Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts explores American history with a focus on the life and stories of 18th and 19th century craftsmen and artisans, drawing on a collection of over 8,900 objects including tools, textiles, pottery, and archival materials. METC contains multiple gallery spaces including Permanent Exhibits, Working the Land and Local Community, rotating Main Gallery Exhibits, and Special Exhibits in the Vault.
In 1970, Agnes and Edgar Law Land founded the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts (METC) with the donation of their extensive personal collection of 18th and 19th century artifacts representing the lives of early immigrants to New Jersey. Housed in Madison's first public library building, a Richardsonian Romanesque Revival building donated by D. Willis James to the people of Madison, NJ in 1900, the Museum's mission is to inspire a connection to NJ history, culture, trades, and crafts. Its vision: sharing the past, imagining the future.
