Annually, the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark presents two distinguished individuals with the Sol Stetin Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the well-being of working people. The 2012 Sol Stetin Awards will be presented at the 30th Annual Sol Stetin...
In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike, a reading of the play "Paterson Falls" byRosemary McLaughlin will be held at the Kean Theater, Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University in Madison,New Jersey from November 13th through November 16th, 2013. Visit...
The 22nd Annual Labor Day Parade, a celebration of the contributions of working people and co-sponsored by the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark, the Borough of Haledon, and the City of Paterson, is scheduled for Sunday, September 1, 2013 and will step-off at 1:30 PM at the Botto...
The Museum's 20th Annual Sol Stetin Golf Open will take place on Thursday, June 27, 2013 ath the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey. The Golf Open is named in honor of Museum President-Emeritus, Sol Stetin. Mr. Stetin was the former president of the Textile Workers Union...
A successful fundraiser that began in 1994, the Silk Walk is a project designed to sell engraved bricks for placement at the Landmark's front walkway and under its grape arbor. Funds from the project are used for the Museum's upkeep, operating expenses and educational programs. This ongoing...
The Museum is proud to offer an "Experience Paterson" bus tour and luncheon on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013. Educators and the general public are invited to participate. Educators who attend will receive a Professional Development Certificate.On Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, the motorcoach...
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 7PM, the Museum will host its Annual May Day Festival. The event features instrumental and vocal performances of folk and labor music by the George Mann Trio, Ray Korona Trio, the New Jersey Industrial Union Council's Solidarity Singers, Harmonic Insurgence choir,...
The Museum will observe Workers' Memorial Day, a day set aside by the nations' unions to draw attention to the occupational health and safety of workers in the US, on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 1PM at its headquarters, the historic Botto House National Landmark.In addition to the traditional...
The Museum is proud to offer a two-part program entitled The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike Revisited 100 Years Later, with a teachers' workshop to be held on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 and a motor coach tour of the labor and immigrant heritage sites of the City of Paterson on Wednesday, May 15th,...
Students grades 3-5 are invited to register and attend classes designed to introduce them to the history and contemporary issues of working people and immigrants through the visual and performing arts. Students are provided with the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities by which...
Students in grades 3-12 are invited to share their creative talent and unique ideas by writing a poem about the historic figures and events of the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike and the significance it has 100 years later. Selected students' poems will appear in a poetry book, printed in...
