Village Life

"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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Education \| Gardening \| Painting \| Quilting \| 19th Century Recipes \| Sewing \| Scrip and Tokens
	Experience life in a 19th Century industrial community during your visit to the Historic Village at Allaire. Costumed Historic Interpreters will demonstrate their crafts such as blacksmithing, carpentry or quilting using authentic 19th Century methods, while explaining their skills. Get a taste for 19th Century food preparation as the ladies of our Food Ways Guild demonstrate the art of cooking in the early 1800's using authentic Receipts . Join our local Militia Unit and experience the formations and drills used in post Colonial New Jersey. While visiting our historic homes hear about the etiquette of the day including courting customs and proper behavior for a 19th Century child. Be warned, you may be asked to help our Historic Interpreters with their daily chores such as watering gardens, splitting fire wood or doing laundry. Visit our Bakery for demonstrations in Brick Oven Baking or even attend an authentic 19th century Schoolhouse during our School Days Event . Participate in a Temperance Rally, cast your vote in the Election of 1836, attend the Wedding of James P. Allaire's daughter Maria Haggerty Allaire or the Funeral of James P. Allaire's first wife Frances Duncan Allaire, one of only about a dozen funerals re-enacted in the United States. Visit the Historic Village at Allaire and experience life as it was in 19th Century America.