Historic Wicoff House Museum

Family History Scrapbooking: Victorian Meets Modern
2025-01-07 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
This workshop invites participants to create beautiful, meaningful family history scrapbooks by blending traditional Victorian scrapbooking techniques with modern methods. In the Victorian era, scrapbooking was a popular way to preserve memories, often using pressed flowers, postcards, newspaper clippings, and hand-drawn illustrations. Participants will learn these classic techniques, such as the art of layering memorabilia and creating decorative borders, while incorporating modern elements like digital photos, printed embellishments, and contemporary journaling styles. The result is a timeless, personalized scrapbook that preserves both family memories and historical connections, offering a perfect balance of old-world charm and modern creativity.
You need to bring your own photographs and anything else you might want to include in your scrapbook. Other supplies will be provided.
Tuesdays 11am-12:30pm, January 7th-March 11th

Please register: tinyurl.com/whscrapbook

Stories From Our Community: Local Author Series- Kevin G. Chapman
2024-12-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Award-winning local author, Kevin G. Chapman, is launching his new mystery, book #6 in the Mike Stoneman Mystery series–Double Takedown. Join Kevin for a discussion about his book, his series, and his writing. Refreshments provided.

Voices of Plainsboro: A Living History Roundtable
2024-11-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us on an interactive journey through Plainsboro’s rich past, as residents in their 70s-90s share their personal stories of growing up in the town. This unique roundtable will cover themes such as Plainsboro’s farming history, its historic buildings, the early families and businesses that shaped the community, and much more.
Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in this living history experience, gaining firsthand insights into the town’s transformation over the decades.
Refreshments provided.
To register: tinyurl.com/plainsborovoices

Haunted House Tour
2024-10-27 17:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Sunday, October 27, 5-8PM
Free Event
Enjoy smores, hot chocolate & popcorn! Donations benefit the Friends of the Wicoff House.
Register: tinyurl.com/hauntedhouse24
Rain or shine. If raining, wait inside your car and come to the front porch at your tour time.
Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro NJ
museum@plainsboronj.com

"Farm Day at the Museum" by the Historical Society of West Windsor and the Historic Wicoff House Museum
2024-06-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Schenck Farmstead, 50 Southfield Road, West Windsor, NJ, 08550, United States
Learn about the farming history of West Windsor and Plainsboro at the Schenck Farmstead on Sunday, June 2, 2024 from 1 pm-4 pm. The Schenck Farmstead is located at 50 Southfield Road, West Windsor, NJ. The event will include museum tours, crafts, activities, prizes for kids, painting and a scavenger hunt. Join the Historical Society of West Windsor and the Historic Wicoff House Museum for this free family-fun event. Please register at tinyurl.com/farmday24

Wicoff House - Escape Room
2024-04-06 16:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the Wicoff House for this fun family event. You will be “locked” in the rooms of the historic Wicoff House with a mission to solve before time runs out!

$5 per person, pay at the door. Includes: Escape Room admission, slice of pizza and drink, souvenir

Escape rooms best suited for children 8 and up.

Proceeds benefit the Wicoff House Museum Youth Advisory Council and the Friends of the Wicoff House.

Please register at tinyurl.com/escapewh24

Spring Egg Hunt
2024-03-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Save the date for this free, family-fun event! Please register at tinyurl.com/whegg24

Wicoff House Museum - Mayhem in the 80's
2024-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Let’s play the murder party game at the museum! Just bring yourself/or some friends. At the start of the game, everyone chooses a card which reveals their character. We’ll walk around the museum, talking to each other in character, trying to figure out who the murderer is.

This night will be 80s themed! Wear an 80s outfit if you have one, but not required to attend.

There are lots of variations of this party game, so you probably are aware of it. The game we will play is a combination of Clue and Among Us!

