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This 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.
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SNo,Name,Location,County,Region,Area of study,Summary1,Absecon Light,Atlantic City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Lighthouse,Lighthouse and local history museum2,Acorn Hall,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Morris County Historical Society, 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion with changing exhibits on local history"3,African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey,Newtonville,Atlantic,South Jersey,African American,4,African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers,Tenafly,Bergen,Gateway Region,Art,"African art, operated by the Society of African Missions, changing exhibits of sub-Saharan sculpture and painting, costumes, textiles, decorative arts, religion and folklore"5,Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,African American,New Jersey African American history and African artifacts6,AIDS Museum,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,Medical,Planned museum7,Air Victory Museum,Mount Laurel,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Aviation,8,A. J. Meerwald,Commercial Township,Cumberland,South Jersey,Museum ship,Delaware Bay oyster dredgeboat built in 19289,Albus Cavus,New Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Art,Contemporary art gallery10,Allaire Village,Wall,Monmouth,Shore Region,Living,"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"11,Allen House,Shrewsbury,Monmouth,Shore Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 1710 tavern house"12,American Hungarian Museum,Passaic,Passaic,Gateway Region,Ethnic,"also known as Hungarian Folklore Museum, decorated eggs, lace, pottery, traditional clothing"13,American Indian Heritage Museum,Westampton Township,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Native American,"American Indian history and culture, operated by the Powhatan Renape Nation"14,American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark,Haledon,Passaic,Gateway Region,History,"Victorian house with period rooms, labor exhibits, labor and immigrant library; historic meeting site for silk mill workers"15,Army Reserve Mobilization Museum,Fort Dix,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Military,"also known as Fort Dix Military Museum, history of U.S. Army Reserve"16,Atlantic City Art Center,Atlantic City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Art,17,Atlantic City Historical Museum,Atlantic City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,operated by the Atlantic County Historical Society18,Atlantic Heritage Center,Somers Point,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,"household items and decorative arts, fine arts, weaponry, maritime artifacts and toys"19,Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey,Teterboro,Bergen,Gateway Region,Transportation - Aerospace,New Jersey's aviation and space heritage20,Avalon Free Public Library History Center,Avalon,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,21,Bainbridge House,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Local history,headquarters and museum for the Historical Society of Princeton22,Bayonne Community Museum,Bayonne,Hudson,Gateway Region,Local history,under development as facility is restored23,Barclay Farmstead Museum,Cherry Hill,Camden,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"1816 furnished farmhouse on 32 acres (130,000m2) with trails, living history programs"24,Barnegat Historic Heritage Village,Barnegat Light,Ocean,Shore Region,Open air,"operated by the Barnegat Historical Society, includes 4 buildings and 3 smaller structures; Lippincott-Faulkenburg House, the Barber Shop, the Edwards House, the Butcher Shop, a corn crib, a motel cabin and a three-hole necessary"25,Barnegat Light Historical Society Museum,Barnegat Light,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,"Located in 1903 schoolhouse, includes Edith Duff Gwinn Garden"26,Barnegat Lighthouse,Barnegat Light,Ocean,Shore Region,Lighthouse,Lighthouse and museum interpretive center27,Barret Museum,Highland Lakes,Sussex,Skylands Region,Historic house,operated by the Vernon Township Historical Society28,Barron Arts Center,Woodbridge,Middlesex,Central Jersey,Museum,Art Museum and local history museum29,Batsto Village,Hammonton,Atlantic,South Jersey,Living,"Includes Batsto mansion, a sawmill, a 19th-century ore boat, a charcoal kiln, ice and milk houses, a carriage house and stable, a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, a gristmill and a general store"30,Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Museum Ship,USS New Jersey (BB-62)31,Beavertown History Center,Lincoln Park,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,"information, operated by the Beaverton Historical Society"32,Belskie Museum of Art & Science,Closter,Bergen,Gateway Region,Art,works of sculptor Abram Belskie and 10 changing exhibitions each year33,Benjamin Temple House,Ewing Township,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Local history,operated by the Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society34,Bergen Museum of Art and Science,Hackensack,Bergen,Gateway Region,Multiple,"Art and science, classes"35,Berkeley Historical Museum,Bayville,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,36,Boonton Historical Society and Museum,Boonton,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,Located in the Colonial Revival and Victorian Gothic styles house of Dr. John L. Taylor37,Boxwood Hall,Elizabeth,Union,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Home from 1772 to 1795 of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress"38,Brigantine Beach Historical Museum & Society,Brigantine Beach,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,39,Bridgeton Hall of Fame All Sports Museum,Bridgeton,Cumberland,South Jersey,Hall of fame - sports,information40,Buccleuch Mansion,New Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Historic house,Operated by the Jersey Blue chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution41,Burlington County Historical Society,Burlington City,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Open air,"complex including 3 historic houses: Bard-How House, James Fenimore Cooper House, and Captain James Lawrence House; Aline Wolcott Museum Galleries with exhibits of local history"42,Burlington County Prison,Mount