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Museums in New Jersey

If you are part of a museum based in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with the museum name, town, and website url. Updated 8/8/2025

Atlantic County

African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
Dr. Martin Luther King Center
661 Jackson Road
Newtonville, NJ 08346
(609) 704-5495

Noyes Museum of Art at Stockton College
733 Lily Lake Road
Oceanville, NJ 08231
609-652-8848

Marine Mammal Stranding Center
3625 Brigantine Blvd.
Brigantine, NJ 08203
609-266-0538



 




Bergen County

The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey
400 Fred Wehran Drive
Teterboro NJ, 07608
201-288-6344

Belskie Museum of Art & Sciencey
Belskie Museum of Art & Science 280 High Street
Closter, NJ 07624
201.592.3663

The Bergen Museum of Art & Science
Paramus, NJ
845-918-1577

Field Station: Dinosaurs
40 Fort Lee Rd.
Leonia, NJ 07605
855-999-9010

Fritz Behnke Historical Museum
1588 Palisade Ave
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
845-918-1577

The Hermitage Museum
335 North Franklin Turnpike
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423
201.445.8311

Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum
705 Kinderkamack Rd.
Oradell, NJ 07649
201.261.0012

Hopper-Goetschlus House Museum
245 Lake St.
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
201-327-2236

Mahway Museum
201 Franklin Turnpike
Mahwah, NJ 07430
201.512.0099

Meadowlands Museum
91 Crane Ave.
Rutherford, NJ 07070
201.935.1175

Society of African Missions (SMA)
NOYES ARTS GARAGE
Tenafly, NJ 07670
201-894-8611

Schoolhouse Museum
650 E. Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-447-3242

Burlington County

Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences
307 High St.
Mount Holly, 08060
609-845-3513

Smithville Mansion Annex Gallery
803 Smithville Road
Mount Holly, 08060
609-265-5858

Underground Railroad Museum
803 Smithville Park
Eastampton, NJ 08060
609-914-1675

Warden's House Gallery
150 High Street
Mount Holly, 08060
609-702-7453

Camden County

Barclay Farmstead: A Living History Museum
209 Barclay Lane
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
856-488-7868

Battleship New Jersey
62 Battleship Pl.
Camden, NJ 08103
856-966-1652



 


Cape May County

Doo Wop Experience Museum
4500 Ocean Ave.
Wildwood, NJ 08260
609-729-4515

Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Rt. 9
Cape May, NJ 08204
609-898-2300

The Museum of Cape May County
504 Rt. 9 N.
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
609-465-3535

Stone Harbor Museum
9410 2nd Ave.
Stone Harbor, NJ 08247
609-368-7500

Nas Wildwood Aviation Museum
500 Forrestal Rd.
Cape May, NJ 08242
609-886-8787

Cumberland County

Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts
1000 Village Dr.
Millville, NJ 08332
856-825-6800

Millville Army Air Field Museum
1 Leddon St.
Millville, NJ 08332
856-327-2347

Museum of American Glass
1000 Village Dr.
Millville, NJ 08332
856-825-6800

Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society
108 S. 7th St.
Vineland, NJ 08362
856-691-1111

Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
1501 Glasstown Road
Millville, NJ 08332
800-998-4552

Essex County

The Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium
49 Washington St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-6529

Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
973-746-5555

Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-6550



 


Gloucester County

The Museum of American History
138 Andaloro Way
Deptford, NJ 08093
856-812-1121

Gloucester County Historical Society Museum
58 N. Broad St.y
Woodbury, NJ 08096
(856) 848-8531

Hudson County

Hoboken Historical Museum
1301 Hudson St.
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201.656.2240

Museum of Jersey City history
298 Academy Street
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-413-0303

Liberty Science Center
222 Jersey City Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
201-200-1000

