Cape May Event Calendar

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Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey Weekend

Plan your route and challenge yourself to visit all participating lighthouses, museums and lifesaving stations in New Jersey over two days during this annual event that helps raise funds for continued lighthouse preservation. Begin at any participating location. Cape May Lighthouse, Cape May Point State Park, is one of nearly a dozen participating sites throughout… Read more »


Spirits, Oddities & Obsessions Combo Tour

Victorians of the late 19th century had wild notions about the passage from life to death and were fascinated by mystery and illusion. >Board a Cape May MAC trolley and travel through the lovely Cape May Historic District. You’ll hear strange stories from Victorian Cape May history that are macabre, mysterious or just plain weird. The… Read more »


The Artists’ Guild of the Cape Studio Tour

23 artists will show their works at 16 studios throughout Cape May County. Pottery, Paintings, Photography, Jewelry, Carvings and more will be available for sale. See the artists in their own environment and enjoy a day travelling about this beautiful Cape. Interactive map and a printable list available at our website.


Historic Haunts Combo Tour

Take an evening trolley ride through the Historic District and hear stories of haunted Cape May. Step off the trolley at the 1879 Physick House with your guide and see Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, reputed to be haunted, as you learn about Victorian Spiritualism. In the museum, guides will compare the methods of… Read more »


World War II Lookout Tower

Fear of German attack in 1942 was real when this tower was built, now the last freestanding World War II Lookout Tower in New Jersey. It was part of the immense Harbor Defense of the Delaware system known as Fort Miles, and now helps tell the story of Cape May’s role during World War II. … Read more »


Emlen Physick Estate Guided Tour

Take a guided tour of the first and second floors of the 1879 Physick House Museum, for an in-depth look at Victorian architecture and the period, reflecting one Victorian family’s lifestyle, and detailing the way the Physick family and their household lived, worked and spent their leisure time. From dancing to fishing, golfing, and concerts, this… Read more »


Spirits & Oddities Trolley Tour

Cats in ghostly form purr from the beyond. Beloved family members in photographs without their heads. Graves equipped with a torpedo to put off intruders. Victorians of the late 19th century had wild notions about the passage from life to death. Belief in ghosts and spirits was common and superstition abounded. Hear strange stories from… Read more »


Historic Haunts House Tour

Tour select rooms with your guide and learn about Victorian Spiritualism in Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, the 1879 Physick House, widely reputed to be haunted. Guides will compare the methods of spirit contact used by the Victorians with those of today’s paranormal investigators. Select rooms on both floors are included in the tour.


Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tour

>What was that shadow? Was it the undead of Cape May’s past wandering their beloved haunts? You might scoff, you might shudder, but rest assured: on board a trolley with an experienced guide you will begin to wonder what’s beyond when you hear the tales of hauntings unearthed in Cape May by renowned psychic medium… Read more »


Mansions By The Sea Trolley Tour

You’ll hear how the rich lived in the early 1900s in the most elegant part of town on this trolley tour that includes the eastern beachfront. You’ll see the broad streets and massive plots on Cape May’s east side – an area marketed as “New Cape May” at the turn of the 20th century. Today,… Read more »