Holly,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Prison,Operated by Burlington County Parks and the Prison Museum Association43,Butler Museum,Butler,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,Located in an old railroad station44,Clarke House Museum,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,Revolutionary period home located in Princeton Battlefield State Park45,Califon Historical Society Station Museum,Califon,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Railroad,46,Camden County Historical Society Museum,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Local history,"includes 19th-century domestic, farm and workplace tools, one room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, antique vehicles"47,Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Maritime,"local maritime history including boat and ship builders, boating, natural history of the Delaware River and area streams"48,Camp Olden Civil War Round Table and Museum,Hamilton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,History,Civil War and Native American exhibits49,Cape May County Historical Museum,Cape May Court House,Cape May,South Jersey,History,"Furnishings, costumes, tools, decorative and practical objects from the 17th to 20th centuries, including Native American and maritime exhibits"50,Cape May Maritime Museum,Cape May,Cape May,South Jersey,Maritime,"planned museum, Cape May County's maritime heritage"51,"Carter House (Summit, New Jersey)",Summit,Union,Gateway Region,Historic house,"home of the Summit Historical Society, mid-18th century house"52,Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey,Marlton,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Art,53,Charles and Anna Hankins Museum,Lavallette,Ocean,Shore Region,Maritime,museum displays of wooden boats in storage while seeking new home54,Charles Shultz House,Montclair,Essex,Gateway Region,Historic house,"operated by the Montclair Historical Society, 1896 home with synthesis of styles popular in the last quarter of the 19th century"55,Children's Museum of Somerset County,Bridgewater,Somerset,Skylands Region,Children's,56,Church of the Presidents (New Jersey),Long Branch,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic church,Former Episcopal chapel on the Jersey Shore where seven United States presidents worshiped57,Collings-Knight House,Collingswood,Camden,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"operated by the Friends of Collings-Knight House, Facebook site"58,Colonial House Museum,Cape May,Cape May,South Jersey,Historic house,"1775 tavern with colonial era cooking/eating room and bedroom, changing exhibits of local history, operated by the Greater Cape May Historical Society"59,Cooper Mill,Chester Township,Morris,Skylands Region,Mill,operated by the Morris County Park Commission60,Cornelius Low House,Piscataway,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Local history,"Also known as Cornelius Low House / Middlesex County Museum, changing exhibits of state and local history"61,Country Living Museum,Hopewell Township,Cumberland,South Jersey,History,"information, farm and shop tools, household equipment, glassware, kitchen utensils, World War II era memorabilia, restored antique clocks, sewing machines, typewriters; part of Dutch Neck Village, a collection of unique shops"62,Covenhoven House,Freehold,Monmouth,Shore Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778"63,Cranbury Museum,Cranbury,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Local history,operated by the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society64,Crane House and Museum,Montclair,Essex,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Montclair Historical Society, Federal mansion with 18th- and 19th-century furnishings"65,Cumberland County Prehistorical Museum,Greenwich Township,Cumberland,South Jersey,Archaeology,"operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society, stone and bone artifacts, pottery, native crafts, fossils"66,Delaware Bay Museum,Bivalve,Cumberland,South Jersey,Maritime,"operated by the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, oyster industry and shipping"67,Dennis Township Museum and History Center,Dennis Township,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,located in the Old School House68,Denville Historical Society & Museum,Denville,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,information69,Dey Mansion,Wayne,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,General George Washingtons revolutionary war headquarters in the Preakness Valley70,Discovery Shell Museum,Ocean City,Cape May,South Jersey,Natural history,"information, retail store with museum display of over 10,000 species of seashells from all over the world"71,Dover History Museum,Dover,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,operated by the Dover Area Historical Society72,Drake House Museum,Plainfield,Union,Gateway Region,Local history,"Building owned by the City of Plainfield, museum operated by the Historical Society of Plainfield"73,Drumthwacket,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"Official residence of the Governor of New Jersey, built in 1835"74,East Brunswick Museum,East Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Local history,75,East Jersey Olde Towne Village,Piscataway,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Open air,"Includes church, tavern, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, barracks and several homes"76,Edison National Historic Site,West Orange,Essex,Gateway Region,Historic house,29 room Queen Ann-style mansion home of Thomas Edison and laboratory (under renovation)77,Ellis Island,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,History,Museum of immigration; ferry boats depart from Liberty State Park78,Ely House Museum,Hightstown,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,operated by the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society79,Emlen Physick Estate,Cape May,Cape May,South Jersey,Living,"Victorian mansion, operated by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts"80,Firehouse Gallery,Bordentown,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Art,Focuses on work of artist Eric Gibbons81,Fleetwood Museum of Art and Photographica,North Plainfield,Somerset,Skylands Region,Photography,"cameras, photographic equipment, art and science of photography"82,Fleming Castle Museum,Flemington,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Historic house,"1756 house with history