Cold Spring Village, N.J.
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COLD SPRING VILLAGE, N.J. PHOTOTGRAPHY
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
COLD SPRING VILLAGE PHOTOGRAPHY LOCATION
Stop here for some good old-fashioned photography. The Fee is $15.00 to enter, and you can photograph around 20+ Historic Buildings inside and out. Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit educational institution established as an Early American open-air living history museum. Its purpose is three-fold: historic preservation, history education, and heritage tourism. This is accomplished by promoting New Jersey history through extensive programs utilizing the architecture, lifestyles, arts, history, and culture found in a rural South Jersey village during the early to mid-19th century.
- Personal photography and videography for private, non-commercial use are permitted (and encouraged!) in the Village. However, they ask that your activities not disrupt museum operations or the experience of other guests. The use of additional equipment, including tripods, lights, and ladders, is prohibited.
- All other organized commercial photo and video shoots, including but not limited to engagement, wedding and family photo shoots, require prior approval by the administrative office. Please download the full policy here or contact the Village administrative office at (609) 898-2300 for more information.
- HCSV may photograph or videotape visitors for educational and promotional purposes. Attendance on Village property is implied consent for using visitors’ likenesses for these purposes.
Historic Cold Spring Village will open on weekends from June 16th through September 16th. They are open weekdays, Tuesday through Friday, starting June 23rd through September 2nd.
PHOTOGRAPHY NEARBY
Not too far from this location is a sunrise, sunset, and Milky Way location photography hot spot called East Point Lighthouse. It’s a newly renovated lighthouse where you can create dynamic images. We would pair Cold Spring Village with the lighthouse for your same-day trip. We also paired this up with our Cape May photography shoot. Plan your trip around the Milky Way being visible. You can create dynamic Milky Way images at the lighthouse between April and October. See our Dark Sky Photography Info page for more details about Milky Way photography.
Built: 1894. Original Building Name: Junior Order United American Mechanics Hall. Original Location: Cold Spring.
Begin your Village Visit at the air-conditioned Welcome Center, where you will find an introductory exhibit on Cape May County history and a brief orientation video about the Village. A touch screen computer station also offers a virtual reality tour of the historic buildings. The Village administrative office is located on the second floor.
This two-story building housed a chapter of a nationwide fraternal organization that believed in the separation of church and state and supported free education through the public school system. The Cold Spring chapter met in this building at its original location (about 1/4 mile south of HCSV) from 1894 until 1941. Later, the hall served as a municipal building for Lower Township until 1985.
CAPE HARBOR MOTEL
715 Pittsburgh Avenue • Cape May • New Jersey • 08204 • Reservations (609) 884-0018 – See Images Above.
PARK INFORMATION
STANDARD TICKETS
Tickets are for single-day admission.
Adults: $14
Children 3-12: $12
Children under 3: Free
HCSV Members: Free
Active Duty Military (with ID): FREE (dependents regular admission fee)
A 10% discount on admission is offered to military veterans with their Military ID or Cape May County Veteran’s Photo ID Card.
COMBINATION TICKETS
Combo Tickets can be purchased at the Village gate or at our partnering locations.
Explore our History – $35/adults (retail value $55); $25/children (retail value $33)
From the Early American era to the mid-20th century, there were plenty of opportunities to “live a little history” in Cape May. Package includes a Combination Trolley/Physick Estate Tour ticket, admission to the Cape May Lighthouse, World War II Lookout Tower, Naval Air Station Wildwood, Historic Cold Spring Village, and Discount Coupons!
Cape May Lighthouse Combo – $20/adults; $15/children
Cape May Lighthouse: Located in Cape May Point State Park, Lower Township 1859. More than 100 thousand visitors a year now experience a visit to the top of the lighthouse, participating in a century-old rite of a visit to the Jersey Shore. For those who choose not to climb, the Oil House contains a fully accessible visitors’ orientation center and a Museum Shop stocked with maritime accessories and memorabilia.
CAMPING
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Do you want us to send our photography and ghost-hunting friends to your campground to stay during their ghost-hunting trip? Put your campground information here. We will put a picture of your establishment, the website link, the phone number, and the information on your campground to make it easy for our photographers and ghost hunters to find you. They are good at getting there in the dark.
Would you like to be featured in an article as a place to stay while doing photography or ghost hunting? If so, please send us an email. You will be surprised at how affordable our prices can be.
RESTAURANTS
Cold Spring Grange Restaurant
735 Seashore Road Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 884-0114
RESTAURANT INFOMATION
Add your Restaurant here!
Do you want us to send our photography and ghost-hunting friends to your restaurant after their ghost-hunting trip? Put your restaurant information here. We will put a picture of your establishment, the website link, the phone number, and the information on your restaurant to make it easy for our photographers and ghost hunters to find you.
ACCOMODATIONS
Stay at the Cape Harbor Motor Inn
715 Pittsburgh Avenue • Cape May • New Jersey • 08204 • Reservations (609) 884-0018 – See Images Above.
This Motel offers you everything you need with a fabulous pool, immaculate rooms, great management at one of the best prices in the Cape May area. Look no further. This is your best bang for the buck. We highly recommend you stay here!
Don’t forget that you can use a rain sleeve on your camera if it is raining. If it is bright and sunny, you want to use a low ISO such as 100.
If you are doing photography along with your ghost hunting on cloudy days, you can do running water or waterfall photography to avoid the glaring sun. You can also use an ND filter to get a long exposure for dramatic effects, even in the sunshine. If you ghost hunt indoors in abandoned places, be careful!
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