MISSION STATEMENT:  The mission of the Dover Area Historical Society is to protect, preserved and recognize the historic artifacts, buildings, districts and locales within the town of Dover; to have our museum be a living center for displays, meetings and research; and to reach out to all with educational and entertaining presentations of the rich history of the Dover Area.

OBJECTIVES:

1.  THE CUMULATION OF A HISTORY OF THE DOVER AREA and the preparation of appropriate publications in this regard.

2.  THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDING SUITABLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CULTURAL CENTER, which shall minimally include a museum, educational facilities and administrative facilities.

3.  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC, germane to the Society's general objectives.

4.  THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, RESEARCH INTO IDENTIFICATION AND PUBLIC EXHIBIT of historic, graphic, pictorial, audio phonic and other records, artifacts and various memorabilia.

5.  THE PREPARATION, COLLECTION AND PUBLIC EXHBITION of contemporary cultural and creative works of the Dover Area.

6.  THE LOCATION, MARKING AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE IMPROVEMENT AND/OR RESTORATION and the prevention of the destruction of sites of historic, cultural, and/or eductional interest within the Dover area and the bringing to the public's attention the existence, location and significance of these sites.

7.  THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND/OR SPONSORSHIP OF EVENTS of historic, cultural, and/or educational interest with the Dover area.

8.  THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND WHERE FEASIBLE, ASSISTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT of local groups with the Dover area dedicated to local objectives in agreement with the regional objectives of the Society.

9.  THE RECOGNITION OF THE DOVER AREA'S RIGHTFUL PLACE IN HISTORY and the development of Morris County, the State of New Jersey and the United States of America.