Our nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including the National Guard and Reserve, receive free admission to museums this summer!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America providing free admission from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. See below for a full list of New Jersey historic sites and museums who are participating or click HERE for more information.
Blue Star Families Museum Parent Toolkit
New Jersey Blue Star Museums:
BASKING RIDGE
The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills at the Brick Academy Museum
BEDMINSTER
Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum
EASTAMPTON
Friends of the Mansion at Smithville
FREEHOLD
Monmouth County Historical Association
HALEDON
American Labor Museum
ISLAND HEIGHTS
Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Assn
LAMBERTVILLE
Lambertville Historical Society
Lambertville Historical Society – James Marshall Historic Home
LIBERTY CORNER
USGA Golf Museum
LINCROFT
Monmouth Museum
MADISON
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
MATAWAN
Thomas Warne Museum & Library
MAURICETOWN
Mauricetown Historical Society
MILLVILLE
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
MONTCLAIR
Montclair Art Museum
MORRIS PLAINS
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
MORRISTOWN
Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
Morris County Historical Society
Morris County Park Commission-Historic Speedwell
Morris Museum
MOUNT HOLLY
Burlington County Prison Museum Association
NEW BRUNSWICK
Rutgers Geology Museum
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
PHILLIPSBURG
Phillipsburg Area Historical Society
PRINCETON
Historical Society of Princeton
Morven Museum & Garden
Princeton University Art Museum
RAHWAY
Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum
RIVER EDGE
Bergen County Historical Society
ROEBLING
Roebling Museum
SOMERS POINT
Atlantic County Historical Society
STONE HARBOR
Stone Harbor Museum
TOMS RIVER
Ocean County Historical Society
TRENTON
New Jersey State Museum
Old Barracks Museum
TUCKERTON
Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum
UNION
Liberty Hall Museum
VINELAND
Vineland Historical Society
WAYNE
Dey Mansion Washington’s Headquarters
WESTAMPTON
National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of New Jersey
WESTFIELD
Westfield Historical Society
About the New Jersey Historical Commission
The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) is a state agency dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge and preservation of New Jersey history. Established by law in 1967, its work is founded on the fundamental belief that an understanding of our shared heritage is essential to sustaining a cohesive and robust democracy.
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