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==See also==
==See also==
* [[:Category:Arboreta in New Jersey|Arboreta in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Arboreta in New Jersey|Arboreta in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[:Category:Aquaria in New Jersey|Aquaria in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Aquaria in New Jersey|Aquaria in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[:Category:Botanical gardens in New Jersey|Botanical gardens in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Botanical gardens in New Jersey|Botanical gardens in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey|Historic landmarks in New Jersey]]
*[[List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey|Historic landmarks in New Jersey]]
* [[:Category:Houses in New Jersey|Houses in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Houses in New Jersey|Houses in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[:Category:Forts in New Jersey|Forts in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Forts in New Jersey|Forts in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[List of museums|Museums list]]
*[[List of museums|Museums list]]
* [[List of nature centers in the United States#New Jersey|Nature Centers in New Jersey]]
*[[List of nature centers in the United States#New Jersey|Nature Centers in New Jersey]]
* [[:Category:Astronomical observatories in New Jersey|Observatories in New Jersey]] (category)
*[[:Category:Astronomical observatories in New Jersey|Observatories in New Jersey]] (category)
* [[List of Registered Historic Places in New Jersey|Registered Historic Places in New Jersey]]
*[[List of Registered Historic Places in New Jersey|Registered Historic Places in New Jersey]]
Grounds for Sculpture list of museums in New Jersey is a list of museums , defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations , government entities, and private businesses ) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums ) are not included.
Lists of New Jersey institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.
To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
Name
Location
Region
Area of study
Summary
Allaire Village
Wall
History park
Encompasses the Howell Iron Works Company, an industrial center in the 1830s, as well as a working blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, general store, bakery, church, enameling building, carriage house, row houses, and other homes.
American Labor Museum and Botto House National Landmark
Haledon
Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial
Camden
Grounds for Sculpture
Hamilton Township
Website
Hoboken Historical Museum
Hoboken
Indian Heritage Museum
Rancocas
A museum of American Indian history and culture, several dioramas depict the life of many tribes.
Indian King Tavern Museum
Haddonfield
Built in 1750
Infoage Science/History Learning Center Camp Evans
Wall Township
Macculloch Hall
Morristown
Montclair Art Museum
Montclair
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
Madison
Interprets the history and lifeways of ordinary people of pre-industrial New Jersey; collection includes hand tools, products and household objects
Newark Museum
Newark
Newton Fire Museum
Newton
Firefighting
Website
New Jersey Children's Museum
Paramus
Children's
For toddlers and preschoolers; Website
The Noyes Museum of Art
Oceanville
Website
The Art Museum - Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Old Barracks Museum
Trenton, New Jersey
History
American Revolutionary War museum site; has public tours and exhibits
New Jersey Naval Museum
Hackensack
Historic Speedwell
Morristown
Children's Museum
Egg Harbor
Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum
Landing
Museum of the History of Phsychological Instrumentation
Upper Montclair
Miller-Cory House
Westfield
A. J. Meerwald
Museum ship
Delaware Bay oyster dredgeboat built uilt in Dorchester New Jersey in 1928
Discovery House
Children's
Garden State Discovery Museum
Cherry Hill
Children's
Rutgers University Department of Geology Museum
New Brunswick
Snowmobile Barn Museum
Fredon, New Jersey
Housed in a 6,000 square foot barn; collection of over 130 sleds along with toys, ornaments, jewelry, advertisements
Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Ogdensburg
Underground zinc mine open for tours
Trenton City Museum at the Ellarslie Mansion
Trenton
At Cadwalader Park ; owned and maintained by Trenton city government; Website
Underground Railroad Museum
Lawnside
Waterloo Village
Stanhope
National Registered Historic Site in Allamuchy Mountain State Park
West Milford Museum
West Milford, New Jersey
Whippany Railway Museum
Whippany
Transportation
The Wonder Museum
East Windsor
Children's
Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center
Little Falls
Houses permanent and rotating exhibits about baseball, Yankee history, and Yogi Berra's career.
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