List of museums in New Jersey

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.

Lists of New Jersey institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.

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List
Name Image Location County Region Area of study Summary
Absecon LightAtlantic CityAtlanticSouth JerseyLighthouseLighthouse and local history museum
Acorn HallMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Morris County Historical Society, 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion with changing exhibits on local history
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New JerseyNewtonvilleAtlanticSouth JerseyAfrican Americanwebsite, locations in Atlantic City and Newtonville, African American history, culture, art
African Art Museum of the SMA FathersTenaflyBergenGateway RegionArtwebsite, African art, operated by the Society of African Missions, changing exhibits of sub-Saharan sculpture and painting, costumes, textiles, decorative arts, religion and folklore
Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society MuseumJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionAfrican AmericanNew Jersey African American history and African artifacts
AIDS MuseumNewarkEssexGateway RegionMedicalPlanned museum
Air Victory MuseumMount LaurelBurlingtonDelaware River RegionAviationwebsite
A. J. MeerwaldCommercial TownshipCumberlandSouth JerseyMuseum shipDelaware Bay oyster dredgeboat built in 1928
Allaire VillageWallMonmouthShore RegionLivingEncompasses 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
Allen HouseShrewsburyMonmouthShore RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 1710 tavern house
American Hungarian MuseumPassaicPassaicGateway RegionEthnicwebsite, also known as Hungarian Folklore Museum, decorated eggs, lace, pottery, traditional clothing
American Indian Heritage MuseumWestampton TownshipBurlingtonDelaware River RegionNative Americanwebsite, American Indian history and culture, operated by the Powhatan Renape Nation
American Labor MuseumHaledonPassaicGateway RegionHistoryVictorian house with period rooms, labor exhibits, labor and immigrant library; historic meeting site for silk mill workers
Army Reserve Mobilization MuseumFort DixBurlingtonDelaware River RegionMilitarywebsite, also known as Fort Dix Military Museum, history of U.S. Army Reserve, open to the public by appointment
Atlantic City Art CenterAtlantic CityAtlanticSouth JerseyArtwebsite
Atlantic City Historical MuseumAtlantic CityAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, presented by the Atlantic City Free Public Library at the Garden Pier
Atlantic County Historical SocietySomers PointAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, household items and decorative arts, fine arts, weaponry, maritime artifacts and toys
Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New JerseyTeterboroBergenGateway RegionTransportation - AerospaceNew Jersey's aviation and space heritage
Avalon History CenterAvalonCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite
Bainbridge HousePrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionLocal historywebsite, headquarters and museum for the Historical Society of Princeton
Bayonne Community MuseumBayonneHudsonGateway RegionLocal historyunder development as facility is restored
Bayonne Fire MuseumBayonneHudsonGateway RegionFirefighting[1]
Barclay Farmstead MuseumCherry HillCamdenDelaware River RegionHistoric house1816 furnished farmhouse on 32 acres (130,000 m2) with trails, living history programs
Barnegat Historic Heritage VillageBarnegat LightOceanShore RegionOpen airwebsite, 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
Barnegat Light Historical Society MuseumBarnegat LightOceanShore RegionLocal historyLocated in 1903 schoolhouse, includes Edith Duff Gwinn Garden
Barnegat LighthouseBarnegat LightOceanShore RegionLighthouseLighthouse and museum interpretive center
Barron Arts CenterWoodbridgeMiddlesexGateway RegionArtArt center website
Batsto VillageWashington TownshipBurlingtonSouth JerseyLivingIncludes 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
Battleship New Jersey Museum and MemorialCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionMuseum ShipUSS New Jersey (BB-62)
Bay Head Historical Society MuseumBay HeadOceanShore RegionHistoric housewebsite, 19th-century period farmhouse
Beavertown History CenterLincoln ParkMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historyOperated by the Beaverton Historical Society[2]
Belskie Museum of Art & ScienceClosterBergenGateway RegionArtwebsite, works of sculptor Abram Belskie and 10 changing exhibitions each year
Benjamin Temple HouseEwing TownshipMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric housewebsite, 18th-century house, operated by the Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society
Bergen Museum of Art and ScienceHackensackBergenGateway RegionMultipleArt and science, currently closed and seeking new location
Berkeley Historical MuseumBayvilleOceanShore RegionLocal history[3]
Blackwells Mills Canal HouseFranklin TownshipSomersetSkylands RegionTransportation19th-century bridge tender's house on the Delaware and Raritan Canal
Blairstown Museum Blairstown Warren Kittatinny Valley Local History Artifact collections are used to interpret the area's history through permanent and changing exhibits and to educate the public about the area's history through programs, resource materials, and events.
