Painting

"Where History Was Forged"

HISTORIC BUILDING HOURS:

January, February & March
Closed except for Historic Events and Re-enactments

Memorial Day thru Labor Day
Wednesday thru Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

May and Labor Day thru Mid-December
Every weekend 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

GENERAL STORE GIFT SHOP HOURS:

January & February
Closed except for Historic Events and Re-enactments

May 1st to Labor Day
Wednesday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Weekends 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Labor Day to October 31
Wednesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Weekends 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

March, April & November thru Mid-December
Wednesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Weekends 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

*Call for additional weekday openings in April, Sept., Oct., & Nov.

BAKERY HOURS:

January & February
Closed except for Historic Events and Re-enactments

March, April, May and Labor Day thru Mid-December
Weekends 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Memorial Day thru Labor Day
Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m

DISCOUNTS

With membership card – 10% off at General Store EXCEPT food.
Free member admission to Historic Buildings on weekends when a fee is charged.

FEES

Historic Buildings

May thru end of November, Saturday and Sunday only. Admission charge of $3.00 per adult, $2.00 per child 6-12 years of age, 5 years and under – no charge. Special discounts apply to seniors and disabled visitors with appropriate New Jersey State Park passes.All Allaire Village, Inc. members will be admitted to the Historic Village free of charge. Admission is free to all events except as noted.

ALLAIRE STATE PARK

Memorial Day through Labor Day - $5.00 per car

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Leisure Time Painting During the early portion of the 19th Century painting, especially with water colors, was a popular past time among women. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution in America, a burgeoning Middle Class was emerging and women found themselves with more leisure time due to developments in home appliances and the resources to employ a domestic servant. Along with this, new inventions of farming equipment made the chores of the rural farmer easier and less time consuming and women found more increasingly they were no longer needed to assist in the fields. Women instead aspired to become ladies of leisure or ladies of the house, becoming isolated and enshrining themselves in their homes their. One perfectly acceptable past time for these women was that of painting.

It was even written as early at the 17th Century ladies of leisure were encouraged to paint. One anonymous late 18th Century reviewer even wrote “It demands no sacrifice of maiden modesty nor of matronly reserve; . . . it does not force her to stand up to be stared at, commented on, clapped or hissed by a crowded and unmannered audience, who forget the woman in the artist. It leaves her, during a great portion of her time at least, beneath the protecting shelter of her home, beside her own quiet fireside, in the midst of those who love her and whom she loves.”