{"id":7337,"date":"2026-06-25T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/250.mercercountynj.gov\/visit\/event\/spirit-of-76-the-bicentennial\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:22:17","slug":"spirit-of-76-the-bicentennial","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/250.mercercountynj.gov\/visit\/event\/spirit-of-76-the-bicentennial\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSpirit of 76: The Bicentennial\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Explore the multitude of ways governments, businesses, and citizens reflected upon and marked the 200th anniversary of the nation\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

 Drawing exclusively from the State Museum\u2019s own collections, \u201cSpirit of 76: The Bicentennial\u201d showcases an assortment of never-before-exhibited artifacts and artworks produced 50 years ago as part of the energy and excitement of the Bicentennial.<\/p>\n

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Spirit of \u201976: The Bicentennial<\/h4>\n

Opening February 14, 2026<\/p>\n

Polyester pants and platform shoes; pinball machines and Parliament Funkadelic; petroleum crises and presidential pandemonium. That\u2019s right \u2013 the State Museum is going back to the Seventies for this upcoming exhibition. In 1976, Americans looked to heal the wounds wrought by the tumultuous 1960s and put aside their many differences in a widespread celebration of the nation\u2019s 200th birthday. Drawing exclusively from the State Museum\u2019s own collections, Spirit of \u201876: The Bicentennial showcases an assortment of never-before-exhibited artifacts and artworks produced fifty years ago as part of the energy and excitement of the Bicentennial. Highlights include masterpieces of porcelain by the Cybis studio of Trenton, silkscreen and lithographic prints by New Jersey-native Jacob Lawrence and other American artists from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio and a handcrafted cotton album quilt made by a group of first-time fiber artists from Princeton. Can you dig it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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