Enjoy a relaxing twilight tour of Morven’s blooming historic gardens with one of the museum’s knowledgeable horticulturists, followed by light refreshments on the modern Pool House porch.
This is the final garden tour of the summer! Capacity is limited; please register in advance.
Enjoy a relaxing twilight tour of Morven’s blooming historic gardens with one of the museum’s knowledgeable horticulturists, followed by light refreshments on the modern Pool House porch.
The tour is approximately 90 minutes and will also be offered on Tuesday, September 1. With garden blooms changing throughout the summer, choose one or take them both. Capacity is limited; please register in advance.
Morven’s Meet the Curators tour is an opportunity to get special insight on America’s 250th. The museum’s Deputy Director & Curator Elizabeth Allan and Curator & Registrar Jesse Gordon Simons lead a behind-the-scenes tour of the landmark exhibition Five Independent Souls: The Signers from New Jersey. Featuring over 100 extraordinary historic artifacts—including manuscripts, paintings, furniture, and personal objects on loan from collections across the country—Five Independent Souls examines the lives, ideals, and contradictions of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence for New Jersey.
The curators will share stories about the exhibition’s development and insight into content beyond the gallery walls. The tour is limited to 20 people. Pre-registration is required.
Featuring Historian Larry Kidder and ETHPS Advisor Helen Kull, with costumed re-enactors telling stories of Revolutionary Patriots buried in Ewing Church Cemetery. Tours at the top of the hour: 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Featuring Historian Larry Kidder & ETHPS Advisor Helen Kull. Costumed re-enactors of Revolutionary Patriots tell stories of Revolutionary figures buried at Ewing Church Cemetery. Tours are at the top of the hour: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Drawing on an array of PUL’s manuscript and rare book collections, this exhibition will commemorate the 250th anniversaries of U.S. independence and the Battle of Princeton, and showcase Princeton’s archival treasures from the revolutionary era alongside documents and artifacts that reveal local experiences of the American Revolution on campus and in the surrounding communities. Exploring the Revolution across lines of gender, class, race, allegiance, and status, the exhibition will offer visitors a range of perspectives on the Revolution’s ideals and contradictions, its anxiety and violence, and its achievements and tragedies.
Curated by , Associate Professor of History, and Gabriel Swift, Librarian for Early American Collections.
Members of the public are welcome to visit the exhibition between 10:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. on weekdays, and between 11:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Milberg Gallery is open to the public.