book a montclair History experience

Private Walking Tour for Your Group
Take a history stroll through an area of your choosing below. Walking tours explore the cultural, social, and architectural history of each area. Tours last approximately 1.5 hours, group size is limited to 20.

Montclair Center Business Districts (Bloomfield Avenue East, Center, or West)
Montclair Center (South Fullerton Avenue & Church Street)
Upper Montclair Business District
South Mountain Avenue Estates
Watchung Park & Plaza
Pine Street Historic District
Rosedale Cemetery
Erwin Park
Walnut & Label Street

Historic Hearth Cooking Experience
Experience the sights, smells, and sounds of an 1800s working hearth kitchen. This immersive experience walks your group through a 3 hour cooking class over a working hearth fire using historic recipes from the time period. This experience is only available from October through March and limited to a group of 8.

Private Tours of the Crane House & Historic YWCA
The Crane House & Historic YWCA museum explores the history of our country from its early years as an independent nation to a country embroiled in the civil rights struggle. Built back 1796, the house was the Crane family home for over 100 years. In 1920, African American women in the community purchased the home as headquarters for a YWCA, a segregated space. It was a significant part of the African American community for four decades. By 1965, the YWCA desperately needed a new building. Local preservationists moved the house to its present location and turned it into a historic house museum. Today, we tell the stories of the three generations of Cranes, the people (both enslaved and immigrants) who worked for them, the women and girls of the YWCA, and the early preservationists who fought to save this piece of Montclair's history.

Inquire for pricing and booking to mail@montclairhistory.org or 973-744-1796.