Bring a snack to share with everyone if desired. Water, soda provided. Please register for this free event at tinyurl.com/wicoff80s

Plainsboro's First Inhabitants: Evidence of the Lenni-Lenape Village found at the Route 1/Scudders Mill Road Bypass
2024-02-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
In 1981-1982, an archaeological dig was conducted prior to the construction of the Scudders Mill Road bypass at Route 1. Archaeologists uncovered over 25,000 artifacts at this site as well as discovering very rare, substantial evidence of Lenape buildings dating back to the Late Archaic Period (3500 BC). The Wicoff House Museum has a collection of Lenni-Lenape artifacts discovered throughout the township by local residents. Please register for this free event: tinyurl.com/lenape24
Exhibit & Presentation by Dr. Anna Braun, Museum Educator
Free event, refreshments provided

Wicoff House Museum - Around the World in 80 Minutes
2024-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the Wicoff House for this free community event! Learn about different countries and cultures by doing crafts and activities related to important people, buildings, events and inventions from around the world.
New museum scavenger hunt & refreshments
Please register for this free event at tinyurl.com/wicoffworld24

Wicoff House Museum Puzzles & Pints (of Ice Cream)
2024-01-20 16:30 - 18:30 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Celebrate National Puzzle Month at the museum! Join us for jigsaw & crossword puzzles and mystery board games. We will also have blank jigsaw puzzles and sharpies that we can use to create our own puzzles. All adults welcome.
There will be an ice cream sundae bar with ice cream and toppings (vegan options available)! Bring a snack to share with the group, if desired. Let’s have great conversations and laughs! Please register for this free event tinyurl.com/wicoffpuzzles

4th SnowFest
2023-12-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us for our 4th annual SNOWFEST!!
RESCHEDULED FROM DECEMBER 10 TO DECEMBER 17
Meet Santa, the Grinch and Olaf!
Once again this year, we will be joined by the Plainsboro Police and Fire Departments. Have hot chocolate with our heroes! Have snowcones and smores on the museum lawn. Do crafts, a new museum scavenger hunt, games and activities.
Celebrate winter with us at the museum!

Wicoff House Museum's Holiday Game Night. All adults welcome!
2023-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
All adults welcome.
Join us at the Historic Wicoff House Museum for a fun night of board games, hot chocolate, snacks, laughs and conversation. We have lots of games to play, including Scattergories, Gestures, National Parks Monopoly, Don’t Get Stabbed (a card game version of Among Us) and more!!
We will have hot chocolate and other drinks. If desired, bring a snack for everyone to share.
Come and relax at the museum and celebrate winter with us with good company and fun times. All adults are welcome. The main floor of the museum is handicapped accessible.
More information and RSVP (not required, but appreciated)
https://www.meetup.com/plainsborosocial/events/297630718/

Claim to Fame Event
2023-09-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Let’s play Claim to Fame at the museum!
Just bring yourself/or some friends. At the start of the game, everyone chooses a card which reveals what celebrity they are related to. We will play a series of games to uncover clues. There will also be a clue board with clues about all the celebrities that you can look at throughout the night to help decode the clues.
At the end of the game, everyone will fill out a sheet to guess who each person is related to. The person with the most correct guesses receives the prize bag!
Have you seen the reality show Claim to Fame? This game will be modeled after that.
If desired, bring a snack for everyone to share, soda/water provided.
Please note whether it is vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc.
Let’s just laugh together and have fun!
All adults welcome.
We’ll meet at the Wicoff House Museum, inside the Municipal Complex at 641 Plainsboro Road. There’s a small parking lot behind the museum and additional parking in the complex.
Register here: meetup.com/plainsborosocial

Back to School Party
2023-08-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY!
August 27. 2-4pm
We will be hosting our last event before school starts! Activities include crafts, games, scavenger hunt, prizes, and more! Refreshments will be provided.
Register here: http://www.tinyurl.com/wicoffschool23

Museum Summer Camp! - August Session
2023-08-21 - 2023-08-25 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
DISCOVERING THE MUSEUM WORLD: AN ADVENTURE THROUGH HISTORY!
Ages 6-10
Aug 21st – 25th (Mon-Fri), 1pm-5pm
This new Summer Camp at the Wicoff House Museum will introduce campers to the museum world through immersive and fun activities such as conducting an archaeological dig, conserving museum artifacts, creating museum exhibits, conducting research and more. Campers will gain new experiences through creative and hands-on activities and crafts.
Topics covered during the week include local history, genealogy/family history, architecture, archaeology, museum collections, conservation and more. Campers will explore the museum building, its collections and the museum grounds during this adventure through history!
Each camper will receive a special camp t-shirt and a log book to record all of their activities at the museum.
Register at: tinyurl.com/wicoffsummercamp23

Dinner and Music Fundraiser Event
2023-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join the Wicoff House Museum’s Youth Advisory Council for a dinner while enjoying live music. The dinner includes an entree, drinks, and dessert. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Wicoff as living history interpreters, and experience museum tours.

