Rochester Hills Celebrates 33 Years as a Tree City USA Community

Celebrate Arbor Day with Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett and City staff at the annual Tree Planting Ceremony at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28, at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm.  The City of Rochester Hills will be planting a Black Walnut tree at the Museum, helping to recreate the historic landscape on the park grounds. The tree is symbolic in many ways, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Stoney Creek Village as well as the City’s 33rd consecutive year as a Tree City … [Read more...]

Museum Reprints ‘Petticoat Surgeon’ Autobiography by Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen

The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm is pleased to announce that it has reprinted Petticoat Surgeon, the autobiography of Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen. The book was originally published in 1947. The reprinting celebrates Dr. Van Hoosen's 158th birthday on March 26, and Women's History month. Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952), was born and raised in Stoney Creek Village - located on Tienken Road between Rochester and Dequindre Roads. The Village was established by her family in … [Read more...]

Rochester Hills Museum to Host Mary Kramer for Leadership Talk

Rochester Hills Museum to host Mary Kramer for Leadership Lecture on May 12 The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm and the Rochester Hills Museum Foundation will be hosting Mary L. Kramer from Crain’s Detroit Business for the 2016 Broomfield Center for Leadership presentation on Thursday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m.  The program will be held in the Museum’s 1927 adaptively reused Calf Barn and refreshments will be provided. Admission is free but registration is requested at … [Read more...]

Dreams, partners help museum grow

These are exciting times for the tiny Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farms. Despite an economic downturn that has forced it to cut staffing and share its space with the city’s environmental education center, the museum is growing and busier than ever. Its most recent effort, the restoration of the Stoney Creek Schoolhouse, has been honored by the city’s Historic District Commission with the 2012 Earl Borden Award for historic preservation. The next big project, the restoration and … [Read more...]