Sunday, August 1, 2021
Schuyler-Hamilton House Open for Tours
The Schuyler-Hamilton House, also known as the Jabez Campfield House, was built in 1760 on the eastern edge of the small village of Morristown. In 1765, a young doctor, Jabez Campfield, purchased the attractive four-bedroom home. He and his bride, Sarah Ward, lived in the house for fifty-six years, until 1821. Dr. Campfield served as a surgeon during the Revolutionary War. During the winter of 1779-80, Dr. Campfield's house served as the home for Dr. John Cochran, who was assigned…
Find out more »Hardenbergh Hikes through History: New Jersey’s Artist and Ornithologist at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage
Hardenbergh Hikes through History: New Jersey's Artist and Ornithologist at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 [email protected] (908) 725-1015 Sundays at 3pm, August 1, August 8, August 22, August 29, September 1, September 22, and September 29. Explore the Jersey Dutch roots of New Jersey's turn-of-the-century artist and ornithologist Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh. Artist and ornithologist Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh depicted the wildlife and landscapes of the Jersey Shore at the turn…
Find out more »Summer Adventures at Liberty Hall
Summer Adventures at Liberty Hall Tuesdays July and August Spend your summer at Liberty Hall Museum! Explore our fairy village, learn to write in secret code, and hunt for animals around the property. Join us for our Summer Adventure Programs including: Adventures in Nature, Fairy Trails and Tales, Leaf it to Me, and Scouts, Spies, and Soldiers Programs. All programs include a snack. Programs available on a 4-week rotating schedule. Two program times available every Tuesday; 11:00am-1:00pm, Child & Parent…
Find out more »Summer Adventures at Liberty Hall
Summer Adventures at Liberty Hall Tuesdays July and August Spend your summer at Liberty Hall Museum! Explore our fairy village, learn to write in secret code, and hunt for animals around the property. Join us for our Summer Adventure Programs including: Adventures in Nature, Fairy Trails and Tales, Leaf it to Me, and Scouts, Spies, and Soldiers Programs. All programs include a snack. Programs available on a 4-week rotating schedule. Two program times available every Tuesday; 11:00am-1:00pm, Child & Parent…
Find out more »Sunset Stroll Garden Tours at Liberty Hall
Sunset Stroll Garden Tours Tuesday evenings in July and August Promenade our property under the backdrop of a crimson sky and setting summer sun and join us for a Sunset Stroll. These guided garden tours will begin at 7pm every Tuesday evening starting on June 22nd. Program Time: 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Program Fee: $10 per person, Free for LHM members/Kean Alumni Reservations required in advance; to purchase tickets visit our website or call 908-527-0400.
Find out more »East Jersey Old Town Village open for visits
East Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian Queen Tavern, the Farley Blacksmith Shop, the Williamson Wheelwright Shop, the Smalleytown Schoolhouse, the Three Mile Run Church, the homes of early settlers and outbuildings.…
Find out more »Guided House or Garden Tours with Boxed Lunch at Liberty Hall
Guided House or Garden Tours with Boxed Lunch Wednesdays in July and August Every Wednesday this summer we will be offering a boxed lunch add-on for our 11 am guided house or garden tour. The boxed lunch will be served at noon following the tour. Lunch will be at a picnic table in our lovely gardens reserved just for you! Reservations for the boxed lunch add-on option must be made at least one week in advance. We will email you…
Find out more »William Trent House open for visits
The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:30PM to 4:00pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the local market, as well as the herbs and vegetables grown in the gardens of English colonists. Throughout the 300-year-old house are hands-on displays and posters…
Find out more »East Jersey Old Town Village open for visits
East Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian Queen Tavern, the Farley Blacksmith Shop, the Williamson Wheelwright Shop, the Smalleytown Schoolhouse, the Three Mile Run Church, the homes of early settlers and outbuildings.…
Find out more »William Trent House open for visits
The William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:30PM to 4:00pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the local market, as well as the herbs and vegetables grown in the gardens of English colonists. Throughout the 300-year-old house are hands-on displays and posters…
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