programs, also known as Samuel Fleming House"83,Fort Hancock Historic District,Middletown Township,Monmouth,Shore Region,Multiple,"Part of Gateway National Recreation Area, includes the former coast artillery fort, location of America's oldest lighthouse, the largest concentration of sea coast artillery batteries, site of first Army proving ground, 1894 USLSS Spermaceti Cove lifesaving station, only complete Nike missile site in the eastern United States and the intact 19th-century Fort Hancock community"84,Fort Lee Historic Park,Fort Lee,Bergen,Gateway Region,Military,"American Revolution fort site, center has exhibits about the fort"85,Fort Lee Museum,Fort Lee,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,"information, operated by the Fort Lee Historical Society, located in the 1922 Judge Moore House, adjacent to Monument Park"86,Foster-Armstrong House,Montague,Sussex,Skylands Region,Historic house,"operated by the Montague Association for Restoration of Community History, late 19th-century house"87,Fosterfields Living Historical Farm,Morris Township,Morris,Skylands Region,Agriculture,"operated by the Morris County Park Commission, working farm, using the tools, techniques, and materials of a turn-of-the-century farm"88,Franklin Mineral Museum,Franklin,Sussex,Skylands Region,Natural history,"Over 4000 mineral specimens with a large display of fluorescent minerals, mine replica, fossils, Native American artifacts"89,Friar Mountain Model Railroad Museum,Sparta,Sussex,Skylands Region,Railroad,"model train displays, also American Revolutionary War history"90,Garden State Discovery Museum,Cherry Hill,Camden,Delaware River Region,Children's,91,Garretson Forge and Farm,Fair Lawn,Bergen,Gateway Region,Living,Living Dutch farm museum92,George F. Boyer Historical Museum,Wildwood,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,"operated by the Wildwood Historical Society, includes National Marbles Hall of Fame, information and photos"93,George Segal Gallery,Montclair,Essex,Gateway Region,Art,part of Montclair State University94,Gibbon House Museum,Greenwich Township,Cumberland,South Jersey,Historic house,"information, 1730 furnished house, barn museum with 18th-century tools, doctor's office, Swedish granary log building, operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society"95,Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum,Little Egg Harbor Township,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,"operated by the Tuckerton Historical Society, Tuckerton Wireless, telephone equipment, Native American artifacts, railroad, maritime, area businesses and industries"96,Greenfield Hall,Haddonfield,Camden,Delaware River Region,Local history,"Operated by the Historical Society of Haddonfield, houses collections of furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries, early New Jersey glass, needlework samplers and costumes dating back to the 18th century, pottery exhibit, doll and toy collection, tool museum"97,Griffth Morgan House,Pennsauken Township,Camden,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"1715 stone house, open for special events, 3rd floor museum of local history"98,Grover Cleveland Birthplace,Caldwell,Essex,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Birthplace of President Grover Cleveland, artifacts from 1830s to 1850s"99,Grounds for Sculpture,Hamilton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Art,"35-acre (140,000m2) sculpture park and indoor art gallery"100,Hackettstown Historical Society Museum,Hackettstown,Warren,Skylands Region,Local history,101,Hamilton House Museum,Clifton,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"operated by the City of Clifton, 18th-century Dutch farmhouse with rooms decorated in many different period styles, also known as the Hamilton-Van Wagoner Museum"102,Hammonton Arts Center,Hammonton,Atlantic,South Jersey,Art,103,Havens Homestead Museum,Brick,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic house,"information, operated by the Brick Township Historical Society"104,Hereford Inlet Light,Wildwood,Cape May,South Jersey,Lighthouse,Victorian style keepers house and lighthouse105,Heritage Glass Museum,Glassboro,Gloucester,Delaware River Region,Art,Area historic glass making and contemporary glass art106,The Hermitage (New Jersey),Ho-Ho-Kus,Bergen,Gateway Region,Historic house,18th-century Gothic revival home107,Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum,Oradell,Bergen,Gateway Region,Art,wildlife art108,Historical Society of Bloomfield Museum,Bloomfield,Essex,Gateway Region,Local history,located in the children's wing of the Bloomfield Public Library109,Historical Society of Moorestown,Moorestown,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Local history,located in the Smith-Cadbury Mansion110,Historic Cold Spring Village,Cape May,Cape May,South Jersey,Living,"Early American (17901840) open-air living history museum, open late May through mid-September"111,Historic Longstreet Farm,Holmdel,Monmouth,Shore Region,Living,1890s living historical farm located in Holmdel Park112,Historic Speedwell,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,Open air,"Former ironworks, place where Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated the electric telegraph, includes nine buildings furnished to depict life at Speedwell during the early 19th century"113,Historic Walnford,Upper Freehold,Monmouth,Shore Region,Open air,"1754 farm home, operating 19th-century gristmill and farm buildings on 36 acres (150,000m2)"114,Hoboken Historical Museum,Hoboken,Hudson,Gateway Region,Local history,115,Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum,Lambertville,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Agriculture,"includes print shop, woodworking shop, kitchen, John Holcombe House, doctor/dentist office, timber working tools, dairy exhibit, loom, blacksmith shop, tractor barn"116,Holmes-Hendrickson House,Holmdel,Monmouth,Shore Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 1754 Dutch farm house"117,Hope Historical Society Museum,Hope,Warren,Skylands Region,Local history,information118,Hopewell Museum,Hopewell,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Local history,"Includes antiques, Native American artifacts"119,Hopper-Goetschius House,Upper Saddle River,Bergen,Gateway Region,Living,"Operated by the Upper Saddle River Historical Society, early-18th-century house"120,Howell Living History Farm,Lambertville,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Agriculture,Facility of the