Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) as part of Hopewell Valley’s Heritage Week

As part of Hopewell Valley’s Heritage Week, on Saturday May 27, from 10 am to 2 pm, the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) will welcome visitors to our home at the National Historic Register-listed Mt. Zion AME Church and the historic True Farmstead. This rain or shine event is free and open to the public.

Visit the Farmstead for a new exhibit on William Stives, a Revolutionary War veteran and early Black farmer on the Sourland Mountain; view SSAAM’s music history exhibit “From Fiddlers to Jazz Bands: African American Music of the Sourlands” at the church; and explore our African American Heritage Garden!