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18th Annual Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Founding Artist Ray Sternesky

The Asbury Boardwalk Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center

In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society The Asbury Park Historical Society invites artists and craftspeople to showcase their work on the Asbury Park Boardwalk August 20, 2023 Register for the […]

Readings from Edgar Allan Poe dedicated to Tom Chesek

The Stephen Crane House 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

The program on Thursday, October 26th at the Stephen Crane House in Asbury Park will be dedicated to Tom Chesek, the former curator of the Crane House and organizer of all the programs there, who died suddenly earlier this year. The evening will include readings of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843), "Annabel Lee" (1849), Poe's most […]

$10

Annual NYC Holiday Trip

New York City New York, NY, United States

The Asbury Park & Ocean Grove Historical Societies present their annual NYC Holiday Tour! View spectacular vistas of the NYC skyline from the highest point in the city. Enjoy the SkyPod elevator as it whisks you 102 stories in 47 seconds while viewing the transformation of NYC from unsettled lands to today's forest of skyscrapers. […]

$160

Weekend in Old Monmouth

The Stephen Crane House 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

The Stephen Crane House will be among 52 historical sites featured during the Weekend in Old Monmouth. The House, headquarters of the Asbury Park Historical Society, is the first stop on the Seashore route. For an overview of all the sites along 4 different routes, visit https://storymaps.arcgis.com. You can tour the 1878 house: Saturday, May […]

The Green Book | Presentation by Jenny Shaffer

Asbury Park Library 500 1st Ave., Asbury Park, United States

During the pre-Civil Rights era, Victor Green published “The Green Book” as a guidebook for African American travelers of places where they would be welcome. Asbury Park and Neptune were popular destinations. Architectural historian Jenny Shaffer, who is part of a team or researchers working on a public website devoted to the study of sites […]

APHS Presents: A Crane House Garden of Verses

The Stephen Crane House 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

The Asbury Park Historical Society presents A Crane House Garden of Verses, an evening celebrating poetry, essays and writers who articulate the feelings we cannot quite put into words. The evening will cover the works of many renowned favorites, including the venue’s eponymous Stephen Crane himself, Emily Dickinson, Roman poets Ovid and Catullus, Elizabethan poets, […]

$15

19th Annual Art on the Boardwalk in Memory of Founding Artist Ray Sternesky

The Asbury Boardwalk Between Sunset & 5th Ave., South of Convention Center

In honor of Asbury artist Ray Sternesky who passed away March 2, 2021. Ray donated both his artwork and, with his beloved wife Dolly, time to The Asbury Park Historical Society The Asbury Park Historical Society invites artists and craftspeople to showcase their work on the Asbury Park Boardwalk August 18, 2024 Register for the […]

Edgar Allan Poe Readings to celebrate the Halloween Season

The Stephen Crane House 508 4th Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

It will be “Mischief Night” at the Stephen Crane House, 508 4th Avenue, Asbury Park on Wednesday, October 30, at 7 PM. We will continue our tradition of Edgar Allan Poe readings to celebrate both the Halloween season and Stephen Crane’s 153rd birthday. It seems strange that two great American authors with such wildly disparate […]

Annual NYC Holiday Trip

New York City New York, NY, United States

The Asbury Park & Ocean Grove Historical Societies present their annual NYC Holiday Tour! 1-Day Motorcoach New Yourk City Christmas Lights tour including lunch in Little Italy. Plus Rockefeller Center, Chelsea Market, High Line, & Bryant Park. Lavatory Motorcoach Transportation 3-Course luncheon included in Little Italy Visit Chelsea Market’s Shops & Boutiques Walk the High Line – An […]

$135

APHS Annual Membership Meeting and Special Program Presentation: “Local Railroads of the New Jersey Shore.”

Asbury Park Library 500 1st Ave., Asbury Park, United States

The Asbury Park Historical Society is pleased to welcome its members, supporters and the community to its Annual Membership meeting at the Asbury Park Public Library on Thursday, January 16, at 6:30 PM. The Historical Society will discuss its goals for 2025 and opportunities for members to become involved in APHS committees and activities for the upcoming year. The […]