MORA Museum of International Art
80 Grand St.
Jersey City, NJ 07302
917-921-1003

Hunterdon County

Hunterdon Art Museum
7 Lower Center Street
Clinton, NJ 08809
908-735-8415

James Wilson Marshall House
60 Bridge St.
Lambertville, NJ 08530
609-397-0770

Northlandz
495 Rt. 202
Flemington, NJ 08822
908-782-4022

Readington Museums
114 Dreahook Rd.
Readington, NJ 08885
908-236-2327



 


Mercer County

Grounds For Sculpture
18 Fairgrounds Road
Hamilton, NJ 08619
609-586-0616

Morven Museum & Garden
55 Stockton St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-924-8144

National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
151 Eggert Crossing Rd.
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
609-530-6802

Old Barracks Museum
101 Barrack St.
Trenton, NJ 08608
609-396-1776

New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-6464

Planetarium at New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-6464

Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-3788

Middlesex County

Cranbury Museum
4 Park Pl E
Cranbury, NJ 08512

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-7237

Middlesex County Museum & Historical Society
1225 River Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-745-3030

Monmouth County

The Historic Village at Allaire
4263 Atlantic Avenue
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
732-919-3500

Monmouth County Historical Association Museum & Library
70 Court St.
Freehold, NJ 07728
732-462-1466

Monmouth Museum
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
(732) 747-2266

National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
Building 66, 1 Camp Dr.
Sea Girt, NJ 08750
732-974-5966

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum
1 Memorial Ln., Garden State Pky. Exit 116
Holmdel, NJ 07733
732-335-0033

Township of Ocean Historical Museum
Ocean, NJ 07712
732-531-2136



 


Morris County

Imagine That!!!
4 Vreeland Rd.
Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-966-8000

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
45 Macculloch Ave.
Morristown, NJ 07960
973-538-2404


Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

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Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
9 Main Street
Madison, NJ 07940
973-377-2982

Richardson History House
32 Trinity Pl.
Parsippany Troy Hills, NJ 07878
973-975-0001

The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
2352 Route 10 West
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
973-540-0311

Ocean County

Insectropolis
1761 Rt. 9
Toms River, NJ 08755
732-349-7090

The John F. Peto Studio Museum
102 Cedar Ave.
Island Heights, NJ 08732
732-929-4949

New Jersey Maritime Museum
528 Dock Rd.
Beach Haven, NJ 08008
609-492-0202

Tuckerton Seaport and Baymen's Museum
120 W. Main St. (Rt. 9)
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
609-296-8868

Passaic County

American Labor Museum
83 Norwood St.
Haledon, NJ 07508
973-595-7953

Lambert Castle Museum
3 Valley Rd.
Paterson, NJ 07503
973-247-0085

Long Pond Ironworks Museum
1334 Greenwood Lake Tpk. (Rt. 511)
Hewitt, NJ 07421
973-657-1688

The Paterson Museum
2 Market St.
Paterson, NJ 07501
973-321-1260

Salem County

The Alliance Heritage Center
973 Gershal Ave.
Alliance, NJ 08318
(856) 696-4445

Hancock House
3 Front St.
Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
856-935-4373

Salem County Historical Society Museum
83 Market Street
Salem, NJ 08079
856-935-5004

Somerset County

Franklin Mineral Museum
32 Evans St.
Franklin, NJ 07416
973-827-3481

USGA Golf Museum and Library
77 Liberty Corner Rd.
Liberty Corner, NJ 07938
908-234-2300

Sussex County

Skylands Museum of Art
15 Route 15
Lafayette, NJ 07848
973-729-3323

The Sterling Hill Mine Museum
30 Plant St.
Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
973-209-7212

Union County

Dr. Wm. Robinson Plantation Museum
593 Madison Hill Rd.
Clark, NJ 07066
732-340-1571

Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University
1003 Morris Ave.
Union, NJ 07083
908-527-0400

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
68 Elm Street
Summit, NJ 07901
908-273-9121

Warren County

Blairstown Museum
26 Main St.
Blairstown, NJ 07825
908-362-1371

Historic Vannest-Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead
3026 Belvidere Rd. (Rt. 519)
Belvidere, NJ 08865
908-213-1600



 



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