Paterson Museum, Industrial history museum in Paterson, United States.
The Paterson Museum is a local and technology museum housed in a former 19th-century locomotive workshop in downtown Paterson, New Jersey. It displays locomotive parts, textile machinery, and other objects that document the city's manufacturing past.
The museum was founded in 1925 inside a public library and moved twice before settling in the former Thomas Rogers Locomotive Erecting Shop in 1982. That building, dating from the mid-1800s, is one of the oldest surviving industrial structures in the city.
The collections show how textile and heavy industry shaped daily life in Paterson over generations. Tools, machines, and everyday objects from that era reveal how closely workers' lives were tied to the factories around them.
The museum sits in downtown Paterson and is easy to reach on foot or by public transit. Opening hours can vary by season, so it is worth checking before you go.
Among the objects on display is one of the earliest working submarines ever built, designed by inventor John Holland right here in Paterson. Holland developed his first vessel in this city long before submarine technology became widely known.
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