Special Event: New Jersey's Original People

 

Summer Explorers

July 5 - August 17, 2012

Bring your summer camp to the Museum and fill the day with exciting, interactive programs!
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Soar into Space in the Planetarium!

Soar through the skies in the Museum's spacious Planetarium, featuring precision projection of more than 6000 stars.

The largest planetarium in New Jersey, it seats 150 visitors in specially-designed reclining seats that transport an audience to any astronomical destination.

Now featuring state-of-the-art Full Dome Video, visitors will feel the sensation of zooming through the Solar System and beyond. This cutting-edge digital technology immerses audiences within images covering the entire 360 degree inner dome.

The Planetarium offers something for everyone; with both traditional sky and laser programs, it is the only planetarium of its kind in New Jersey. Made possible by the generous support of the Prudential Foundation.

Planetarium Showtimes: May - June

Andromeda Galaxy Image Courtesy of NASA

 

Friends of the New Jersey State Museum Awarded $75,000 Grant from PNC Foundation to Provide Financial Education Program for Preschoolers

October 27, 2011 - TRENTON - The Friends of the New Jersey State Museum has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to teach area children lessons in spending, sharing and saving while providing parents with resources to reinforce the lessons at home. PNC provided the funding in support of Grow Up Great, its bilingual program in early childhood education.
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New Jersey State Museum 9/11 Commemoration Committee

The New Jersey State Museum 9/11 Commemoration Committee is providing advisement on the development of a year-long calendar of statewide activities to honor the memory of the 9/11 victims while uniting New Jerseyans through programs which commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

In addition to Honorary Co-Chairs, Governor Chris Christie and former Governor Thomas H. Kean, the committee is comprised of New Jersey business and community leaders as well as 9/11 community members. Key elements of the state’s 9/11 observances include the opening of the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial in Liberty Park and the State Museum’s exhibition, Remember 9.11: Reflections and Memories from New Jersey and related educational programming.

9/11 Commemoration Committee

 

REMEMBER 9.11
Reflections and Memories from New Jersey

September 8, 2011 through September 30, 2012

On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as terrorists used commercial airplanes as weapons against the United States, killing 2,979 people, destroying the World Trade Center, and damaging the Pentagon in their brutal coordinated attack. On that fateful day, nearly 700 New Jerseyans - the second highest casualty toll after New York - perished at the World Trade Center (WTC), Pentagon, and aboard United Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

In the fall of 2011, the New Jersey State Museum will commemorate the ten-year anniversary of September 11 with a major exhibition, Remember 9.11 Reflections and Memories from New Jersey, which explores the impact of the terrorist attacks on the people of the Garden State. The exhibit will revolve around New Jersey's reflections and responses to 9/11 and will include artifacts conveying the human dimension and enormity of the attacks complete with oral histories of 9/11 families, survivors, rescue workers and volunteers.

The opening of Remember 9.11 will coincide with the beginning of the new school year. In connection with that, the museum will offer several new educational programs throughout the academic year to help teachers educate their students about 9-11.

for more information on 9/11 education programs

Remember 9.11: Reflections and Memories from New Jersey and related educational programming is made possible in part through the generous support of

Remembrance Sponsorship support provided by NRG Energy. With in-kind support from the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, Capital Health and the Trenton Downtown Association’s Destination Trenton Initiative.

 

New Jersey State Museum Unveils 9/11 Memorial Display in State House Rotunda

The New Jersey State Museum has unveiled a temporary installation in the State House Rotunda to mark the beginning of the six month remembrance prior to the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Comprised of a piece of World Trade Center steel with twisted rivets that convey the destruction, a 9/11 urn and flag presented to victims’ families by the state in the fall of 2001, as well as educational information, this interim display precedes an educational, interactive and wide-ranging 9/11 exhibition that will run at the State Museum from September 11, 2011 through September 2012.

"As the nation prepares to honor the life, work and dreams of those who perished tragically on September 11, 2001, it is only fitting that New Jersey play a central role in helping to initiate these efforts," said Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno. "New Jersey lost 677 of its own on that day, and we must never waver in our support for the individuals directly impacted by 9/11 nor forget this seminal event in American history and its ongoing impact on the people of New Jersey."

For information on visiting the State House Rotunda, please call (609) 633-2709.