22 NJ Museums To Participate
in Smithsonian Museum Day Live in New Jersey
New Jersey has many fantastic inexpensive museums and, later this month, visiting these museums will be even more affordable as nearly two dozen NJ museums participate in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live in New Jersey! Museum Day Live is a annual celebration (held on September 22nd this year) offering free admission to New Jersey museums, as well as hundreds of other museums all over the US. (By the way – Did you know that you can also get free year-round admission to many other museums in New Jersey with your library card?! Learn more about that program HERE.)
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Whether you’re looking for a quiet day out on your own, an inexpensive date idea, or a nice weekend outing with the kids, there’s bound to be a participating New Jersey museum that is just right for you. Here are the museums in New Jersey with free admission on Museum Day Live 2018…
NJ Museums Participating in Museum Day Live
Burlington County Museums with Free Admission
- Historic Smithville Mansion – Eastampton NJ
- Cranberry & Blueberry Museum at Whitesbog – Browns Mills NJ
Essex County Museums with Free Admission
- Newark Museum – Newark NJ
Hunterdon County Museums with Free Admission
- Hunterdon Art Museum – Clinton NJ
Mercer County Museums with Free Admission
- Historical Society of Princeton – Princeton NJ
- Old Barracks Museum – Trenton NJ
- New Jersey State Museum & Planetarium – Trenton NJ
- The Sarnoff Collection – Ewing NJ
Middlesex County Museums with Free Admission
- Cornelius Low House – Piscataway NJ
- East Jersey Old Town Village – Piscataway NJ
- Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University– New Brunswick NJ
Monmouth County Museums with Free Admission
- Monmouth County Historical Association – Freehold NJ
- Covenhoven House – Freehold NJ
- Holmes-Hendrickson House – Holmdel NJ
- Taylor-Butler House – Middletown NJ
- Marlpit Hall – Middletown NJ
- Tavern Museum at Allen House – Shrewsbury NJ
Morris County Museums with Free Admission
- Morris Museum – Morristown NJ
Passaic County Museums with Free Admission
- American Labor Museum / Botto House National Landmark – Haledon NJ
- Dey Mansion – Wayne NJ
Somerset County Museums with Free Admission
- United States Golf Association Museum – Far Hills NJ
Union County Museums with Free Admission
- Liberty Hall Museum – Union NJ
Visit Smithsonian magazine Museum Day Live! online for more information on participating New Jersey museums and to receive your free admission tickets for Saturday, September 22nd. Museum Day Live tickets can be downloaded beginning at midnight on August 15th.
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