Boonton Historical Society and MuseumBoontonMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historyLocated in the Colonial Revival and Victorian Gothic styles house of Dr. John L. Taylor
Boxwood HallElizabethUnionGateway RegionHistoric houseHome from 1772 to 1795 of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress
Brearley HouseLawrencevilleMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Lawrenceville Historical Society, restored mid-18th-century house
Bedensville SchoolhouseMontgomerySomersetSkylands RegionSchoolOperated by Van Harlingen Historical Society for education programs[4]
Brick AcademyBasking RidgeSomersetSkylands RegionLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of the Somerset Hills[5]
Bridgeton Hall of Fame All Sports MuseumBridgetonCumberlandSouth JerseyHall of fame - sportsinformation
Brigantine History MuseumBrigantine BeachAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historyOperated by the Brigantine Historical Society[6]
Buccleuch MansionNew BrunswickMiddlesexGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Jersey Blue chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Buckelew MansionJamesburgMiddlesexGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Jamesburg Historical Association
Burlington County Historical SocietyBurlington CityBurlingtonDelaware River RegionOpen airwebsite, 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
Burlington County Prison MuseumMount HollyBurlingtonDelaware River RegionPrisonOperated by Burlington County Parks and the Prison Museum Association
Butler MuseumButlerMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historyLocated in an old railroad station
Caesar Hoskins Log CabinMauricetownCumberlandSouth JerseyHistoric house18th-century house, open by appointment
Caldwell ParsonageUnionUnionGateway RegionLocal historyOperated by the Union Township Historical Society
Califon Historical Society Station MuseumCalifonHunterdonSkylands RegionRailroadwebsite, local history and railroad artifacts[7]
Camden County MuseumCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Camden County Historical Society, includes 19th-century domestic, farm and workplace tools, one room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, antique vehicles
Camden Shipyard and Maritime MuseumCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionMaritimewebsite, local maritime history including boat and ship builders, boating, natural history of the Delaware River and area streams
Camp Olden Civil War Round Table and MuseumHamiltonMercerDelaware River RegionHistorywebsite, Civil War and Native American exhibits
Cape May LighthouseCape May PointCape MaySouth JerseyMaritimeLocated in Cape May Point State Park
Cape May Maritime MuseumCape MayCape MaySouth JerseyMaritimewebsite, planned museum, Cape May County's maritime heritage
Carter HouseSummitUnionGateway RegionHistoric housewebsite, home of the Summit Historical Society, mid-18th-century house
Center for the Arts in Southern New JerseyMarltonBurlingtonDelaware River RegionArtwebsite
Centennial CottageOcean GroveMonmouthShore RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Historical Society of Ocean Grove, late 19th-century period cottage used for Camp Meeting retreats
Charles S. Shultz HouseMontclairEssexGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Montclair Historical Society, 1896 home with synthesis of styles popular in the last quarter of the 19th century
Children's Museum of Somerset CountyBridgewaterSomersetSkylands RegionChildren'swebsite
Church of the PresidentsLong BranchMonmouthShore RegionHistoric churchFormer Episcopal chapel on the Jersey Shore where seven United States presidents worshiped
Clarke House MuseumPrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric houseRevolutionary period home located in Princeton Battlefield State Park
Clifton Arts CenterCliftonPassaicGateway RegionArtwebsite, community art gallery and outdoor sculpture park
Collings-Knight HouseCollingswoodCamdenDelaware River RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Friends of Collings-Knight House
Colonial House MuseumCape MayCape MaySouth JerseyHistoric housewebsite, 1775 tavern with colonial era cooking/eating room and bedroom, changing exhibits of local history, operated by the Greater Cape May Historical Society
Cooper GristmillChester TownshipMorrisSkylands RegionMillwebsite, Operated by the Morris County Park Commission, restored 19th-century gristmill
Cornelius Low HousePiscatawayMiddlesexGateway RegionLocal historyAlso known as Cornelius Low House / Middlesex County Museum, changing exhibits of state and local history
Country Living MuseumHopewell TownshipCumberlandSouth JerseyHistoryinformation, 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
Covenhoven HouseFreeholdMonmouthShore RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778
Cranbury MuseumCranburyMiddlesexGateway RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society
Crane House and MuseumMontclairEssexGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Montclair Historical Society, Federal mansion with 18th- and 19th-century furnishings
Crane-Phillips HouseCranfordUnionGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Cranford Historical Society, 19th-century house
Cumberland County Prehistorical MuseumGreenwich TownshipCumberlandSouth JerseyArchaeologywebsite, operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society, stone and bone artifacts, pottery, native crafts, fossils
Delaware Bay MuseumBivalveCumberlandSouth JerseyMaritimewebsite, operated by the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, oyster industry and shipping
Dennis Township Museum and History CenterDennis TownshipCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, located in the Old School House
DePace Sports Museum and LibraryCollingswoodCamdenDelaware River RegionSportswebsite, Sports history museum and library based on the collections of Dr. Nicholas L. DePace
Denville Historical Society & MuseumDenvilleMorrisSkylands RegionLocal history[2]
Dey MansionWaynePassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseGeneral George Washington's revolutionary war headquarters in the Preakness Valley
Discovery Shell MuseumOcean CityCape MaySouth JerseyNatural historyRetail store with museum display of over 10,000 species of seashells from all over the world[8]
Double Trouble State ParkBayvilleOceanShore RegionOpen-airIncludes Double Trouble Historic Village, a former company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packing house