Mercer County Park Commission; 1900 living farm museum121,Hungarian Heritage Center,New Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Ethnic - Hungarian,operated by the American Hungarian Foundation122,Hunterdon Art Museum,Clinton,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Art,contemporary art and design123,Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House,Woodbury,Gloucester,Delaware River Region,Local history,Operated by the Gloucester County Historical Society124,Imagine That Discovery Museum for Children,Florham Park,Morris,Skylands Region,Children's,125,Indian King Tavern Museum,Haddonfield,Camden,Delaware River Region,Historic tavern,"more information, built in 1750, site where New Jersey was legally created"126,Infoage Science/History Learning Center,Wall,Monmouth,Shore Region,Multiple,"Science, history; located at Camp Evans, includes National Broadcasters Hall of Fame, New Jersey shipwrecks, military electronics,"127,Insectropolis,Toms River,Ocean,Shore Region,Natural history,"live and mounted insects, interactive exhibits"128,Ireland Hoffer House,Williamstown,Gloucester,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"Facebook site, operated by the Monroe Township Historical Society"129,Island Heights Cottage Museum,Island Heights,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic house,"information, operated by the Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Association"130,Jack Allen Memorial Country Living Museum,Southampton,Burlington,Delaware River Region,History,"country store, bank display, farm and country artifacts"131,Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum,Bedminster Township,Somerset,Skylands Region,Historic house,18th-century Dutch frame house associated with the Pluckemin encampment of 1778-79132,James Wilson Marshall House,Lambertville,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Lambertville Historical Society, mid-19th-century period house"133,Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum,New Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Art,"Part of Rutgers University, strengths in Russian and Soviet art, French 19th-century and American 19th- and 20th-century art, contemporary prints"134,Jersey City Museum,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,Art,American visual art and material culture135,Jersey Explorer Children's Museum,East Orange,Essex,Gateway Region,Children's,136,Jersey Shore Children's Museum,Egg Harbor,Atlantic,South Jersey,Children's,137,Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest,Whippany,Morris,Skylands Region,Ethnic - Jewish,"history exhibits about the Jewish communities of Essex, Morris, Sussex and portions of northern Union counties of New Jersey"138,Jewish Museum of New Jersey,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,Ethnic - Jewish,"Oldest synagogue in continuous use in Newark, exhibitions"139,Jim and Mary Lee Museum,Phillipsburg,Warren,Skylands Region,History,"information, information, site of Morris Canal Plane 9 West, canal buildings and turbine"140,Jim Kirk Maritime Museum,Linwood,Atlantic,South Jersey,Maritime,"information, operated by the Linwood Historical Society, ship models, maritime displays"141,John Abbot House,Hamilton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"information, look under Hamilton's History, 1730 colonial house"142,John Ballantine House,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,Historic house,Part of the Newark Museum143,John DuBois Maritime Museum,Greenwich Township,Cumberland,South Jersey,Maritime,"operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society by appointment, builders' models of local craft, tools, blocks, riggings"144,John F. Peto Studio Museum,Island Heights,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic house,House and studio of trompe-l'il artist John F. Peto145,Kearney House,Alpine,Bergen,Gateway Region,Historic house,"18th-century house, also known as Blackledge-Kearney House or Cornwallis Headquarters; part of the New Jersey portion of the Palisades Interstate Park"146,Kearney Museum,Kearney,Hudson,Gateway Region,Local history,located in the Kearney Public Library147,Keyport Fire Museum,Keyport,Monmouth,Shore Region,Firefighting,fire department history and fire prevention148,KidsBridge Museum of Tolerance,Ewing,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Children's,"part of The College of New Jersey, understanding and interacting with racial and ethnic differences"149,King Store & Homestead Museum,Ledgewood,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,Operated by the Roxbury Historic Trust150,Kuser Farm Mansion,Hamilton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,19th-century mansion and outbuildings151,Lacey Schoolhouse Museum,Forked River,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,operated by the Lacey Historical Society152,Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum,Landing,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,located on the grounds of Hopatcong State Park153,Lakehurst Historical Museum,Lakehurst,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,operated by the Borough of Lakehurst Historical Society154,Lakewood Heritage Museum,Lakewood,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,155,Lambert Castle,Paterson,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Passaic County Historical Society, late-19th-century period rooms and changing exhibits about Passaic County history"156,Latvian Ethnographic Museum,Freehold,Monmouth,Shore Region,Ethnic,"information, folk costumes, hand woven belts and blankets, colorful knitted woolen mittens, jewelry"157,Leedsville School Museum,Linwood,Atlantic,South Jersey,School,operated by the Linwood Historical Society158,"""Lest We Forget"" - Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery",Lawnside,Camden,Delaware River Region,History,"private collection of slavery artifacts and Jim Crow memorabilia, available by appointment"159,Liberty Hall Museum,Elizabeth,Union,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Victorian style mansion, located at Kean University"160,Liberty Science Center,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,Science,Located in Liberty State Park161,Little Red Schoolhouse,Lyndhurst,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,Operated by the Lyndhurst Historical Society162,Little Red Schoolhouse Museum,Waretown,Ocean,Shore Region,School,"information, operated by the Waretown Historical