[1] The museum is a private, non-profit organization, whose mission is to display the social, agricultural, and industrial heritage of Hunterdon County.

[3] Starting in 1960, five local residents, known as the Red Mill Five, began to acquire property to form the museum.

They were Monroe F. DeMott, Cyrus R. Fox, Ralph Howard, Robert Lechner, and the artist James R. Marsh.

This holiday shopping event, which hosts 50 vendors, food trucks, and the Festival of Trees, opens on Black Friday and continues through the following weekend.

The museum also has been the site for the annual Black Potatoe Music Festival, founded by Matt Angus.