Wednesdays @ 1:00 pm: New Jersey Films
The New Jersey State Museum is proud to offer free educational films about New Jersey's scientific, fine art, and cultural heritage every Wednesday at 1:00 pm. These films compliment one of the Museum's exhibitions or a particular month's heritage theme. Extend your Museum visit by adding a free film to a School Day performance and a tour through an exhibition. All film screenings begin promptly at 1:00 pm in the Museum Auditorium.
Reservations are not required - seating is on a first come, first serve basis, please call (609) 292-6347 for current schedule.
Branch Brook Park: Legacy of the Gilded Age
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Branch Brook Park: Legacy of the Gilded Age traces Branch Brook's origin as the first park in the Essex County Park System and looks at its development, realization and expansion to its present-day 360 acres. The program is narrated by CBS News veteran Charles Osgood. This program was made possible in part by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more examples of artifacts representing Victorian culture visit the Pretty Big Things: Stories of New Jersey History exhibition on the Museum's 3rd floor.
Peters Valley
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tucked away within the thousands of acres of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in rural northwest New Jersey is Peters Valley Craft Education Center. From mid-fall to early spring, this peaceful environment is home to a handful of artists, all focusing on honing their skills. There's blacksmith Maegan Crowley, who forges metal into organic patterns and shapes inspired by seed pods, bugs and other elements of the vast wilderness surrounding her workshop.
Bruce Dehnert is in charge of the ceramics department, and is the active caretaker of the education center's world-renowned anagama kiln. Karen Henderson weaves abstract compositions as well as her own line of clothing from natural fibers and dyes. This documentary special focuses on the life of Peters Valley Craft Education Center, as well as the unique history of the organization and its place in one of America's most beautiful national parks. To learn more about New Jersey arts visit our exhibition American Perspectives: The Fine Art Collectionon the Museum's 2rd floor.
Reflections of a Bayshore Painter: Glenn Rudderow
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bayshore artist Glenn Rudderow, whose exquisite paintings are inspired by the lighting and landscapes of South Jersey, fills the canvas with scenes of the bay, historic homes, and churches in a natural setting diffused with the unusual lighting found where water meets land. To learn more about New Jersey arts visit our exhibition American Perspectives: The Fine Art Collectionon the Museum's 2rd floor.
NJ Fresh!: Episodes 1 & 2
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
NEW PROGRAM - In this four part series host Megan Gunning explores the connection between people and local food and land, discovering the freshest produce, learning how it's grown and, with the help of experienced chefs, demonstrating how to serve up the harvest of the Garden State in delicious meals. With a growing demand for local food, the number of farmers markets in New Jersey are increasing, offering a rich array of Jersey Fresh produce, artisan cheese from grass-fed cows, golden honey, eggs from free-range chickens, homemade bread, freshly baked pies, and so much more.
America Together: New Jersey Voices
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
With touching stories and reflective insights, New Jersey students and adults talk about their reaction to the tragedy of September 11, the healing process and the rebuilding of their communities and their lives. The personal and national tragedy that is also a communal and national tragedy is examined from the perspective of individuals who struggle with the pain and loss of loved ones or who help interpret our sense of purpose and our need for community. How do we live knowing the fragility of life? Please visit the exhibition Remember 9/11: Reflections and Memories from New Jersey on the Museum's 1st floor.
Civil War Shorts
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
From the Moments in New Jersey History series, this collection of six short films which deal with New Jersey's involvement in the Civil War. The collection is comprised of the following films: New Jersey Civil War Manpower, Princeton: A University Divided, The Swamp Angel, Finns Point National Cemetery, General Philip Kerney, and The 11th NJ at Gettysburg. An ideal series to watch after viewing the Museum's latest rotation of Civil War flags.
NJ Fresh!: Episodes 3 & 4
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
NEW PROGRAM - In this four part series host Megan Gunning explores the connection between people and local food and land, discovering the freshest produce, learning how it's grown and, with the help of experienced chefs, demonstrating how to serve up the harvest of the Garden State in delicious meals. With a growing demand for local food, the number of farmers markets in New Jersey are increasing, offering a rich array of Jersey Fresh produce, artisan cheese from grass-fed cows, golden honey, eggs from free-range chickens, homemade bread, freshly baked pies, and so much more.