Society"163,Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences,Loveladies,Ocean,Shore Region,Art,free public art gallery164,Long Beach Island Museum,Beach Haven,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,operated by the Long Beach Island Historical Association165,Long Pond Ironworks State Park,Hewitt,Passaic,Gateway Region,Industry,Includes Long Pond Ironworks Museum166,Longport Museum,Longport,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,operated by the Longport Historical Society167,Loveland Homestead Museum,Bay Head,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic house,"information, operated by the Bay Head Historical Society, 19th-century period farmhouse"168,Macculloch Hall Historical Museum,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,showcases 18th- and 19th-century American and English fine and decorative arts169,Magnolia Historical Train Station Museum and Library,Magnolia,Camden,Delaware River Region,Local history,170,MacKenzie Museum,Howell,Monmouth,Shore Region,Historic house,operated by the Howell Historical Society171,Margate Historical Society & Museum,Margate,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,172,Marine Mammal Stranding Center & Museum,Atlantic City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Natural history,"wildlife rehabilitation center for marine animals, natural history museum"173,Marlpit Hall,Middletown,Monmouth,Shore Region,Historic house,"operated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 1756 home that is a stop on the New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail"174,Maywood Station Museum,Maywood,Bergen,Gateway Region,Railway,Historic train station and exhibits of railroad artifacts175,Meadowlands Museum,Rutherford,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,"Antique toys, rocks and minerals, period rooms, changing exhibits"176,Mead-Van Duyne Historic House Museum,Wayne,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"information, operated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1740 stone Dutch colonial house, on the same property as the Van Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum"177,Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum,Rahway,Union,Gateway Region,Historic tavern,early tavern life and stagecoach transportation178,Metlar-Bodine House,Piscataway,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Historic house,Closed for renovations179,Metz Bicycle Museum,Freehold,Monmouth,Shore Region,Transportation,"antique bicycles, children's riding toys, kitchen and household gadgets, antique mousetraps, cast iron bottle cap openers, pencil sharpeners, antique cars, and more; open by appointment"180,Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts,Cape May,Cape May,South Jersey,Multiple,"operates Emlen Physick Estate, Cape May Light, Carriage House Gallery, tours and special events"181,Millbrook Village,Blairstown,Warren,Skylands Region,Living,"information, located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, recreated turn-of-the-century village"182,Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society Museum,Short Hills,Essex,Gateway Region,Local history,located at the Short Hills train station183,Miller-Cory House,Westfield,Union,Gateway Region,Living,18th-century farmhouse with costumed docents demonstrating colonial crafts184,Millville Army Airfield Museum,Millville,Cumberland,South Jersey,Aviation,"located at the Millville Municipal Airport, Millville's role in aviation history and the history of the P-47 Thunderbolt"185,Monmouth County Historical Association Museum,Freehold,Monmouth,Shore Region,Local history,"art, furniture, ceramics, textiles, military artifacts"186,Monmouth Museum,Lincroft,Monmouth,Shore Region,Multiple,"art, cultural history and science, children's wing and planetarium, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College"187,Montclair Art Museum,Montclair,Essex,Gateway Region,Art,"Collections include Hudson River School, portraiture, American Impressionism, the American Scene, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism and 20th-century works by African-American artists"188,Montville Township Historical Museum,Montville,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,189,Morris Museum,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,Multiple,"Costumes and textiles, fine art, decorative art, dolls and toys, natural science, geology, paleontology, anthropology"190,Morris Plains Museum,Morris Plains,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,191,Morristown National Historical Park,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,History,"Three sites important during the American Revolution: the Ford Mansion, a historic house museum, Fort Nonsense and Jockey Hollow"192,Morven Museum & Garden,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"Former New Jersey Governors Mansion and 18th-century home of Richard Stockton, museum showcases the cultural heritage of New Jersey through fine, folk, and decorative arts"193,Moses D. Heath Farm,Middletown,Monmouth,Shore Region,Agriculture,agriculture and horticulture exhibits194,Mount Tabor Historical Society Museum,Mount Tabor,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,located at the Short Hills train station195,Muse Tattoo & Fine Art Gallery,Palmyra,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Tattoo & Art Gallery,196,Museum of Early Trades and Crafts,Madison,Morris,Skylands Region,History,"History and lifeways of ordinary people of pre-industrial New Jersey, including hand tools, products and household objects"197,Museum of New Jersey Maritime History,Beach Haven,Ocean,Shore Region,Maritime,198,Museum of the Historical Society of Ocean Grove,Ocean Grove,Monmouth,Shore Region,Local history,"artifacts relative to the history of Ocean Grove, the Holiness Movement, Camp Meetings, Methodism, Monmouth County & 19th-century life"199,Museum of Russian Art,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,Art,Contemporary Russian art200,Museum of White Township,White Township,Warren,Skylands Region,Local history,"information, operated by the White Township Historical Society"201,Nail House Museum,Bridgeton,Cumberland,South Jersey,Local history,information202,Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum,Lower Township,Cape May,South Jersey,Aviation,"Located at Cape May Airport, aircraft, engines, aviation artifacts, military memorabilia, aircraft engines and more housed in a 92,000-square-foot (8,500m2) all-wooden hangar"203,Navesink Twin