Does Your Preservation Work Deserve to Be Part of the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village?

Want to be part of the New Jersey Historic Keepsake Village Collection?
It all starts with a nomination!

The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive organizer of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, partnering with the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village. Made in the USA!!! The collection is looking to grow five new New Jersey historical icon partners in 2025.

It is such a beautiful appreciation gift that we give to key volunteers, contributors, and donors. Nothing presents our mission better.

Why Be Part of the Collection?

Nothing is more powerful than recognizing all the volunteers’ work to support your historical efforts. Why not provide a beautiful piece of art and history to honor all that work? The keepsakes we help create are intended to bring a social connection to local history by letting fans, workers, volunteers, and benefactors a way to share their love of your local history.

• Join the biggest art collection tied specifically to promoting Jersey history icons.
• Share the beauty of your venue and the history you want to tell.
• Create an ambassador with every keepsake purchased or awarded.
• Gets people talking about your mission and venue.
• Makes a great gift.
• Ties your work to the community in a very attractive way.
• Ties perfectly with any donor or benefactor that supports your efforts.
• They look great. It’s a piece of art.
• They promote your mission.
• Great at your events. Hold a raffle to win a keepsake.
• Will be your premiere gift item.

Our organization leverages these keepsakes alongside our fundraising efforts. For a certain donation level, we give a signed keepsake along with a letter of appreciation. There is nothing more personal and our donors love it!

So Many Benefits to Joining the New Jersey Historical Keepsake Program:

• Low initial investment to participate. You don’t need to purchase 100s of keepsakes.
• Your keepsake will also be promoted to over 1000 other owners of New Jersey Historic Village pieces.
• Mr. Local History will repurchase any unsold inventory if you don’t sell them in the first six months.
• Your organization gets to help create the story before the piece is produced.
• Add your logo to the piece.
• Mr. Local History Project handles all the prep, secures an artist, and produces your keepsake.
• Low reorder requirements.
• You create an ambassador with every keepsake purchased or awarded.

America’s 250th anniversary is just around the corner. Why not honor your history along with America’s and be part of the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village Collection!

The New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Village Collection Keeps Expanding

2025 is going to be a big year for the collection. There are already ten keepsakes in the works that will hit the collection in 2025. The New Jersey Historic Village keepsake collection is a wood-painted collectible series honoring historic iconic buildings, properties, and fixtures that are part of the historic fabric of New Jersey’s history. Each keepsake was selected based on community feedback and a voting process. We’re excited to see how the public reacts to the next additions to this historic series.” Sign up to receive updates when new pieces become available.

Beautifully handcrafted wood, hand-painted edges, and a beautifully hand-painted rendering. The back of the keepsake includes the history of the iconic people and property that began as one of the area’s most noted theologians and teachers.

The New Jersey Historic Village keepsake collection is a wood-painted collectible series honoring historic iconic buildings, properties, and fixtures that are part of the historic fabric of New Jersey’s history. Each keepsake was selected based on community feedback and a voting process. Brooks Betz stated, “We’re excited to see how the public reacts to the next additions to this historic series.” The Mr. Local History Project plans to introduce at least five new keepsakes. Sign up for updates when new pieces are added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection.

Our Production Partner is a World Class Partner

The Cat’s Meow Village is a small company founded in Wooster, Ohio in 1982 from one simple wooden house Faline cutout on her grandfather’s saw in the loft of the hog barn. 35 years later, Jones and her crew continue crafting “little wooden buildings” of local, national, and international landmarks that spark memories and kindle smiles on the faces of “real-life adventure

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