SMASH at the New Jersey State Museum is a fun, family friendly event Spectacularly Merging Art, Science and History! Each SMASH event has a theme and explores the fascinating intersection of science, art and history. Visitors discover an array of hands-on activities, experiments, and demonstrations, meet the Museum’s experts and examine the collections through the lens of science.

The March SMASH event is all about STEAM Trains! Celebrate NJ Maker’s Day at the Museum – build and engineer a train! Explore the role of trains in New Jersey’s history; discover rocks that make trains roll (coal, sleeper stones); create some train art.