Dover History MuseumDoverMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Dover Area Historical Society
Dr. William Robinson Plantation MuseumClarkUnionGateway RegionHistoric houseHouse dating back to 1690, operated by the Clark Historical Society
Drake House MuseumPlainfieldUnionGateway RegionLocal historyBuilding owned by the City of Plainfield, museum operated by the Historical Society of Plainfield
DrumthwacketPrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric houseOfficial residence of the Governor of New Jersey, built in 1835
East Brunswick MuseumEast BrunswickMiddlesexGateway RegionLocal historywebsite
East Jersey Olde Towne VillagePiscatawayMiddlesexGateway RegionOpen airIncludes church, tavern, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, barracks and several homes
East Point LightHeislervilleCumberlandSouth JerseyMaritime
Eatontown Historical MuseumEatontownMonmouthShore RegionLocal history[9]
Edward Compton HouseMauricetownCumberlandSouth JerseyHistoric houseLate 19th-century Victorian house, operated by the Mauricetown Historical Society
Ellis IslandJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionHistoryMuseum of immigration; ferry boats depart from Liberty State Park
Ely House MuseumHightstownMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society
Emlen Physick EstateCape MayCape MaySouth JerseyLivingVictorian mansion, operated by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts
Firehouse GalleryBordentownBurlingtonDelaware River RegionArtFocuses on work of artist Eric Gibbons
The Fleetwood Museum of Art and PhotographicaNorth PlainfieldSomersetSkylands RegionPhotographywebsite, cameras, photographic equipment, art and science of photography
Fort Hancock Historic DistrictMiddletown TownshipMonmouthShore RegionMultiplePart of Gateway National Recreation Area, includes the former coast artillery fort, Sandy Hook Light, 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
Fort Lee Historic ParkFort LeeBergenGateway RegionMilitaryAmerican Revolution fort site, center has exhibits about the fort
Fort Lee MuseumFort LeeBergenGateway RegionLocal historyOperated by the Fort Lee Historical Society, located in the 1922 Judge Moore House, adjacent to Monument Park
Foster-Armstrong HouseMontagueSussexSkylands RegionHistoric houseFacebook site, operated by the Montague Association for Restoration of Community History, late 19th-century house
Fosterfields Living Historical FarmMorris TownshipMorrisSkylands RegionAgriculturewebsite, operated by the Morris County Park Commission, working farm, using the tools, techniques, and materials of a turn-of-the-century farm
Franklin Mineral MuseumFranklinSussexSkylands RegionNatural historyOver 4000 mineral specimens with a large display of fluorescent minerals, mine replica, fossils, Native American artifacts
Friar Mountain Model Railroad MuseumSpartaSussexSkylands RegionRailroadwebsite, model train displays, also American Revolutionary War history
Garden State Discovery MuseumCherry HillCamdenDelaware River RegionChildren's
Garretson Forge and FarmFair LawnBergenGateway RegionLivingLiving Dutch farm museum
George F. Boyer Historical MuseumWildwoodCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, operated by the Wildwood Historical Society, includes National Marbles Hall of Fame
George Segal GalleryMontclairEssexGateway RegionArtwebsite, part of Montclair State University
Gibbon House MuseumGreenwich TownshipCumberlandSouth JerseyHistoric housewebsite, 1730 furnished house, barn museum with 18th-century tools, doctor's office, Swedish granary log building, operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society
Giffordtown Schoolhouse MuseumLittle Egg Harbor TownshipOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Tuckerton Historical Society, Tuckerton Wireless, telephone equipment, Native American artifacts, railroad, maritime, area businesses and industries
Gloucester County Police MuseumWoodburyGloucesterDelaware River RegionLaw enforcement[10]
Greenfield HallHaddonfieldCamdenDelaware River RegionLocal historyOperated 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
Griffith Morgan HousePennsauken TownshipCamdenDelaware River RegionHistoric house1715 stone house, open for special events, 3rd floor museum of local history
Grover Cleveland BirthplaceCaldwellEssexGateway RegionHistoric houseBirthplace of President Grover Cleveland, artifacts from the 1830s to 1850s
Grounds for SculptureHamiltonMercerDelaware River RegionArt35-acre (140,000 m2) sculpture park and indoor art gallery
Hackettstown Historical Society MuseumHackettstownWarrenSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite
Hageman FarmSomersetSomersetSkylands RegionHistoric house19th-century farmhouse and barns, open for events, operated by the Meadows Foundation
Hamilton House MuseumCliftonPassaicGateway RegionHistoric housewebsite, 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 House
Hammonton Arts CenterHammontonAtlanticSouth JerseyArtwebsite
Hancock HouseLower Alloways Creek TownshipSalemDelaware River RegionHistoric houseMid-18th-century house, site of the 1778 Hancock's Bridge massacre
Havens Homestead MuseumBrickOceanShore RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Brick Township Historical Society
Hereford Inlet LightWildwoodCape MaySouth JerseyLighthouseVictorian style keepers house and lighthouse
Heritage Glass MuseumGlassboroGloucesterDelaware River RegionArtArea historic glass making and contemporary glass art
The HermitageHo-Ho-KusBergenGateway RegionHistoric house18th-century Gothic revival home
Hill Memorial MuseumNewtonSussexSkylands RegionLocal historyOperated by the Sussex County Historical Society
Hiram Blauvelt Art MuseumOradellBergenGateway RegionArtwebsite, wildlife art
Historical Society of Bloomfield MuseumBloomfieldEssexGateway RegionLocal historywebsite, located in the children's wing of the Bloomfield Public Library
Historic Cold Spring VillageCold SpringCape MaySouth JerseyOpen airwebsite, Early American (1790–1840) open-air living history museum, open late May through mid-September
Historic Longstreet FarmHolmdelMonmouthShore RegionLiving1890s living historical farm located in Holmdel Park
Historic New Bridge LandingRiver EdgeBergenGateway RegionHistoric housesOperated by the Bergen County Historical Society and HNBLPC, American Revolutionary War battleground site, includes the Steuben House that served as Gen. Washington's headquarters in 1780, Campbell-Christie House, Demarest House Museum, Westervelt-Thomas Barn and 1889 Swing Bridge. Jersey–Dutch architecture. BCHS collections/artifacts, made or used in Bergen County, are on exhibit.
