Current Exhibit and Educational Program:

Ordinary People During Extraordinary Times

Exhibit by David Greene

May 7th - August 23rd, 2025

Contemporary photographer David Greene’s documentary work provides a view of the social, cultural, and personal experiences of the lives of the “ordinary people” who are his subjects. These black-and-white photographs focus on storytelling by a photographer who excels in portraiture. (At left, Old, Croatia by David Greene.)

On Saturday, June 14th, 2025 at 1pm the general public is cordially invited to a reception and walk-through tour by David Greene of his exhibit Ordinary People During Extraordinary Times. For more information, please call the Museum at 973-595=7953.

This exhibit is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

2025 Annual Labor Day Parade

Sunday, August 31st, 2025 at 10:30am

The Annual Labor Day Parade, co-sponsored by the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark and the Borough of Haledon, is scheduled for Sunday, August 31st, 2025.  The opening ceremony begins at the Museum at 10:30AM.  Step-off at the Museum is at 11AM, rain or shine. The parade celebrates the contributions of working people. For further information, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.

Bargaining, Buttons & Banners

from the Collection of Michael Mulkeen

Exhibit on view Aug. 31 - Dec. 31st, 2025

Michael “Mike” Mulkeen served as a dedicated New Jersey Education Association Uniserv Field Representative and was a passionate collector of union memorabilia. Brother Mulkeen displayed “Symbols of the Labor Movement,” an exhibit which opened at the Museum on Labor Day 1999 and, thereafter, he became one of the most prolific donors to the Museum’s collection. The exhibit opens in conjunction with the Museum’s Annual Labor Day Parade.

Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States

A virtual book talk with author David Madland

Wednesday, Oct. 22nd, 2025 at 7PM

In honor of National Arts and Humanities Month, the Museum cordially invites the general public to a virtual discussion with David Madland, author of Re-Union: How Bold Labor Reforms Can Repair, Revitalize, and Reunite the United States (Cornell University Press, 2021). David Madland is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He has been called “one of the nation’s wisest” labor scholars by Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. For further information and to receive the link to this virtual (ZOOM) discussion, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.

Free Saturday Labor Arts Classes for Children, Grades 3 through 5

March 1st - May 31st, 2025

The Museum has received funding from the Puffin Foundation to host Saturday Labor Arts classes. The purpose of the program is to introduce students to the history and contemporary issues of working people and immigrants through the visual and performing arts. Registered students will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities by which they are encouraged to develop their understanding of an immigrant worker’s home, lifestyle and workplace as a means of comparison to the same issues today. Due to the program’s growing popularity, pre-registration is required and seating is limited. For further information and to register, please call the Museum at 973-595-7953 or email labormuseum@gmail.com.