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Friends of the Red Mill 2026 Schedule
The Friends of the Red Mill is a volunteer-driven organization that supports the Red Mill Museum Village. The group helps with a variety of tasks, from staffing the museum shop and assisting with special events to volunteering on numerous preservation and community projects. Their efforts help ensure that the historic Red Mill continues to be an accessible and engaging part of the local community.
In addition to their volunteer work, the Friends of the Red Mill host free monthly meetings open to the public. These gatherings feature guest speakers, presentations, light refreshments, and a chance to socialize with fellow history enthusiasts. It's a relaxed and welcoming way for anyone interested to learn more about the museum and the mill's history.
Mark your calendars for the 2026 meeting schedule, and feel free to drop by-no RSVP is required for most meetings. For more details or to inquire about specific events, you can email redmillfriends@gmail.com.
Hands-On History Traditional Crafts Festival
April 25
The Red Mill Museum Village will host its third Hands-On History event in April, offering families a unique opportunity to step back in time and experience history firsthand. Through demonstrations and interactive activities, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the tools and tasks that shaped everyday life in the past while connecting visitors with skilled artisans who are actively preserving these practices.
There is particular excitement over the return of Baltimore, Maryland-based historical artisan Lauren Muney of Silhouettes By Hand, one of only 20 freehand-scissoring silhouette artists in the world. These types of portraits are iconic to early American history as silhouettes were the portraits of the common people before the invention of photography. Her free-hand silhouette portraits made only with paper and scissors will be offered to guests free of charge.
Other artisans will be members of our staff demonstrating blacksmithing, greenwood carving and candle making as well as a variety of other exceptional local artisans representing a wide range of historic trades and domestic arts including traditional leatherwork, historic sewing and costuming, spinning and weaving, lacemaking, rug hooking, traditional quilting and more.
Mill to Mill
Exhibit Opening June 14
The Hunterdon Art Museum and the Red Mill Museum Village are proud to announce Mill to Mill, a collaborative initiative celebrating traditional and contemporary craft practices in recognition of the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026. Located across the Raritan River from one another in historic Clinton, the two institutions will "bridge the river" with exhibitions and participatory programs that highlight creativity, community, and civic reflection.
At the Red Mill Museum Village, visitors will explore historic trades and crafts, skills are connected to the site's Indigenous, agrarian and industrial past. At the Hunterdon Art Museum, a contemporary art exhibition, workshops and participatory crafts projects will connect participants to contemporary forms of radical crafting. Community members can create flags at museum-sponsored events and workshops (such as the Hands-On History Traditional Crafts Festival) or on their own using the guidelines found below.
The craft programs will culminate on Flag Day, June 14, 2026, with the Peace Flag Project: a fiber chain of hundreds of community-made flags displayed along the banks of the Raritan River and pedestrian bridge, symbolically linking the two museums in a landmark celebration of peace, unity and creativity. By inviting the public to contribute to this crowd-sourced project, the role of shared making in fostering connection and belonging is emphasized.
2026 EVENTS CALENDAR
More events and information will be added, please check back frequently!
MARCH 13-15: Hunterdon County Irish Festival hosted by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
APRIL 25: Hands-On History Traditional Crafts Festival
MAY 2: Kentucky Derby Party
MAY 17: Wheels for the Wheel
JUNE 1: British Car Show
JUNE 6-7: UNCORK Summer Wine & Music Festival Weekend
JUNE 13: Salute to Service & Semiquincentennial Celebration Kickoff
JUNE 14: Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project Exhibit Opening
JUNE 20: British Car Show
JUNE 27: Summer Concert
JULY 18: Summer Concert with High in the Mid 80s
OCTOBER Fridays & Saturdays 2-24: Haunted Red Mill
OCTOBER Saturdays: Happy Haunts
NOVEMBER 27-29, DECEMBER 5-6: Winter Village
DECEMBER 11-13, 18-20: Festival of Trees