Historic SpeedwellMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionOpen airFormer 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
Historic WalnfordUpper FreeholdMonmouthShore RegionOpen airwebsite, 1754 Waln House, operating 19th-century gristmill and farm buildings on 36 acres (150,000 m2)
Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point and Oldmans MuseumPenns GroveSalemDelaware River RegionLocal historywebsite
Hoboken Historical MuseumHobokenHudsonGateway RegionLocal history
Hoboken Fire MuseumHobokenHudsonGateway RegionFirefighting
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead MuseumDelaware TownshipHunterdonSkylands RegionAgriculturewebsite, includes print shop, woodworking shop, kitchen, John Holcombe House, doctor/dentist office, timber working tools, dairy exhibit, loom, blacksmith shop, tractor barn[7]
Holmes-Hendrickson HouseHolmdelMonmouthShore RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Monmouth County Historical Association Museum, 1754 Dutch farm house
Hope Historical Society MuseumHopeWarrenSkylands RegionLocal history[11]
Hopewell MuseumHopewellMercerDelaware River RegionLocal historyIncludes antiques, Native American artifacts
Hopper-Goetschius HouseUpper Saddle RiverBergenGateway RegionLivingOperated by the Upper Saddle River Historical Society, early-18th-century house
Howell Living History FarmHopewell TownshipMercerDelaware River RegionAgricultureFacility of the Mercer County Park Commission; 1900 living farm museum
Hunterdon Art MuseumClintonHunterdonSkylands RegionArtwebsite, contemporary art, craft and design[7]
Hunterdon County Historical SocietyFlemingtonHunterdonSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperates the mid 19th-century Empire period Doric House by appointment and for events
Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup HouseWoodburyGloucesterDelaware River RegionLocal historyOperated by the Gloucester County Historical Society
Imagine That Discovery Museum for ChildrenFlorham ParkMorrisSkylands RegionChildren'swebsite
Indian King Tavern MuseumHaddonfieldCamdenDelaware River RegionHistoric tavernBuilt in 1750, site where New Jersey was legally created
InfoAgeWallMonmouthShore RegionMultiplewebsite, located at Camp Evans, includes National Broadcasters Hall of Fame, New Jersey shipwrecks, military electronics, computers, vintage radios
InsectropolisToms RiverOceanShore RegionNatural historywebsite, live and mounted insects, interactive exhibits
Ireland Hoffer HouseWilliamstownGloucesterDelaware River RegionHistoric houseFacebook site, operated by the Monroe Township Historical Society
Isaac Watson HouseHamiltonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric house18th-century house, headquarters of the New Jersey State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Island Heights Cottage MuseumIsland HeightsOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Association
Jack Allen Memorial Country Living MuseumSouthamptonBurlingtonDelaware River RegionHistorywebsite, country store, bank display, farm and country artifacts
Jacobus Vanderveer House & MuseumBedminsterSomersetSkylands RegionHistoric house18th-century Dutch frame house associated with the Pluckemin encampment of 1778-79
James Wilson Marshall HouseLambertvilleHunterdonSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Lambertville Historical Society, mid-19th-century period house[7]
Jersey City MuseumJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionArtAmerican visual art and material culture, currently closed[12]
Jersey Explorer Children's MuseumEast OrangeEssexGateway RegionChildren'swebsite
Jersey Shore Children's MuseumMays LandingAtlanticSouth JerseyChildren'swebsite, hands-on discovery center that stimulates creativity, imagination and learning through interactive play
Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth CountyFreeholdMonmouthShore RegionEthnic - Jewishwebsite
Jewish Museum of New JerseyNewarkEssexGateway RegionEthnic - JewishOldest synagogue in continuous use in Newark, exhibitions
Jim and Mary Lee MuseumPort WarrenWarrenSkylands RegionHistorySite of Morris Canal Inclined Plane 9 West, canal buildings and turbine[13][14]
Jim Kirk Maritime RoomLinwoodAtlanticSouth JerseyMaritimeOperated by the Linwood Historical Society at the Linwood Library, ship models, maritime displays[15]
John Abbot II HouseHamiltonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric housewebsite, 1730 colonial house, operated by the Historical Society of Hamilton Township
John Ballantine HouseNewarkEssexGateway RegionHistoric housePart of the Newark Museum, late 19th-century mansion with eight period rooms, two hallways and six thematic galleries of decorative arts
John DuBois Maritime MuseumGreenwich TownshipCumberlandSouth JerseyMaritimewebsite, operated by the Cumberland County Historical Society, builders' models of local craft, tools, blocks, riggings
John F. Peto Studio MuseumIsland HeightsOceanShore RegionHistoric houseHouse and studio of trompe-l'œil artist John F. Peto
Kearney HouseAlpineBergenGateway RegionHistoric house18th-century house, also known as Blackledge-Kearney House or Cornwallis Headquarters; part of the New Jersey portion of the Palisades Interstate Park
Kearny CottagePerth AmboyMiddlesexGateway RegionHistoric houseLate 18th-century house, operated by Kearny Cottage Historical Society
Kearney MuseumKearneyHudsonGateway RegionLocal historyLocated in the Kearney Public Library
Keyport Fire MuseumKeyportMonmouthShore RegionFirefightingFire department history and fire prevention[16]
Kidsbridge Tolerance MuseumEwingMercerDelaware River RegionChildren'swebsite, focus is understanding and interacting with racial and ethnic differences, open by appointment
King Store & Homestead MuseumLedgewoodMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Roxbury Historic Trust
Kirby's MillMedfordBurlingtonDelaware River RegionMillRestored grist mill dating to 1778
Kuser Farm MansionHamiltonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric housewebsite, late 19th-century mansion and outbuildings
Lacey Schoolhouse MuseumForked RiverOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Lacey Historical Society
Lake Hopatcong Historical MuseumLandingMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, located on the grounds of Hopatcong State Park
Lakehurst Historical MuseumLakehurstOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Borough of Lakehurst Historical Society
Lakewood Heritage MuseumLakewoodOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite
Lambert CastlePatersonPassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Passaic County Historical Society, late-19th-century period rooms and changing exhibits about Passaic County history
Latvian Ethnographic MuseumFreeholdMonmouthShore RegionEthnicwebsite, information, folk costumes, hand woven belts and blankets, colorful knitted woolen mittens, jewelry, operated by the NJ Latvian Society
