Strike Meeting at the Botto House 1913
		About Us The American Labor Museum is housed in the Botto House National Landmark, a 1908 Victorian home, which belonged to Italian immigrant and 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.The strikers called for safe working conditions, an end to child labor, and an eight-hour day. This action and others like it brought about reforms in the workplace that are broadly enjoyed by Americans today. The museum offers visitors restored period rooms, a free lending library (including books, audio and video cassettes, CD's and DVD's), Old World Gardens (including a bocce court, grape arbor, root cellar and chicken coop), changing exhibits, teachers' workshops and special events. The on-site fieldtrip programs (grades 4-12) are Millworker/Millowner(in conjunction with Lambert Castle and Great Falls VisitorsCenter) and Labor Education Tour (in conjunction with the Paterson Museum and Great Falls Visitors Center).
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						Sol Stetin, 1910 - 2005       one of the founders         of the Museum.    Former President of the     Textile Workers Union