Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum - Museum in Oradell - 705 Kinderkamack Rd, USA

An amazing gem of a museum. Currently exhibiting artist Ezra Tucker who paints, huge, realistic, and gorgeous canvases of animals. Ezra highlights in his paintings a number of Black Americans who served their country in brave ways. There’s also an artist in residence who has created fantastically detailed scratchings of wildlife. But the most amazing part of the museum for me was the taxidermy collection on the second floor, which included a number of extremely rare as well as extinct animals. The taxidermy section lacked explanation labels, which would really benefit visitors.

I was absolutely blown away by this hidden gem! I've passed the mansion dozens of times and never thought to visit the museum, and I'm so happy I did. The artwork is stunning and the weekend volunteer was so pleasant and informative! Once you ring the bell and are invited in, you are shown around. There are two floors; downstairs houses paintings and sculptures and the upstairs is home to an extensive array of taxidermy from all over the world. If you are a love of the arts or nature, this place is worth a trip!

This museum is a wonderful place to visit if you have anything greater than a passing interest in wildlife and wildlife art. Housed in a beautiful old stable house you’ll find dozens of paintings and sculptures on display and if you’re lucky you might see the massive taxidermy collection hidden away on the upper floor. There are also bits of local history on display as well which provide a rich insight into the many familiar names seen and heard in and around Bergen county.

A gem hiding in plain sight! The building has a interesting history and has been very well maintained. The exhibitions are all worth a detailed look and the space itself is deceivingly large with some great rotating exhibits. Diane was our guide and exceedingly helpful and a great source of information about the exhibits and the space.

Small but amazing museum, they have beautiful wildlife art. The taxidermy exhibit is amazing as well, so many animals from all over the world. I can't wait to see the next exhibit.

Excellent exhibition of Ezra Tucker's wild-life paintings. Hurry to see it before the exhibition closes at the end of August!

Wonderful exhibit of Ezra Tucker paintings. Friendly & informative staff.

We didn't get to go inside, but this is such a beautiful place to visit