Permanent Exhibits
The Asbury Park Museum is still in the process of finalizing a location for our permanent home. In the meantime we hope you will visit our rotating pop up exhibits at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel
Current Rotating Exhibit
Edge of the Waters: From the Lenape “Scheyichbe” to Bradley’s Founding of Asbury Park
Past Exhibits
One Voice Is Not Enough: Asbury Park’s Musical Diversity Since 1871
One Voice Is Not Enough: Asbury Park’s Musical Diversity Since 1871
“Asbury Park Museum’s past pop-up exhibit, “One Voice Is Not Enough: Asbury Park’s Musical Diversity Since 1871” explored the many styles of early Asbury Park music. Pam and Charlie Horner curated this exhibit on the first 100 years of Asbury Park music – a story told through stand-up banners, wall-mounted posters, a music soundtrack with 4 hours’ worth of selected recordings, two continuously running 35-minute informative slide shows (175 slides total) and two display cases full of Asbury Park artifacts. On display were items like Bobby Thomas’ personal copy of “Doll Face” plus Bobby’s handwritten lyrics from the flip side; Stormin’ Norman Seldin’s classic hat; an 1898 wax cylinder by J. W. Myers; and much more. Funded in part by a Diversity Innovation grant from Monmouth University, exhibit design by Stan Cain Designs, and hosted by the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, click the button below for more details.
Asbury Park: 150 Years of Change and Transformation — A Segregated Seashore”
Funded in part by a Diversity Innovation grant from Monmouth University, and hosted by the historic Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, “Asbury Park: 150 Years of Change and Transformation — A Segregated Seashore” is a multi-media display that explores the dizzying highs and the devastating lows of this uniquely American city by the sea. The pop-up is a snapshot of the iconic buildings, memorable cast of characters, signature soundtracks, epic tragedies, natural disasters, and societal sea-changes that threatened its sandcastle dreams; all presented through the prism of a diverse but divided community. Click the button below for more details.
2018-19 Exhibition on the Boardwalk
In the Winter of 2018 – 2019, the Asbury Park Museum had a temporary exhibition on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Click the button below to see photos from it.