The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark is proud to offer a two-part program entitled “Experience Paterson” on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 and Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

Educators and the general public are invited to participate in the “Experience Paterson” program to discover this New Jersey city’s labor, immigrant and women’s history through music, oral history, literature and a bus tour. Educators who attend will receive a Professional Development Certificate.

On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 the “Experience Paterson” workshop will be held at the Botto House National Landmark from 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM, with lunch served at midday. Workshop plans include presentations by educators, including author, historian and Professor Emeritus of Ramapo College, Henry Bischoff and actor, educator and Patersonian Napoleon N. Zivkovic. Methods of integrating labor and immigrant studies into the curriculum will be introduced and, teaching materials for grades 4 -12 will be distributed.

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 the “Experience Patereson bus tour will depart from the Museum at 9 AM and tour Paterson’s historic sites with actor Napoleon N. Zivkovic as the guide. The bus will return for lunch served from 12 – 1 PM under the grape arbor of the Museum’s Old World Gardens.

The admission of $65. for Museum members and $75. for non-members includes lunches and teaching materials.

This project is funded, in part, by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council at Passaic County Community College, through a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

The Botto House, home of the American Labor Museum, is located at 83 Norwood Street in Haledon, New Jersey. It was the meeting place for over 20,000 silk mill workers during the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike. The Museum offers changing exhibits, period rooms and Old World Gardens reflecting the lifestyle of immigrant workers circa 1900, educational programs, special events and a Museum Store. For visiting information and further information about the “Experience Paterson” program, please call (973) 59-7953, email labormuseum@aol.com, or visit the Museum’s website, www.labormuseum.org.