Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum — Attraction in Oradell

5 stars all the way. This is a really nice wildlife art museum. There are 2 floors you can finish this in around an hour or so. The upstairs was my favorite. There were so many of the real wildlife animals that are taxidermy, which is the preserving of an animal's body via mounting. Amazing there was a guy that lived in the mansion next door that hunted and collected animals and preserved them. From bears, to tigers, lions, owls, eagles, deer, moose, dodo bird, etc. And yes a dodo bird they are extinct. They are all on display on the 2nd floor. Just wow, amazing site to see, for adults and children for sure.

1st floor was an art gallery full of wildlife pictures and paintings. That was a really nice art gallery as well.

Our tour guide for the 2nd floor was amazing. Talked to us a bit about the history/ Even gave us a nice animal book at the end, which was so very nice of her to do that. I would come back here again hands down.

There is no adimission but you just leave a donation. It was well worth it. Im glad we came here from...

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...

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...