American Labor Museum

83 Norwood Street
Haledon, NJ, 07508
973-595-7953

URL : http://www.geocities.com/labormuseum

overview : The American Labor Museum is housed in the Botto House National Landmark, a 1908 Victorian home, which belonged to silk mill worker, Pietro Botto and his wife Maria. It was the meeting place for over 20,000 silk mill workers during the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike

collections : The museum has restored period rooms, a labor and immigrant library (including books, audio and video cassettes), Old World Gardens (including a bocce court, grape arbor, root cellar and chicken coop), and changing exhibit

hours (subject to change) : Wednesday through Saturday, 1-4 PM, other times, by appointment

topics : American history