Harriet Tubman Museum of New Jersey

This is a small museum that packs a powerful punch. The front section on the history of African Americans in Cape May is informative, detailed and puts Cape May, New Jersey in its proper place as a town where black people could retain, rebuild and recreate their history and culture. The tour guide at the museum, Crystal, is an excellent performer, a knowledgeable educator, and a specialist in the storytelling of Harriet Tubman. She brings history alive by making you a part of it. So enjoy the show!

Wonderful experience of learning much about American and New Jersey history. Appropriate for all age ranges. Glad we booked in advance as this was popular! I would definitely come again.

Our family decided to “kill some time” before a Congress Hall Tour and wow! What a great way to do so. I never expected such an interactive tour from a tiny museum. What made this a great stop for our family? Ross! He taught us so much and engaged with both of my children making sure the visit was memorable. Ross’ natural candor for the Undergrand Railroad and Harriet Tubman’s personal life was impressive. I never knew how significant Cape May was for Black history. Do not miss out.

I took a family there and we had an excellent experience. The tour guide was both interesting and very knowledgeable. I got a better history lesson in a single hour than I did in a couple years of history class. Highly recommend.

The staff were extremely friendly and knowledgeable. There is parking in the rear if you are arriving by car. This is an excellent destination to learn about important history. It is amazing to stand in the home of such a great and strong woman. In today's society we need more positive role models that our young can learn from. Harriet Tubman is a leader who lives on through the brave and heroic actions she has performed in her time. Her determination, thoughtfulness, bravery, and faith in her religion are strengths we should all aspire to.

Nice small museum and the tour guide was super knowledgeable, personable, and nice. There are times you can go on tour for $10 and then I think one time a day you can walk through. If you get a tour it is lecture based so I would recommend saving some time at the end to look around.

Very informative and pleasant. My daughter had just learned about Harriet Tubman in 5th grade. We were taking our yearly Cape May trip for her birthday and found this museum. It was a bit long, roughly 2 hours. My daughter who is now 11, was a bit bored as we hit the hour and a half mark, but it was very fascinating to learn from locals all of the history of the town and the abolishonists who faught hard for what they believed in. We definitely learned more than the kids do in school.

The tour of the museum was handled by an amazing storyteller, Crystal. It was fascinating to learn that Harriet Tubman had such a rich history in Cape May.

I love the small the intimate museum. There is a lot of information filled in this lovely space you don't realize that you're walking on history. First let's start with the basics. The building is nicely kept, clean inside, and, organized, and in a central location. Once inside, you are given a wonderful tour, and a lot of details known given in an entertaining and informative manner. A lot of things gone over you may believe you knew or understood but you get a different perspective and some added possibly unknown information. I love the information provided by two.guides. Remember to ask about the floor! Would I go again? Absolutely I'll be making a trip again when the weather is warmer.

I wish, oh I wish that I could give this museum 5 stars because the intentionality behind it is beautiful. Cape May has tons of history when it comes to the African American community and Harriet Tubman which you would never know by looking up their demographic data. So I was understandably, excited to visit this museum. I'm not sure how long it's been open but it appears to be relatively new and still getting settled into the space. It is small (which is totally fine) and mainly composed of quotes from the late Tubman. I was hoping that there would be more physical artifacts or evidence surrounding her time the town. Possibly having pictures of the headquarters she set up, artifacts that were there, anything more tangible than simple quotes on the wall would've been great to see. There are options to either do a self guided tour, or one with a tour guide which is essentially a sit down in the main museum area where you're essentially told about the information/quotes around you. The tour guide is awesome, he does present the information in an exciting way albeit it's still disappointing because there's not much there. To top it off there was a cardboard SONY television box in the main museum hall. Why? Who knows. It seems that they just got a TV but patrons don't need to see the cardboard box, especially in a space that's supposed to be honoring Harrier Tubman. I truly hope they find somewhere else to store it. All in all, if the museum is new and still "loading" I hope it can bring in more tangible history for patrons to see. If not, it is a bit disappointing. I did enjoy learning the bit that we did about her time in cape may. Personally. My favorite part about the museum was the timeline wall that dates a lot of the history of black people in Cape May. Although it's very disheartening, being able to learn about it in the space was informative.

Crystal was an absolutely amazing tour guide!!!! You don't get any better than her!! I would recommend this museum to everyone!!