Memorial Day Parade
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Mining Makes Metal - Sussex County's History
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion
- Mixed Metals: Functional and Fashionable
- Metal: From Earth to Form and Fashion - OPENiNG DAY
- Cassidy Pry portrays St. Kateri and Joel Farkas presents Revolutionary Women
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Preservation and Grace, an American Legacy
- Annual Meeting 2023
- Michael Jackson Holiday Extravaganza
- Lenni-Lenape Life - FiNAL DAY
- Lenni-Lenape Life
- Lenni-Lenape Life
- League of NJ Historical Societies Annual Meeting
- Lenni-Lenape Life
- Lenni-Lenape Life
- Lenni-Lenape Life
- 8th Annual NJ Antique and Classic Car Show
- Student's Autumn Craft Workshop
- Diners & Dives of Sussex County
- Lenni-Lenape Life - OPENING DAY
- Florian Schantz Jazz Combo - Our 1st 2023 Performing Artist
- Discover the ART in SpARTa - FINAL DAY
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- A Midsummer's Night Theme Party
- Summer Afternoon Garden Soiree
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- Salute to Veterans Weekend - June 10 & 11
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- Sparta VFW Memorial Day Parade
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- Minding your Tea - Reservations Required by 5/19
- Discover the ART in SpARTa
- Veterans Roundtable
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Wil Goldschmidt, wood turner, visits on 10/26/25
- October 2025 school visits by middle school & High School Arts
- Tree-mendous Opening Day with UpTown Get Down
- Members Only Exhibit Opening Reception 9/11/25
- Quilt exhibit had the most personal tours
- Sparta Historical's display at the 2025 Farm & Horse Show
- Rita Joyce visits as speaker for FINAL DAY
- Jackie Laba, quilter visits on 7/13/25
- Jefferson Historical visits
- Michelle Munn, Mt Tabor Historical President visits 6/8/25
- Sparta Day 6/1/25
- Memorial Day Parade 2025
- Barbara Thomas, Sussex County Quilter & Fair Grounds Art Building Director 5/11/25
- Sparta Earth Day 5/3/25
- One if By Land, Two if By Sea 4/18/25
- Quilt Exhibit Opening Day 4/13/25
- Members Only Exhibit Opening Reception 4/10/25
- Alice Paul visit Sparta 3/20/25
- Sparta Winter Carnival 2/1/25
- Kristin Muller, Exec Dir Peters Valley Craft School on 11/14/24
- Model A Club visits the Van Kirk Museum on 11/10/24
- Sussex County Symphony Ensemble performs on 9/22/24
- Military Life by Brian O'Neill on 9/12/24
- Opening of Art Pottery Fall Exhibit on 9/8/24
- Long Hill String Band performs on 8/27/24
- Mike Dettra, pannist on 7/21/24
- Co-founder Marjorie Strohsahl Birthday Celebration 7/20/24
- National Sewing Guild - Sussex County Chapter visits on 7/15/24
- Sparta's Memorial Day & Independence Day parades 2024
- Military History Day 6/15/24
- Annual 6th grade visit June 2024
- Sparta Senior Advisory Committee visits 5/15/24
- Participating in Sparta MIddle School's Solar Eclipse Watch Party 4/8/24
- St Kateri and Revolutionary Women 03/21/24
- Jackie O visits for tea 03/14/24
- Hosting the NJ League of Historical Societies Annual Meeting 11/04/23
- Opening Lenni-Lenape 2023 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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