Leedsville School MuseumLinwoodAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historyOperated by the Linwood Historical Society, exhibits of local history and culture[15]
"Lest We Forget" - Black Holocaust Museum of SlaveryLawnsideCamdenDelaware River RegionHistorywebsite, private collection of slavery artifacts and Jim Crow memorabilia, available by appointment
Liberty Hall MuseumElizabethUnionGateway RegionHistoric houseVictorian style mansion, located at Kean University
Liberty Science CenterJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionScienceLocated in Liberty State Park
Little Red SchoolhouseLyndhurstBergenGateway RegionLocal historyOperated by the Lyndhurst Historical Society
Little Red Schoolhouse MuseumWaretownOceanShore RegionSchoolOperated by the Waretown Historical Society[17]
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and SciencesLoveladiesOceanShore RegionArtwebsite, free public art gallery
Long Beach Island MuseumBeach HavenOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Long Beach Island Historical Association
Long Pond Ironworks State ParkHewittPassaicGateway RegionIndustryIncludes Long Pond Ironworks Museum
Longport MuseumLongportAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historyOperated by the Longport Historical Society[18]
Macculloch Hall Historical MuseumMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric housewebsite, showcases 18th- and 19th-century American and English fine and decorative arts
Magnolia Train Station MuseumMagnoliaCamdenDelaware River RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Magnolia Historical Society
MacKenzie MuseumHowellMonmouthShore RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Howell Historical Society
Mana ContemporaryJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionArtExhibition space for contemporary art, includes the Richard Meier Model Museum
Margate Historical Society MuseumMargateAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historyNew museum planned in Margate City Hall[19]
Marine Mammal Stranding CenterAtlantic CityAtlanticSouth JerseyNatural historyWildlife rehabilitation center for marine animals, includes natural history museum
Marlpit HallMiddletownMonmouthShore RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Monmouth County Historical Association, 1756 home that is a stop on the New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail
Maywood Station MuseumMaywoodBergenGateway RegionRailwayHistoric train station and exhibits of railroad artifacts
Meadowlands MuseumRutherfordBergenGateway RegionLocal historyAntique toys, rocks and minerals, period rooms, changing exhibits
Merchants and Drovers Tavern MuseumRahwayUnionGateway RegionHistoric tavernEarly tavern life and stagecoach transportation
Metlar-Bodine HousePiscatawayMiddlesexGateway RegionHistoric housePlans to add exhibit on Ross Hall
Millbrook VillageBlairstownWarrenSkylands RegionLivingwebsite, located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, recreated turn-of-the-century village
Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society MuseumShort HillsEssexGateway RegionLocal historywebsite, located at the Short Hills train station
Miller-Cory HouseWestfieldUnionGateway RegionLiving18th-century farmhouse with costumed docents demonstrating colonial crafts
Millville Army Air Field MuseumMillvilleCumberlandSouth JerseyAviationwebsite, located at the Millville Municipal Airport, Millville's role in aviation history and the history of the P-47 Thunderbolt
Monmouth Battlefield State ParkWallMonmouthShore RegionMilitaryAmerican Revolutionary War battlefield site, visitor center exhibits and 18th-century Craig House
Monmouth County Historical Association MuseumFreeholdMonmouthShore RegionLocal historyIncludes art, furniture, ceramics, textiles, military artifacts
Monmouth MuseumLincroftMonmouthShore RegionMultiplewebsite, art, cultural history and science, children's wing and planetarium, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College
Montclair Art MuseumMontclairEssexGateway RegionArtCollections include Hudson River School, portraiture, American Impressionism, the American Scene, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism and 20th-century works by African-American artists
Montville Township Historical MuseumMontvilleMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Montville Historical Society
Morris MuseumMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionMultiplewebsite, Costumes and textiles, fine art, decorative art, dolls and toys, natural science, geology, paleontology, anthropology
Morris Plains MuseumMorris PlainsMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite
Morristown National Historical ParkMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionHistoryThree sites important during the American Revolution: the Ford Mansion, a historic house museum, Fort Nonsense and Jockey Hollow
Morven Museum & GardenPrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric houseFormer New Jersey Governor's Mansion and 18th-century home of Richard Stockton, museum showcases the cultural heritage of New Jersey through fine, folk, and decorative arts
Moses D. Heath FarmMiddletownMonmouthShore RegionAgriculturewebsite, agriculture and horticulture exhibits
Mount Tabor Historical Society MuseumMount TaborMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, located at the Short Hills train station
Mullica Township Historical Society & MuseumNescoAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, located in the former building of Hilda S Frame School
Museum of Cape May CountyCape May Court HouseCape MaySouth JerseyHistoryFurnishings, costumes, tools, decorative and practical objects from the 17th to 20th centuries, including Native American and maritime exhibits
Museum of Early Trades and CraftsMadisonMorrisSkylands RegionHistoryHistory and lifeways of ordinary people of pre-industrial New Jersey, including hand tools, products and household objects
Museum of Russian ArtJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionArtContemporary Russian art
Museum of the Historical Society of Ocean GroveOcean GroveMonmouthShore RegionLocal historywebsite, artifacts relative to the history of Ocean Grove, the Holiness Movement, Camp Meetings, Methodism, Monmouth County & 19th-century life
Museum of the American Hungarian FoundationNew BrunswickMiddlesexGateway RegionEthnic - Hungarianwebsite, Hungarian immigrant life including fine art, folk art and folk life
Museum of White TownshipWhite TownshipWarrenSkylands RegionLocal historyOperated by the White Township Historical Society[20]
Nail House MuseumBridgetonCumberlandSouth JerseyLocal history[21]
National Guard Militia Museum of New JerseySea GirtMonmouthShore RegionMilitaryRole of the New Jersey Militia and National Guard in state history
National Guard Militia Museum of New JerseyLawrencevilleMercerShore RegionMilitaryIncludes weapons, uniforms and other equipment, 20 tanks, vehicles and cannon
Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation MuseumLower TownshipCape MaySouth JerseyAviationLocated at Cape May Airport, aircraft, engines, aviation artifacts, military memorabilia, aircraft engines and more housed in a 92,000-square-foot (8,500 m2) all-wooden hangar
Navesink Twin LightsHighlandsMonmouthShore RegionLighthouseLighthouse and museum
Navy Lakehurst Information CenterLakehurstOceanShore RegionAviationwebsite, 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, tours of Lakehurst Hangar No. 1
Nelden-Roberts StonehouseMontagueSussexSkylands RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Montague Association for Restoration of Community History
Newark MuseumNewarkEssexGateway RegionMultipleA 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
New Jersey Firefighters MuseumBoontonMorrisSkylands RegionFirefightingwebsite, part of the New Jersey Firemen's Home, exhibits include steamers, ornate hose carts and fire trucks
New Jersey Historical SocietyNewarkEssexGateway RegionHistoryMuseum collections include costumes, furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, tools and more, also houses library and archives
New Jersey Maritime MuseumBeach HavenOceanShore RegionMaritimewebsite
New Jersey Museum of BoatingPoint PleasantOceanShore RegionMaritimewebsite
New Jersey Museum of TransportationWallMonmouthShore RegionRailroadLocated in Allaire State Park, heritage narrow gauge railway and displays
New Jersey Naval MuseumHackensackBergenGateway RegionMaritimeHome of USS Ling (SS-297), a World War II submarine
New Jersey State HouseTrentonMercerDelaware River RegionState capitol
New Jersey State MuseumTrentonMercerDelaware River RegionMultipleArchaeology/ethnology, cultural history, fine art and natural history
New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning CenterWest TrentonMercerDelaware River RegionLaw enforcementwebsite
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans MemorialHolmdel, New JerseyMonmouthShore RegionMilitaryMuseum, memorial and education center
New Sweden Farmstead MuseumBridgetonCumberlandSouth JerseyOpen airReproduction of a 17th-century farmstead of the type built by early Swedish Finnish colonists
Newton Fire MuseumNewtonSussexSkylands RegionFirefightingwebsite
Northfield Museum and Casto HouseNorthfieldAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historyLocated in Birch Grove Park[22]
NorthlandzFlemingtonHunterdonSkylands RegionMultipleMiniature railway with 8 miles (13 km) of track, a 94-room dollhouse, doll museum, music hall, art gallery and Raritan River Railway steam train ride
Noyes Museum of ArtOceanvilleAtlanticSouth JerseyArtwebsite, part of Stockton University, contemporary and historic art
Nutley MuseumNutleyEssexGateway RegionLocal historyOperated by the Nutley Historical Society, includes Annie Oakley memorabilia, general store, toys and local history artifacts
Ocean City Arts CenterOcean CityCape MaySouth JerseyArtwebsite, monthly art exhibits
Ocean City Historical MuseumOcean CityCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, located in Ocean City's Community and Cultural Center
Ocean County MuseumToms RiverOceanShore RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Ocean County Historical Society, Victorian period Pierson Sculthorpe House with period rooms, exhibits on local history
Ocean Gate MuseumOcean GateOceanShore RegionRailroadwebsite, historic railroad station with railroad and local history displays
Old Ardena SchoolhouseHowellMonmouthShore RegionSchoolwebsite, operated by the Howell Historical Society
Old Barracks MuseumTrentonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoryAmerican colonial life and the American Revolution
Old Dutch ParsonageSomervilleSomersetSkylands RegionHistoric houseAdjacent to the Wallace House, 18th-century parsonage
Old Millstone Forge MuseumMillstoneSomersetSkylands RegionMillwebsite, restored blacksmith shop with demonstrations
Old Monroe School HouseHardyston TownshipSussexSkylands RegionSchoolOne room schoolhouse used from 1819 to 1926, operated by the Hardyston Heritage Society
Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse MuseumOgdensburgSussexSkylands RegionSchoolwebsite, open by appointment by the Ogdensburg Historical Society
Pascack Historical Society MuseumPark RidgeBergenGateway RegionLocal historywebsite
Paterson MuseumPatersonPassaicGateway RegionLocal historyCultural, industrial, technological, and geological history of Paterson; home of Fenian Ram submarine
Paul Robeson GalleriesNewarkEssexGateway RegionArtwebsite, part of Rutgers University
PaulsdaleMount LaurelBurlingtonDelaware River RegionBiographicalHome of suffragette Alice Paul
PeachfieldWestampton TownshipBurlingtonDelaware River RegionHistoric house18th-century house open for events by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Pennsville Township Historical Society MuseumPennsville TownshipSalemDelaware River RegionLocal historywebsite, also known as the Church Landing Farm Museum
Pequannock MuseumPompton PlainsMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historyLocated in a historic railroad station
Perkins Center for the ArtsCollingswoodCamdenDelaware River RegionArtVisual and performing arts classes and lessons, exhibitions, music and dance performances, workshops, visiting artists' residencies and an outreach program
Perkins Center for the ArtsMoorestownBurlingtonDelaware River RegionArtVisual and performing arts classes and lessons, exhibitions, music and dance performances, workshops, visiting artists' residencies and an outreach program
Perth Amboy Ferry SlipPerth AmboyMiddlesexGateway RegionMaritime
Peter Mott HouseLawnsideCamdenDelaware River RegionHistorywebsite, operated by the Lawnside Historical Society; station house along the Underground Railroad
Phillipsburg Railroad Historians MuseumPhillipsburgWarrenSkylands RegionRailroadwebsite
Point Pleasant Historical Society MuseumPoint PleasantOceanShore RegionLocal historywebsite
Pomona HallCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Camden County Historical Society, 18th-century period decorated mansion
Poricy ParkMiddletownMonmouthShore RegionMultipleIncludes 18th-century Murray Farmhouse and barn open for events and a nature center with fossils and natural history displays
Port Mercer Canal HouseLawrencevilleMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Lawrenceville Historical Society, restored 1890-1920 period house for the bridgetender and his family along the Delaware and Raritan Canal, open by appointment
Prallsville MillsPrallsvilleHunterdonSkylands RegionOpen airIncludes an 1877 grist mill, a 1790 linseed oil mill, an 1850 saw mill and a 1900 grain silo
Princeton University Art MuseumPrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionArtMediterranean regions, Western Europe, China, United States, and Latin America
Printmaking Council of New JerseySomervilleSomersetSkylands RegionArtClasses, workshops and gallery with changing exhibits of prints
