In 2001, the Mayor and the Township Council moved to save the historic Eden Woolley House on the comer of Deal Road and Route 35. The developer of the Route 35 property agreed to move the Woolley House to the Haupt/Terner tract that is the site of the Public Library on Deal Road. The Council asked the Museum to make its new headquarters in the Woolley house adjacent to the Library, to be used as a new, larger facility for the organization to expand its programs, projects, exhibits and services.

Volunteers from the Museum began the historical restoration of the House, named after Eden Woolley; Ocean Township’s first elected committeeman, gentleman farmer, surveyor, and moneylender. Museum personnel used qualified contractors for the restoration while some of the work was completed by very competent volunteers.

Grants, donations, fundraisers, Business Partnerships and the 2008 Society helped the Museum to reach its goal of opening the Eden Woolley house on July 5, 2009! The contributions of many business and individual volunteers helped immeasurably in the completion of this project. The Historically restored structure was first opened to the public in December 2008.

The historical restoration was completed in April of 2009 and after moving the contents of the Museum from the Old Oakhurst School to the Eden Woolley House, The Museum was permanently opened to the public on July 5th, 2009.