Friends Of The New Jersey State Museum

FRIENDS OF THE STATE MUSEUM TRIPS

Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Friday, April 4, 2008

Fossil Collecting at the Inversand Pit
Saturday, April 12, 2008

H20 exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Music Machines and Living Dolls exhibition at the Morris Museum
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

For more information about the above trips and to make your reservation please call (609) 394-5310.

ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF THE STATE MUSEUM

In 1968 the State Museum established a 501(c)(3) support group, the Association of the Arts, to assist in raising funds for fine art acquisitions. Four years later this organization broadened its mission to include all State Museum collections and services and changed its name to Friends of the New Jersey State Museum.

The Friends of the New Jersey State Museum spent a day touring the "Forts on the Delaware" in September. Led by our own Archaeology/Ethnology Committee Chair, Ian Burrow, (R) families and friends visited Fort Mott on the New Jersey side of the river, pictured here, as well as Fort Delaware.

The Friends maintain an office in the State Museum main building at 205 West State Street. Governed by a Board of Trustees chosen annually by the membership, the Friends offer fundraising and volunteer support for the Museum. During the past year, 226 volunteers gave nearly 12,000 hours of service working primarily as docents, collections assistants, and organizers of a variety of fund raisers.

Membership dues help the Friends fund a broad spectrum of quality educational programs at the State Museum. These include offerings for youth and families, special exhibitions, children's theatre and performing arts programs, Super Science Weekend and the Kaleidoscope Kids Summer Academy, as well as publications and acquisitions for the collections. In exchange, members enjoy special invitations to exhibition openings and other special events, an informational newsletter mailed three times a year, announcements of monthly day trips to exciting venues, and a discount on purchases in the Museum Shop. Join the Friends!

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Updated 03.03.08