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the summer. Visit www.doowopusa.org
The Cape May County Historical Museum in the John Holmes House, one of the oldest structures in the county (c. 1755), displays furnishings, costumes, tools as well as decorative and practical objects from the 17th to 20th centuries. Period rooms include an 18th-century kitchen and bedroom with its collection of samplers, the pre-1820 dining room and the Victorian sitting room along with the Doctor’s Room, the Military Room, the Native American Room and maritime exhibits of swords, guns, uniforms, and other memorabilia from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War. The vintage 1800s barn houses an assortment of authentic carriages, including a stagecoach. The museum is found at 540 Route 9, Cape May Court House;
609-465-3535; www.cmcmuseum.org
Ocean City’s Bayside Center is an activities and education facility operated by the City of Ocean and dedicated to the environmental and cultural aspects of Ocean City’s bayfront along the Great Egg Harbor Bay. Located on the grounds of an historical home on the bay, the Bayside Center is a perfect location to learn about the our seashore environment through an array of exhibits, displays, and
information or to simply enjoy the bay for its views, wildlife, or water recreation.
Atlantic County Veterans Museum is in the historic Daniel Estell House that dates to 1832. Home to Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, the first mayor of Estell Manor and the first female mayor in New Jersey, the house was built by her grandfather and later remodeled in the 1920s in the Colonial Revival style. Military uniforms, medals, artifacts, and memorabilia from the Revolutionary War through present-day
conflicts are on display. 189 Route 50 S., Mays Landing; 609-909-7305; www.atlanticcountynj.gov Tour the historic oyster shipping sheds at
the Delaware Bay Museum and Folklife Center – better yet climb aboard the A. J. Meerwald, a restored schooner that once dredged for oysters in the bay. Home ported on the Maurice River in Bivalve, the 115-foot, 1928 Delaware Bay Schooner teaches visitors about the rich maritime history and the fragile ecosystem of the estuary. 856-785-2060; www.bayshorecenter.org l
Historic Cold Spring Village
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