Wildwood Historical Society

Book Signing Event: Jersey Shore Crime Fiction with Jane Kelly and Joel E. Turner Join us at the Wildwood Historical Museum on Friday June 5 from 12-3pm for a book signing event with authors Jane Kelly and Joel E. Turner! Books will be available for sale and a dollar per book goes to the Historical Society. Jane Kelly is the author of the Meg Daniels mysteries featuring an amateur sleuth who had investigated crimes up and down the Jersey Shoreline from Seaside Heights in the north to Cape May...

5 JUNE 2026 2PM WILDWOOD CREST ART PAVILLION, 6301 OCEAN AVENUE, WILDWOOD CREST, NJ 08260 Join the Wildwood Historical Society and Partners in Preservation for a performance by Gayle Stahlhuth of her work MARGARET'S DIARY DURING REVOLUTION based on the diary Margaret Morris kept when tensions between Hessians and Patriots were escalating near Trenton in December 1776. As many of her neighbors fled Burlington, NJ, she decided to stay. and write her story. For information about Classic American...

Tram Car #8 has been saved from the scrap yard! We are relieved it is now safe and awaiting its next chapter. The plan is to remove the Coca-Cola wrap, patch up rusty spots, reattach the overhang with new posts, and return it to the blue and yellow color scheme. The finished product will be moved inside the Wildwood Historical Museum where patrons can sit inside, hit the “watch the tram car please” button, and have their photo taken. We have already begun making space inside for the finished...