Proprietary HousePerth AmboyMiddlesexGateway RegionHistoric houseCommissioned by the Proprietors of East Jersey to be the official residence of the Royal Governor William Franklin
Prospertown Schoolhouse MuseumJacksonOceanShore RegionSchoolOpen by appointment [3][23]
Ralston General StoreRalstonMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric storewebsite, operated by the Ralston Historical Association, 1785 general store and post office
Randolph MuseumRandolphMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Historical Society of Old Randolph
Readington Township MuseumsReadington TownshipHunterdonSkylands RegionMultiplewebsite, includes Bouman-Stickney Farmstead, the Eversole-Hall House, the Cold Brook School, Taylors Mill[7]
Red Bank Battlefield ParkNational ParkGloucesterDelaware River RegionHistoric house18th-century plantation house and battlefield site during the American Revolutionary War
Red Mill Museum VillageClintonHunterdonSkylands RegionOpen airHistoric grist mill and former quarry village, exhibits of area industry, agriculture and domestic history[7]
Richard Meier Model MuseumJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionArchitectureExhibition of architectural projects, sculptures and collages by Richard Meier, located in Mana Contemporary
Dixon MillsJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionArchitectureExhibition of architectural projects, sculptures and collages by Richard Meier, located in Mana Contemporary
Ridgewood Schoolhouse MuseumRidgewoodBergenGateway RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Ridgewood Historical Society
Ringwood ManorRingwoodPassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseLocated in Ringwood State Park, 19th- and 20th-century great estate mansion
Ripley's Believe It or Not! MuseumAtlantic CityAtlanticSouth JerseyOdditorium
Risley HomesteadNorthfieldAtlanticSouth JerseyHistoric housewebsite, 1790 cottage, operated by the Atlantic County Historical Society
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the ArtsMillvilleCumberlandSouth JerseyArtwebsite, community nonprofit arts center with four gallery spaces
RockinghamKingstonSomersetSkylands RegionLivingAlso known as Judge John Berrien Mansion, preserved and interpreted as the headquarters of George Washington in 1783
Roebling MuseumRoeblingBurlingtonDelaware River RegionIndustrywebsite, located at former John A. Roebling's Sons Company steel mill
Rosenkrans MuseumWalpack TownshipSussexSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Walpack Historical Society
Roundhouse MuseumEgg Harbor CityAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, operated by the Egg Harbor City Historical Society
Rutgers University Geology MuseumNew BrunswickMiddlesexGateway RegionNatural historyExhibits on geology and anthropology, with an emphasis on the natural history of New Jersey
Rutherfurd HallAllamuchy TownshipWarrenSkylands RegionHistoric house20th-century mansion, also community culture center
Salem County Historical SocietySalemSalemDelaware River RegionHistoric houseswebsite, 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
Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine HeritageWoodbineCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historyArea Russian Jewish immigrants, local history and culture
Samuel Fleming HouseFlemingtonHunterdonSkylands RegionHistoric house1756 house with history programs, also known as Fleming Castle
Scansen173Princeton JunctionMercerDelaware River RegionArtwebsite, 112 abstract and surreal sculptures, installations, assemblages, pond, bridge, wellness trails,300 elderly trees, and a Zen garden,
Sarnoff MuseumEwingMercerDelaware River RegionBiographicalwebsite, artifacts from the David Sarnoff Library (previous website), now part of The College of New Jersey
Schuyler-Colfax Historic House MuseumWaynePassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1695 colonial house
Schuyler-Hamilton HouseMorristownMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric housewebsite, 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
Seabrook Educational and Cultural CenterSeabrookCumberlandSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, 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
Sea Girt LighthouseSea GirtMonmouthShore RegionMaritimeTours of the lighthouse and keeper's house
Sea Isle City Historical MuseumSea Isle CityCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, located in the Sea Isle City branch of the Cape May County Library
Shippen Manor MuseumOxfordWarrenSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission, restored 18th-century stone mansion
Skylands ManorRingwoodPassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseLocated in Ringwood State Park, 1920s forty-four-room English Jacobean mansion, open one Sunday a month, 96-acre (390,000 m2) botanical garden
Silas Riggs HouseLedgewoodMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric housewebsite, 18th-century period house, operated by the Roxbury Township Historical Society
Silverball MuseumAsbury ParkMonmouthShore RegionAmusementwebsite, pinball museum and arcade
Smith-Cadbury MansionMoorestownBurlingtonDelaware River RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Historical Society of Moorestown
Snowmobile Barn MuseumFredonSussexSkylands RegionTransportationwebsite, collection of over 300 sleds along with toys, ornaments, jewelry, advertisements
Solitude Heritage MuseumUnionHunterdonSkylands RegionMultiplewebsite, early Hunterdon history, environmental and cultural center, operated by the Union Forge Heritage Association in the 1760 Joseph Turner House
Somers Point Historical MuseumSomers PointAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, operated by the Somers Point Historical Society
Somerville Fire Department MuseumSomervilleSomersetSkylands RegionFirefightingOld fire engines and memorabilia
South Jersey MuseumGlassboroGloucesterDelaware River RegionHistorywebsite, includes Precolumbian Native American artifacts, Colonial items, the Pine Barrens, antique tools and equipment, area political history, farmsteads
Space Farms Zoo and MuseumSussexSussexSkylands RegionMultipleZoo 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
Spring Lake Historical Society MuseumSpring LakeMonmouthShore RegionLocal historywebsite
Stafford Township Heritage ParkStafford TownshipOceanShore RegionOpen airwebsite, operated by the Stafford Township Historical Society, includes a historic church, store, railroad station, cottage, and 2 cemeteries
Statue of Liberty National MonumentJersey CityHudsonGateway RegionHistoryAccessible by boat from Liberty State Park, includes the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island and Ellis Island and its immigration museum
Steamboat Dock MuseumKeyportMonmouthShore RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Keyport Historical Society, exhibits include plantation century, docks and shipping, steamboat building, oyster industry and other local companies
