Charles J. Muth Museum of Hinchliffe Stadium

What a wonderful and inspirational educational experience! This museum does NOT tell a story of defeat or despair but of rising above truly difficult circumstances by rallying community, resources and ingenuity. A precious piece of Paterson history that made me proud to live so close to a place with such a rich history. As baseball fans and people who love to capitalize on strengths rather than defeats, this museum makes an excellent argument for future generations of Paterson not to despair but hope for a brighter future. It's not a full day experience, more of a half day field trip. Coupled with the beautiful view of Paterson falls and a visit to the neighboring Paterson Museum, it could be made into a full day field trip. Otherwise it only takes about an hour and 15 minutes to get through the exhibits.

Very cool little museum will delight history and baseball fans with its stories of the Negro Leagues that played at this Hinchliffe Stadium. Learn all about the amazing Larry Doby, a Paterson hometown hero, who followed Jackie Robinson in breaking the color barrier and did so much more for integrating the sport. Be sure to see the short film, a very interesting history of Paterson.

This brand new museum is located in Hinchliffe Stadium. Your ticket to the game gets you inside. It’s a small museum, with several displays, interesting information, and a movie that runs every 15 minutes. When we entered, we were greeted by Jessica who shared some of the history of the remodeling of the stadium and the addition of the museum. We hope it will grow with more exhibits (and pins!! ). The museum is accessible ♿️ and one can even see the Paterson Falls from the side windows 😃

The museum is free. There is a obnoxious racist ( reverse racist ) black security guard who hounds you and prevents you from visiting unless you are black. Beware. And complain. I want to emphasize that the staff inside the museum are very welcoming and courteous. It is the security guard who thinks he owns the place. I have clarified and complained about the guard. We have no intention to visit the stadium field. We were only there for museum. When couple of members of our group strayed into stadium area unaware of the restriction - they were insulted instead of politely saying the stadium is off limits ! And when they were waiting for people to come back from museum at simply the common entrance the African American security agent was condescendingly impatient hounding us out . An African American lady was also waiting in same area. No questions asked !

Nice hidden gem and an amazing story of the second ever MLB Black Player.