Lights,Highlands,Monmouth,Shore Region,Lighthouse,Lighthouse and museum204,Navy Lakehurst Information Center,Lakehurst,Ocean,Shore Region,Aviation,"open by appointment only, collections of the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, history of the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, home to airships and site of Hindenburg Disaster"205,Nelden-Roberts Stonehouse,Montague,Sussex,Skylands Region,Historic house,operated by the Montague Association for Restoration of Community History206,Newark Museum,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,Multiple,"A museum of art and science; American art, decorative arts, and arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas and the ancient world; Planetarium, Victoria Hall of Science, natural science collections in geology, fossils and botany; Ballantine House, Newark Fire Museum and 1784 Old Stone Schoolhouse"207,New Bridge Landing,River Edge,Bergen,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Bergen County Historical Society, American Revolutionary War battleground site, includes the Steuben House that served as Gen. Washington's headquarters in 1780"208,New Egypt Museum,New Egypt,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,"information, operated by the New Egypt Historical Society"209,New Jersey Firefighters Museum,Boonton,Morris,Skylands Region,Firefighting,"part of the New Jersey Firemen's Home, exhibits include steamers, ornate hose carts and fire trucks"210,New Jersey Historical Society,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,History,"Museum collections include costumes, furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, tools and more, also houses library and archives"211,New Jersey Museum of Agriculture,North Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Agriculture,"Past, present and future of agriculture in New Jersey"212,New Jersey Museum of Boating,Point Pleasant,Ocean,Shore Region,Maritime,213,New Jersey Naval Museum,Hackensack,Bergen,Gateway Region,Maritime,"Home of USS Ling (SS-297), a World War II submarine"214,New Jersey State House,Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,State capitol,215,New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial,"Holmdel, New Jersey",Monmouth,,Military,"Museum, memorial and education center"216,New Jersey State Museum,Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Multiple,"Archaeology/ethnology, cultural history, fine art and natural history"217,New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center,West Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Law enforcement,218,New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center,Phillipsburg,Warren,Skylands Region,Transportation,"historic bus and trolley collection, planned museum"219,New Sweden Farmstead Museum,Bridgeton,Cumberland,South Jersey,Open air,Reproduction of a 17th-century farmstead of the type built by early Swedish Finnish colonists220,Newton Fire Museum,Newton,Sussex,Skylands Region,Firefighting,221,North Pemberton Railroad Station Museum,Pemberton,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Railway,222,Northfield Museum and Casto House,Northfield,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,"information, located in Birch Grove Park"223,Northlandz,Flemington,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Multiple,"Miniature railway with 8 miles (13km) of track, a 94-room dollhouse, doll museum, music hall, art gallery and Raritan River Railway steam train ride"224,Noyes Museum of Art,Oceanville,Atlantic,South Jersey,Art,225,Nutley Museum,Nutley,Essex,Gateway Region,Local history,"Operated by the Nutley Historical Society, includes Annie Oakley memorabilia, general store, toys and local history artifacts"226,Obadiah Latourette Grist and Saw Mill,Washington Township,Morris,Skylands Region,Mill,operated by the Washington Township Land Trust227,Ocean City Arts Center,Ocean City,Cape May,South Jersey,Art,monthly art exhibits228,Ocean City Historical Museum,Ocean City,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,located in Ocean City's Community and Cultural Center229,Ocean County Museum,Toms River,Ocean,Shore Region,Historic house,"information, operated by the Ocean County Historical Society, Victorian period Pierson Sculthorpe House with period rooms, exhibits on local history"230,Ocean Gate Museum,Ocean Gate,Ocean,Shore Region,Railroad,"information, historic railroad station with railroad and local history displays"231,Old Ardena Schoolhouse,Howell,Monmouth,Shore Region,School,operated by the Howell Historical Society232,Old Barracks Museum,Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,History,American colonial life and the American Revolution233,Old Dutch Parsonage,Somerville,Somerset,Skylands Region,Historic house,Adjacent to the Wallace House234,Old Monroe Schoolhouse,Hardyston Township,Sussex,Skylands Region,School,235,Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum,Ogdensburg,Sussex,Skylands Region,School,open by appointment by the Ogdensburg Historical Society236,Pascack Historical Society Museum,Park Ridge,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,also known as the John C. Storms Museum237,Paterson Museum,Paterson,Passaic,Gateway Region,Local history,"Cultural, industrial, technological, and geological history of Paterson; home of Fenian Ram submarine"238,Paul Robeson Galleries,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,Art,part of Rutgers University239,Paulsdale,Mount Laurel,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Biographical,Home of suffragette Alice Paul240,Pennsville Township Historical Society Museum,Pennsville Township,Salem,Delaware River Region,Local history,241,Pequannock Museum,Pompton Plains,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,242,Perkins Center for the Arts,Collingswood,Camden,Delaware River Region,Art,"Visual and performing arts classes and lessons, exhibitions, music and dance performances, workshops, visiting artists' residencies and an outreach program"243,Perkins Center for the Arts,Moorestown,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Art,"Visual and performing arts classes and lessons, exhibitions, music and dance performances, workshops, visiting artists' residencies and an outreach program"244,Peter Mott House,Lawnside,Camden,Delaware River Region,History,operated by the Lawnside Historical Society; station house along the Underground Railroad245,Phillipsburg Historical Society,Phillipsburg,Warren,Skylands Region,Local