2026 Greater Cape May Historical Society Calendar of Events

= Society's Program for Declaration of Independence Celebration

*Speaker Series -- Cape May City County Library Branch

To contact the Society, email 1730colonialhouse@gmail.com

February

• Colonial House Closed - Private Tour only- contact the Society
• Feb 19 at 6:00PM: CMC Library Speaker Series*
  Speaker: Dan Lieb, Shipwreck Diver
  Topic: New Jersey Shipwrecks

March

• Sunday, March 1: FINS Fundraising 10:00AM – 2:00PM
  Society Exhibit: "March 1962 Storm"
• Colonial House Closed - Private Tour only- contact the Society

April

• Saturday April 11 from 1:00–4:00PM: Private Tour of Colonial House
• April 30 at 6:00PM: CMC Library Speaker Series*
  Speaker: Emily Sneff, PhD, Historian, Writer
  Topic: Declaration of Independence

May

• Saturday May 16, 11:00AM – 3:00PM: MAC Gardens of Cape May Tour

June

• June 15: Colonial House - Open to Public Free to all Visitors
• June 25 at 6:00PM: CMC Library Speaker Series*
  Speaker: Ron Rinaldi, Speaker and Writer
  Topic: General Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
• June 29, 2:00 – 3:00PM: CMC Library Speaker Series*
  Speaker: Inga Bucella, Writer and Illustrator for the book release Waves of Independence
  Meet the Author Book Signing

July & August

• Colonial House Open - Free to all visitors

September

• September 12: Colonial House Garden Party with Refreshments celebrating the society's 52 years of Cape May History and the First Annual Carolyn Pitts Day
• September 15: Colonial House Closed - Private Tour only - contact the Society

October

• MAC Victorian Weekend - Colonial House on Tour (Date TBD)

November

• Society Presents Veterans Day Wreath at Soldiers and Sailors Monument*

December

• MAC Inns of Cape May Christmas Tour - Colonial House (TBD)