Mission
As a center of cultural, educational, and scientific engagement, the New Jersey State Museum inspires innovation and lifelong learning through collections, research, exhibitions and programs in science, history and art. NJSM engages visitors of all ages and diverse backgrounds in an exploration of New Jersey’s cultural and natural history presented within a global context, fosters state pride, and serves as a cultivator of tomorrow’s leaders.
Contact The NJ State Museum
Mailing Address:
NJ State Museum
PO Box 530
Trenton, NJ 08625

Museum & Auditorium Galleries:
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ

Tel: (609) 292-6464 (recorded message)
Email: Feedback@sos.nj.gov
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Patriots Week
NJ State Museum Celebrates Patriots Week!
December 27 - 29, 2016
The Museum will host several programs to help celebrate Trenton’s annual Patriots Week.
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Holiday Maker Space!
Holiday Maker Space!
Weekdays: December 20 - 23 & December 27 – 30, 2016
12 pm – 2 pm
Discover fun at our Holiday Maker Space program! Enjoy a free, all-ages Maker Space inspired by our “Toy World” exhibition. The hands-on projects will be focused on toys. Holiday Maker Space will be offered weekdays in the Museum’s Imagination Studio on the lower level.
David Ambrose - Repairing Beauty
Repairing Beauty
David Ambrose: A Mid-Career Retrospective
Through January 15, 2017
Main Building – 1st Floor Gallery
Final weeks to see the complex, richly colored works of artist David Ambrose.
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Planetarium-Dinosaurs at Dusk
New in the Planetarium!
Laser Holiday Magic and Dinosaurs at Dusk, showing weekends starting November 5.
Planetarium Show Times
Toy World
Toy World
Now Open
Riverside Gallery, 2nd Floor
Be transported to back to another era in the fun NEW exhibition spotlighting the history and innovation of toy manufacturing in New Jersey.
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Written in the Rocks
Written in the Rocks: Fossil Tales of New Jersey
Now Open
Natural History Hall
Step back 3.5 billion years to explore the geology of New Jersey, the oldest fossils from the state and the progression of life here. Meet New Jersey’s own Dryptosaurus, the world’s first known carnivorous dinosaur, reconstructed and displayed for the first time ever!
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2016 - 2017 Field Trip Guide
2016 - 2017 Field Trip Guide
Now Available!
Museum Hours
Main Museum Building
205 West State Street, Trenton
Tuesday – Sunday
9 am to 4:45 pm
Galleries begin closing
at 4:30 pm

Museum Shop
Tuesday - Saturday
10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, Noon to 4 pm

Auditorium Galleries
205 West State Street, Trenton
Tuesday – Friday
9 am to 4:45 pm
Galleries begin closing
at 4:30 pm

Museum Galleries in Dept. of State Building
225 West State Street, Trenton
Monday-Friday
9 am to 5 pm
Galleries begin closing
at 4:45 pm

Closed Mondays & State Holidays
Accessibility
Whellchair AccessibilityAll facilities are accessible to visitors with physical disabilities.
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