history,"library, museum and office"246,Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum,Phillipsburg,Warren,Skylands Region,Railroad,247,Point Pleasant Historical Society Museum,Point Pleasant,Ocean,Shore Region,Local history,information248,Pomona Hall,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Camden County Historical Society, 18th-century period decorated mansion"249,Princeton University Art Museum,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Art,"Mediterranean regions, Western Europe, China, United States, and Latin America"250,Printmaking Council of New Jersey,Somerville,Somerset,Skylands Region,Art,"lasses, workshops and gallery with changing exhibits of prints"251,Proprietary House,Perth Amboy,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Historic house,Commissioned by the Proprietors of East Jersey to be the official residence of the Royal Governor William Franklin252,Prospertown Schoolhouse Museum,Jackson,Ocean,Shore Region,School,"information, open by appointment"253,Ralston General Store,Ralston,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic store,"operated by the Ralston Historical Association, 1785 general store and post office"254,Randolph Museum,Randolph,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,operated by the Historical Society of Old Randolph255,Readington Township Museums,Readington Township,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Multiple,"[1], includes Bouman-Stickney Farmstead, the Eversole-Hall House, the Cold Brook School, Taylors Mill"256,Red Mill Museum Village,Clinton,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,Open air,"historic mill, local history exhibits"257,Ridgewood Schoolhouse Museum,Ridgewood,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,operated by the Ridgewood Historical Society258,Ringwood Manor,Ringwood,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Located in Ringwood State Park, 19th- and 20th-century great estate mansion"259,Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum,Atlantic City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Odditorium,260,Risley Homestead,Northfield,Atlantic,South Jersey,Historic house,"1790 cottage, operated by the Atlantic Heritage Center"261,Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts,Millville,Cumberland,South Jersey,Art,262,Rockingham House,Kingston,Somerset,Skylands Region,Living,"Also known as Berrien Mansion, preserved and interpreted as the temporary residence of George and Martha Washington"263,Roebling Museum,Roebling,Burlington,Delaware River Region,Industry,located at former John A. Roebling's Sons Company steel mill264,Roundhouse Museum,Egg Harbor City,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,operated by the Egg Harbor City Historical Society265,Rutgers University Geology Museum,New Brunswick,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Natural history,"Exhibits on geology and anthropology, with an emphasis on the natural history of New Jersey"266,Salem County Historical Society,Salem,Salem,Delaware River Region,Historic houses,"four interconnected historic houses, the centerpiece of which is 1721 Alexander Grant's Mansion House, with exhibits including Salem in the Revolutionary War and Wistarburg Glass"267,Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage,Woodbine,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,268,Sarnoff Museum,Ewing,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Biographical,"artifacts from the David Sarnoff Library (previous ), now part of The College of New Jersey"269,Schuyler-Colfax Historic House Museum,Wayne,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1695 colonial house"270,Schuyler-Hamilton House,Morristown,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,"also known as the Jabez Campfield House, operated by the Morristown chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; 1760 four bedroom, Georgian style house"271,Seabrook Educational & Cultural Center,Seabrook,Cumberland,South Jersey,Local history,"history of Seabrook Farms Company and its diverse workers: relocated Japanese Americans and Japanese Peruvians from the U.S. internment camps, wartime refugees from Europe, migrant laborers from Appalachia, the Deep South, and the Caribbean"272,Sea Isle City Historical Society Museum,Sea Isle City,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,information273,Shippen Manor Museum,Oxford,Warren,Skylands Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission, restored 18th-century stone mansion"274,Shore Institute for Contemporary Art,Long Branch,Ocean,Shore Region,Art,275,Skylands Manor,Ringwood,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Located in Ringwood State Park, 1920s forty-four-room English Jacobean mansion"276,Silas Riggs Saltbox House,Ledgewood,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,"18th-century period house, operated by the Roxbury Township Historical Society"277,Silver Ball Museum,Asbury Park,Monmouth,Shore Region,Amusement,museum and arcade278,Snowmobile Barn Museum,Fredon,Sussex,Skylands Region,Transportation,"collection of over 300 sleds along with toys, ornaments, jewelry, advertisements"279,Somers Point Historical Museum,Somers Point,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,operated by the Somers Point Historical Society280,Somerville Fire Department Museum,Somerville,Somerset,Skylands Region,Firefighting,Old fire engines and memorabilia281,South Jersey Museum of American History,Glassboro,Gloucester,Delaware River Region,History,"includes Precolumbian Native American artifacts, Colonial items, the Pine Barrens, antique tools and equipment, area political history, farmsteads"282,Space Farms Zoo and Museum,Sussex,Sussex,Skylands Region,Multiple,"Zoo with over 500 animals, museum includes antique cars, motorcycles, carriages and wagons, exhibits about Eskimos, Fluorescent minerals, weapons and rifles, tool barn, dolls and toys, blacksmith shop, miniature circus, train set, Native American arrowheads and artifacts, farm machinery"283,Spring Lake Historical Society Museum,Spring Lake,Monmouth,Shore Region,Local history,284,Stafford Township Heritage Park,Stafford Township,Ocean,Shore Region,Open air,"operated by the Stafford Township Historical Society, includes a historic church, store, railroad station, cottage, and 2 cemeteries"285,Statue of Liberty National Monument,Jersey City,Hudson,Gateway Region,History,"Accessible by boat from Liberty State Park, includes the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island