More than 1000 artifacts with area provenance form the museum’s permanent collection. Approximately 25% is exhibited publicly while the remainder is archived with limited access.

From Indian Trail to Interstate:
The museum is dedicated to celebrating the area’s vibrant past and the development of the Raritan River Valley from prehistoric time to the present using transportation as the connecting theme. The structure itself typifies the socioeconomic mores of the American Experience and the collection provides a microcosm of impacts attributed to modes of travel on American history. Read More

Special exhibits that include archived artifacts, as well as pieces on loan from other institutions and sources, are mounted periodically. In the future visitors will be able to tour Four Centuries of Kitchen Gardens (Native American, Colonial, Victorian and WWII Victory garden) that will be planted on the 3/4 acre site.