Stedman GalleryCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionArtwebsite, part of the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts at Rutgers–Camden
Sterling Hill Mining MuseumOgdensburgSussexSkylands RegionGeologyUnderground zinc mine and Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence
Stephen Crane House/ Arbutus CottageAsbury ParkMonmouthShore RegionBiographicalwebsite, home of author Stephen Crane
Stickley Museum at Craftsman FarmsParsipannyMorrisSkylands RegionHistoric houseCraftsman-style home of Gustav Stickley
Stillwater Historical MuseumStillwater TownshipSussexSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, located in an old school house, operated by the Historical Society of Stillwater Township
Stone Harbor MuseumStone HarborCape MaySouth JerseyLocal historywebsite, open seasonally
Stone MuseumMonroe TownshipMiddlesexGateway RegionGeologywebsite, minerals, fossils, tools, fluorescent minerals room
Sussex County Art & Heritage Council GalleryNewtonSussexSkylands RegionArtwebsite
Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and MuseumMenlo ParkMiddlesexGateway RegionTechnologyAlso known as Menlo Park Museum, showcases many of the inventions of Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison National Historical ParkWest OrangeEssexGateway RegionHistoric house29 room Queen Ann-style mansion home of Thomas Edison and laboratory
Toms River Maritime MuseumToms RiverOceanShore RegionMaritimewebsite, operated by the Toms River Seaport Society
Township of Hamilton Historical Society MuseumMays LandingAtlanticSouth JerseyLocal historywebsite
Township of Lebanon Museum at New HamptonNew HamptonHunterdonSkylands RegionSchoolwebsite, 19th-century period schoolhouse[7]
Township of Ocean Historical MuseumOakhurstMonmouthShore RegionLocal historywebsite
Trailside Nature & Science CenterMountainsideUnionGateway RegionNatural historyMuseum exhibits include mammals and birds of the Watchung Reservation, taxidermy and fluorescent minerals
Trenton City Museum at EllarslieTrentonMercerDelaware River RegionMultipleLocated in the Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park, includes contemporary art, decorative arts, industrial memorabilia and area historical objects
Tuckerton SeaportTuckertonOceanShore RegionMaritimeWorking maritime village with decoy carvers, boat builders, basket makers and baymen; formerly known as the Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum
United States Golf Association MuseumFar HillsSomersetSkylands RegionSportsGolf memorabilia and artifacts
Updike FarmsteadPrincetonMercerDelaware River RegionFarmwebsite, operated by the Historical Society of Princeton
Van Duyne HouseWaynePassaicGateway RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1740 stone Dutch colonial house, on the same property as the Van Riper-Hopper House
Van Harlingen Historical Society Farm MuseumMontgomerySomersetSkylands RegionAgriculture[4]
Van Liew-Suydam HouseSomersetSomersetSkylands RegionHistoric house19th-century Victorian farmhouse, open for events, operated by the Meadows Foundation
Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta FarmsteadHarmony TownshipWarrenSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Harmony Township Historical Society, historic farmstead buildings dating to the 18th century
Van Riper-Hopper Historic House MuseumWaynePassaicGateway RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department, 1876 Dutch colonial house, also location of Van Duyne House
Van Bunschooten MuseumWantageSussexSkylands RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Chinkchewunska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, late 18th-century period house
Vernon Township Historical Society MuseumHighland LakesSussexSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite
Vietnam Era Museum & Educational CenterHolmdelMonmouthShore RegionVietnam WarHistory of the Vietnam war
Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society MuseumVinelandCumberlandSouth JerseyHistorywebsite, collections focus on 19th- and 20th-century regional history
Visual Arts Center of New JerseySummitUnionGateway RegionArtwebsite, includes 3 galleries and a sculpture park
Wallace HouseSomervilleSomersetSkylands RegionHistoric housewebsite, 1775 Georgian-style house adjacent to Old Dutch Parsonage, served as the headquarters of General George Washington during the second Middlebrook encampment (winter of 1778–79)
Walsh GallerySouth OrangeEssexGateway RegionArtwebsite, part of Seton Hall University
Walt Whitman HouseCamdenCamdenDelaware River RegionBiographicalHome of poet Walt Whitman
Warren County Historical Society MuseumBelvidereWarrenSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite, period rooms, Warren County memorabilia, antiques, textiles and folk art
Washington Crossing State ParkHopewellMercerDelaware River RegionMultipleIncludes 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
Washington Township Historical Society MuseumLong ValleyMorrisSkylands RegionLocal historywebsite
Waterloo VillageStanhopeSussexSkylands RegionTransportationwebsite, Canal Society of New Jersey headquarters and museum, Morris Canal, National Registered Historic Site in Allamuchy Mountain State Park
West Milford MuseumWest MilfordPassaicGateway RegionLocal historywebsite
Weston MuseumNewarkEssexGateway RegionScienceContains items developed and manufactured by inventor Edward Weston
Westwood MuseumWestwoodBergenGateway RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Westwood Heritage Society; located in the Westwood Train Station
The Wetlands InstituteStone HarborCape MaySouth JerseyNatural historyBirds, animals and ecosystem of the surrounding wetlands
WheatonArtsMillvilleCumberlandSouth JerseyArtHouses Museum of Glass
Whippany Railway MuseumWhippanyMorrisSkylands RegionTransportation - RailroadRailroad cars and memorabilia
William Trent HouseTrentonMercerDelaware River RegionHistoric house1719 house built for founder of Trenton, has served several times as the Governor's House
Woodruff Museum of Indian ArtifactsBridgetonCumberlandSouth JerseyNative Americanwebsite, over 20,000 artifacts related to the Lenni-Lenape Tribe, located in the Bridgeton Free Public Library
Wortendyke Barn MuseumPark RidgeBergenGateway RegionAgricultureOld-world Dutch barn and farm exhibits
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning CenterLittle FallsPassaicGateway RegionSportsPermanent and rotating exhibits about baseball, Yankee history, and Yogi Berra, located on the campus of Montclair State University
Zimmerli Art MuseumNew BrunswickMiddlesexGateway RegionArtPart of Rutgers University, strengths in Russian and Soviet art, French 19th-century and American 19th- and 20th-century art, contemporary prints

Defunct museums

See also

References
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