Tickets are $20/adults and $15/kids, and all funds raised will benefit the YAC & Friends of the Wicoff House.

Register here: http://www.tinyurl.com/wicoffdinner23

A Night in Mumbai at the Museum
2023-04-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Let’s pretend we’re in Mumbai for the night at the museum! Just bring yourself/or some friends.
Please bring an Indian dish to share! Note all ingredients and whether it’s vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free.
The museum will be decorated with music playing for a great atmosphere! We will play Indian board games, chat and find a new favorite dish together! Let’s laugh together and have fun!
All adults welcome.
Register at: meetup.com/plainsborosocial

Spring Egg Hunt 2023
2023-04-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join the Wicoff House Museum, Plainsboro Police Department and Plainsboro Fire Department for the 2023 Spring Egg Hunt at the museum!
Crafts, refreshments and museum tours.
Check out the fire truck after you fill your basket with eggs!
Register at: tinyurl.com/wicoffegg23 (Please list number of children and their ages)
This event is Free.

Junior Historians Club - Spring Session
2023-04-08 14:00 - 2023-06-17 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Spring season registration is now open for Junior Historian’s Club at the Wicoff House!
The Junior Historians Club meets weekly, on Saturdays from 2 – 4 pm. Kids learn about historic preservation through fun and immersive activities. Each member receives a JHC t-shirt and logbook.
Ages 6-8.
The upcoming program of 10 meetings begins on April 8th and ends June 17th. Each meeting will have a theme such as archaeology, architecture, conservation, genealogy & more! There will be weekly activities, crafts and museum scavenger hunts!
The cost is $35 for 10 classes.
To register visit: TINYURL.COM/JHC23SPRING.
Please contact the Wicoff House Museum with any questions: museum@plainsboronj.com

Color Run & Outdoor Fun!
2023-03-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the Wicoff House Museum to welcome in the spring season with a Color Run and outdoor activities!
1 mile color run: Wear clothes you don’t mind getting colored powder on!
All ages welcome to walk or run.
Outdoor activities: Fly kites, scavenger hunt, spring crafts
Register at: tinyurl.com/wicoffrun23
This event is Free.

Murder Mystery at the Museum
2023-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Let’s play the murder party game at the museum! Just bring yourself/or some friends. At the start of the game, everyone chooses a card which reveals their character. We’ll walk around the museum, interacting in character while trying to figure out who the murderer is.
There are lots of variations of this party game, so you probably are aware of it. The game we will play is a combination of Clue and Among Us!
Let’s just laugh together and have fun!
All adults welcome.
We’ll meet at the Wicoff House Museum, inside the Municipal Complex at 641 Plainsboro Road. There’s a small parking lot behind the museum and additional parking in the complex.
Optional: if everyone brings a few dollars, we can get some pizza delivered from Romeo’s!

Spelling Bee & Day of Games
2023-02-26 14:00 - 17:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the Wicoff House for a Spelling Bee Competition and Day of Games! Games include Bingo, Monopoly, Hangman, Connect Four, and more!
Spelling Bee: 2pm-3pm. Ages 6-12. There will be prizes for each age group!
Games: 3pm-5pm. All ages. Everyone will receive points for participating in different games and points for winning games. Play more games, get more points! Participants with highest points in each age group will win prizes.
Pizza $1.50 per slice & other snacks will be available for purchase.
Register online at: tinyurl.com/wicoffbee23

Paint & Mocktails: Adults @ the Museum!
2023-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the museum for Paint & Mocktails! This is an artist-led paint class with all supplies provided. Mocktails available, no alcohol.
If you’d like to bring a snack/dessert for everyone to share, feel free to do so. Please make sure you know the ingredients to share in case of allergies.
Bring a friend and have fun painting at the museum! We’ll play music and learn to paint a beautiful scene together!
Register on meetup.com/plainsborosocial
Registration is $20. You can pay cash or with venmo at the event. Funds benefit the Friends of the Wicoff House, a non-profit organization.

