New Brunswick Historical Society: It's in New Brunswick, NJ — Not Jersey (Channel Islands)

The New Brunswick Historical Society is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA — not in Jersey (the Channel Island). The similar names cause frequent confusion.

📍 Actual Location

• Address: 1000 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (Buccleuch Mansion, Buccleuch Park).
• Phone: (732) 745-5117.
• Website: nbhistoricalsociety.org.
• Hours: Limited (typically by appointment or special events). Check site.

🏛️ What They Do

• Preserve artifacts, documents, photos of New Brunswick & Middlesex County history (colonial, Revolutionary War, industrial, Rutgers University).
• Operate Buccleuch Mansion (1739) — historic house museum in park setting.
• Lectures, walking tours, publications, school programs.

🌊 Jersey (Channel Islands) — Different Place

• Jersey Heritage (St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands) — jerseyheritage.org. Manages castles, museums, archives for the Bailiwick of Jersey.
• No "New Brunswick Historical Society" there. New Brunswick, NJ was named (1730) for the British royal house of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) — same root as the Channel Islands' loyalty, but 3,500 miles apart.

If you're researching Middlesex County, NJ history → New Brunswick Historical Society. If you're researching Channel Islands history → Jersey Heritage. Don't cross the Atlantic by mistake.