and Ellis Island and its immigration museum"286,Steamboat Dock Museum,Keyport,Monmouth,Shore Region,Local history,"operated by the Keyport Historical Society, exhibits include plantation century, docks and shipping, steamboat building, oyster industry and other local companies"287,Stedman Gallery,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Art,part of the Rutgers Center for the Arts at RutgersCamden288,Sterling Hill Mining Museum,Ogdensburg,Sussex,Skylands Region,Geology,Underground zinc mine and Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence289,Steven Crane House Museum,Asbury Park,Monmouth,Shore Region,Biographical,home of author Stephen Crane290,Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms,Parsipanny,Morris,Skylands Region,Historic house,Craftsman-style home of Gustav Stickley291,Stillwater Historical Museum,Stillwater Township,Sussex,Skylands Region,Local history,"located in an old school house, operated by the Historical Society of Stillwater Township"292,Stone Harbor Museum,Stone Harbor,Cape May,South Jersey,Local history,293,Stone Museum,Monroe Township,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Geology,"minerals, fossils, tools, fluorescent minerals room"294,Sussex County Art & Heritage Council,Newton,Sussex,Skylands Region,Art,295,Hill Memorial Museum,Newton,Sussex,Skylands Region,Local history,Operated by the Sussex County Historical Society296,Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum,Menlo Park,Middlesex,Gateway Region,Technology,"Also known as Menlo Park Museum, showcases many of the inventions of Thomas Edison"297,Toms River Maritime Museum,Toms River,Ocean,Shore Region,Maritime,operated by the Toms River Seaport Society298,Township of Hamilton Historical Society Museum,Mays Landing,Atlantic,South Jersey,Local history,299,Township of Lebanon Museum at New Hampton,Hampton,Hunterdon,Skylands Region,School,information300,Township of Ocean Historical Museum,Oakhurst,Monmouth,Shore Region,Local history,301,Trailside Nature & Science Center,Mountainside,Union,Gateway Region,Natural history,"museum exhibits include mammals and birds of the Watchung Reservation, taxidermy and fluorescent minerals"302,Trenton City Museum,Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Multiple,"located in the at the Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park; owned and maintained by Trenton city government; contemporary art, decorative arts, industrial memorabilia and historical objects"303,Tuckerton Seaport,Tuckerton,Ocean,Shore Region,Maritime,"Working maritime village with decoy carvers, boat builders, basket makers and baymen; formerly known as the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymens Museum"304,United States Bicycling Hall of Fame,Bridgewater,Somerset,Skylands Region,Hall of fame,Dedicated to preserving the sport of cycling305,United States Golf Association Museum,Far Hills,Somerset,Skylands Region,Sports,Golf memorabilia and artifacts306,Updike Farmstead,Princeton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Farm,operated by the Historical Society of Princeton307,Van Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum,Wayne,Passaic,Gateway Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1876 Dutch colonial house, also location of Mead-Van Duyne Historic House Museum"308,Van Bunschooten Museum,Wantage,Sussex,Skylands Region,Historic house,"Operated by the Chinkchewunska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, late 18th-century period house"309,Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center,Holmdel,Monmouth,Shore Region,Vietnam War,History of the Vietnam war310,Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Museum,Vineland,Cumberland,South Jersey,History,collections focus on 19th and 20th century regional history311,Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,Summit,Union,Gateway Region,Art,includes 3 galleries and a sculpture park312,Wallace House,Somerville,Somerset,Skylands Region,Historic house,1775 Georgian-style house adjacent to Old Dutch Parsonage313,Walsh Gallery,South Orange,Essex,Gateway Region,Art,part of Seton Hall University314,Walt Whitman House,Camden,Camden,Delaware River Region,Biographical,Home of poet Walt Whitman315,Warren County Historical Society and Museum,Belvidere,Warren,Skylands Region,Local history,"period rooms, Warren County memorabilia, antiques, textiles and folk art"316,Washington Crossing State Park,Hopewell,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Multiple,"Includes Washington Crossing Visitor Center Museum about the American Revolution, the Johnson Ferry House, a historic house museum, the Washington Crossing State Park Nature Center and an observatory"317,Washington Township Historical Society Museum,Long Valley,Morris,Skylands Region,Local history,318,Waterhouse Museum,Toms River,Ocean,Shore Region,Art,"Exhibits art of Charles Waterhouse, painter of military scenes from the American Revolutionary War to the present with a focus on the Marine Corps"319,Waterloo Village,Stanhope,Sussex,Skylands Region,,National Registered Historic Site in Allamuchy Mountain State Park320,West Milford Museum,West Milford,Passaic,Gateway Region,Local history,321,Weston Museum,Newark,Essex,Gateway Region,"History, Science",322,Westwood Museum,Westwood,Bergen,Gateway Region,Local history,operated by the Westwood Heritage Society; located in the Westwood Train Station323,Wetlands Institute,Stone Harbor,Cape May,South Jersey,Natural history,animals and ecosystem of the surrounding wetlands324,WheatonArts,Millville,Cumberland,South Jersey,Art,Houses Museum of Glass325,Whippany Railway Museum,Whippany,Morris,Skylands Region,Transportation - Railroad,Railroad cars and memorabilia326,William Trent House,Trenton,Mercer,Delaware River Region,Historic house,"1719 house built for founder of Trenton, has served several times as the Governor's House"327,Woodruff Museum of Indian Artifacts,Bridgeton,Cumberland,South Jersey,Native American,"over 20,000 artifacts related to the Lenni-Lenape Tribe, located in the Bridgeton Free Public Library"328,Wortendyke Barn Museum,Park Ridge,Bergen,Gateway Region,Agriculture,Old-world Dutch barn and farm exhibits329,Yogi Berra Museum,Little Falls,Passaic,Gateway Region,Sports,"Permanent and rotating exhibits about baseball, Yankee history, and Yogi Berra, located on the campus of Montclair State University",,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit : www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_New_Jersey,,,,,,