Temporary Exhibit: The School That Started a Town
2023-01-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Please join us at The Wicoff House for the opening day of our new temporary exhibit: “The School That Started a Town – A History of Plainsboro Schools”
Honoring Plainsboro’s first act as an official Township of New Jersey – this exhibit tells the story of how the citizens’ fight for safe and proper schooling led to the founding of what many call the “Education Township.”
From the mid-19th century to the present, you’ll learn about Plainsboro’s oldest school houses, compare educational tools used then and now, and gain perspective of the children and teachers during Plainsboro’s early years.
There will be a short presentation/lecture and light refreshments.
This event is free.

New Year's Traditions from Around the World
2023-01-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Come celebrate the arrival of 2023 at the museum! Our Youth Advisory Council will host games and activities inspired by New Year’s traditions from around the world!
There will be fun activities for all ages, crafts, a museum scavenger hunt and refreshments.
This event is Free.
All ages welcome.
Register at tinyurl.com/wicoffnew23

Junior Historians Club- Winter Session
2023-01-14 00:00 - 2023-03-18 00:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Winter season registration is now open for Junior Historian’s Club at the Wicoff House!
The Junior Historians Club meets weekly, on Saturdays from 2 – 4 pm. Kids learn about historic preservation through fun and immersive activities. Each member receives a JHC notebook and t-shirt.
Ages 6-10.
The upcoming program of 10 meetings begins on Jan 14th and ends March 18th. Each meeting will have a theme — such as archaeology, architecture, genealogy, cultural heritage and oral history –and will include activities and crafts. The cost is $35.
Use the QR code on the flyer to register or visit: TINYURL.COM/WICOFFJHC23.
Please contact the Wicoff House Museum with any questions: museum@plainsboronj.com

SnowFest 2022
2022-12-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Please join us at the Wicoff House Museum for our 3rd annual SnowFest event, where we will celebrate the winter season!
KIDS ACTIVITIES
Activity booklets to complete for a prize, a new museum Scavenger Hunt, s’mores outside by the fire, snow cones under the falling snow (from a snow machine unless it really snows!!), Wintery themed books read by a librarian from the Plainsboro Public Library, and a Museum Light Show with hundreds of lights for you to walk through!
A VISIT FROM SANTA, THE GRINCH & OLAF!
HOLIDAYS WITH OUR HEROES
Enjoy hot chocolate & crafts with members of the Plainsboro Police and Fire Departments and the Plainsboro Rescue Squad!
Refreshments will be provided, including hot chocolate, apple cider, and snacks!
This event is FREE.
Click the link to register: tinyurl.com/3rdsnowfest

Teens in Museums - Free Museum Workshop
2022-12-03 11:00 - 14:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
We are excited to announce our Teens in Museums Workshop!
This is a FREE workshop for museum professionals and volunteers to learn about the successful Youth Advisory Council program at the Wicoff House. During the last three years, our museum YAC has had over 100 teens and pre-teens as volunteer members. We currently have about 50 active members. The group meets weekly at our museum, and assists with event and program development, archive and exhibit projects, and outreach and community relations.
The Wicoff House Museum Youth Advisory Council has changed the way every aspect of our museum operates. It has helped ensure our museum’s sustainability and relevancy. We are passionate about helping other small museums establish their own museum youth groups!
Through a grant from the Middlesex County Office of Arts & History, we are able to provide this free workshop that will be packed with information and ideas. You will hear about our museum’s successes and challenges with our YAC. Hopefully you will be inspired and empowered to go back to your museum and establish your own!
The workshop will be on Saturday, December 3rd, from 11am-2pm. Lunch will be provided. You will also see how we have the youth spaces set up in our museum. A question and answer session will follow the presentation, where you can interact with our YAC members and learn more from their own perspectives and experiences.
The workshop location is the Plainsboro Recreation Center, which is in the same municipal complex with the Wicoff House Museum. You can navigate to: 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. Once inside the municipal complex, you will see signs directing you to the Recreation Center.
Please register for the workshop here: https://forms.gle/dEXEi7YFySSsygPQ7

Escape the Museum 2022
2022-11-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536, United States
Join us at the Wicoff House for this fun family event. You will be “locked” in the rooms of the historic Wicoff House with the ghosts of its former residents! Learn the stories of their lives to uncover clues and solve riddles so that you can escape before time runs out! Escape rooms best suited for children 8 and up. Proceeds benefit the Wicoff House Museum Youth Advisory Council and the Friends of the Wicoff House.
$5 per person, pay at door
Includes: Escape Room admission, slice of pizza and drink, souvenir
Click the link to register: tinyurl.com/wicoffescape22
