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View Rare Musical Instruments at The Morris Museum's Murtogh D. Guinness Collection
When: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - Monday, December 1, 2008
Where: Morris Museum
The Morris Museum’s recent $15 million expansion was designed especially to host the first-ever exhibit from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection, which includes hundreds of rare mechanical musical instruments and automata from the late 1500s to the early twentieth century (such as this 1908 Reginaphone disc musical box and phonograph).
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Tracing the Cultural Roots
When: Friday, May 9, 2008 - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Where: Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
Featuring the glass works of Sisir Sahana and paintings and sculptures by Narendra Amin.
Call 800-998-4552 or visit wheatonarts.org for more information.
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The Pleasure of Your Company: The Power and Politics of Victorian Dining
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Where: Liberty Hall
The exhibit features Mrs. Lucinetta Halsted Kean, known affectionately to family and friends as Lucy, the longest reigning matriarch of Liberty Hall. From 1900 to 1912, Lucy was one of Washington's most powerful hostesses entertaining politicians, captains of industry and military leaders in the home she shared with her son, U.S. Senator John Kean.
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Picturing Princeton 1783: The Nation's Capital
When: Sunday, June 1, 2008 - Sunday, January 11, 2009
Where: Morven Museum and Garden
In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the historic gathering of Congress in Princeton, Morven Museum & Garden presents a special exhibition to assist its visitors in Picturing Princeton 1783. More than 100 paintings, documents, and artifacts are on view, including portraits of George and Martha Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and other leading figures of the day, including the painting at left, Washington at Nassau Hall by Charles Peale Polk lent by the Atwater Kent Museum. Docent-led tours begin at 15 minutes past the hour. Special opening reception June 1. Call 609-924-8144, ext. 106 or visit www.morven.org for more information.
Admission: $5 adults; $4 seniors/students, and includes an illustrated exhibition brochure. Free parking.
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Morris Museum: Separate Ways - The African-American Film Industry
When: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Sunday, November 23, 2008
Where: Morris Museum
Black Cinema: The Vintage Years documents the turbulent history of the African-American film industry and its struggle for equality in the twentieth century. The exhibit features more than 50 original screen-printed and stone-lithographed posters for so-called race pictures, which paralleled Hollywood productions but were produced by black-owned film companies with black directors and actors.
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Eats: Then & Now
When: Sunday, July 13, 2008 - Sunday, March 15, 2009
Where: Morris County Historical Society
The Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, shows how regional traditions and international influences have shaped American cooking. The six host sites in New Jersey will hold Jersey-specific events and show Jersey photos, including a Good Humor truck in Morristown; picking blueberries in Woodbine; and duck hunters displaying their bounty in Tuckerton. The Historic Walnford district in Allentown hosts the exhibit through July 13, followed by Woodbine in Cape May (July 19–Aug 31); Tuckerton Seaport (Sept 6–Oct 19); Woodbury Library (Oct 25–Dec 7); Morris County Historical Society in Morristown (Dec 13–Jan 25); and the State Museum in Trenton (Jan 31–Mar 15).
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Court Ladies and Courtesans: Private Worlds in Old Japan
When: Friday, August 1, 2008 - Saturday, February 28, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
This exhibition celebrates the cultivation of feminine beauty in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japan through luxurious costumes and textiles for dowries and weddings, charming imperial court dolls made for the Hina Matsuri festival, as well as colorful paintings, prints and period hand-tinted photographs of the supermodels of their day performing favored seasonal activities, such as viewing cherry blossoms or celebrating the New Year. Glittering cosmetic cases and a lacquered sake service are also featured.
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The Lenox Legacy: America's Greatest Porcelain Maker, 1889-2005
When: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
A small exhibition will look at highlights of the long history of Lenox China in New Jersey, from the beginnings in Trenton in 1889 to the closing of the last New Jersey factory in 2005. Drawn from the unmatched holdings of the Museum, the objects will range from the first pieces given to the Museum in 1911 by Walter Scott Lenox himself, to the most recent gift of the Lenox archives by the Brown-Forman corporation to three New Jersey institutions.
Visit newarkmuseum.org for more information.
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Completing the Circle: The Fiber of Ina Golub
When: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
Born in Newark 70 years ago, Ina Golub has achieved national renown for her woven, stitched and beaded objects. This intimate retrospective looks at fifty years of Golub's work, in which she uses color and texture to seek out the spiritual, often with works related to traditional Jewish rituals.
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George Segal: Modernist Humanist
When: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - Thursday, December 11, 2008
Where: Montclair State University
Waiting at a traffic light, sitting at a restaurant, embracing a friend—sculptor George Segal found inspiration in these and other quotidian moments. Segal, who spent much of his childhood in Jersey and earned his master’s degree from Rutgers, died in 2000 and is the focus of a retrospective, “George Segal: Modernist Humanist” in the gallery that bears his name at Montclair State University. Tues–Wed and Fri–Sat, 10 am–5 pm; Thurs, 12:30–7:30 pm; free. 1 Normal Ave, Upper Montclair (973-655-3382; montclair.edu).
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Southeast Asia: Art of a Cultural Crossroads
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Where: Newark Museum
For well over two thousand years traders, pilgrims, explorers and adventurers have traversed the islands and landmasses of Southeast Asia. Historically people traveled by boat, whether sailing the Indian Ocean or South China Seas or paddling the currents of the famed Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya or Mekong rivers, and with the travelers’ successive waves of outside influence have continuously lapped the shores of present-day Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and the Philippines. The works of art in this gallery provide a glimpse into the rich artistic legacy of five major world religions viewed through the cultural lens of Southeast Asia. Indigenous forms of nature and ancestor worship as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity have all had dramatic and lasting effects on the diverse peoples of Southeast Asia. Not only do artists and artworks travel between regions, but also local artists translate significant religious images and concepts into distinctive forms unique to each locale. Arresting woodcarvings inlaid with mother-of-pearl or glass beads illustrate worship of one’s ancestors and the forces of nature. Rough volcanic stone-carvings introduce stately figures from the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. An elegant Arabic inscription marks one of a range of powerful swords and daggers whose ivory and golden hilts comprise a crucial accessory that denotes social rank for ceremonial costume throughout Southeast Asia. Brightly painted and exquisitely carved wooden statues present popular Christian Saints. Separately, each grouping provides concise counterpoints of individual religious traditions while together they underscore the art of life in the land below the winds.
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Once Upon a Dime: The World of Money
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Monday, June 1, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
Designed to strengthen the financial literacy of school-aged children, this highly interactive exhibition involves visitors in the full story of money’s role and importance in our society and other societies throughout history. In an especially designed environment, youngsters and their families participate in a wide variety of multi-sensory, hands-on activities. While having fun, visitors can learn about the universal themes of money, from how it evolved to how it is used today. There are various forms of money from places throughout the world including Africa, China, India and the islands in the South Pacific. Pieces selected from the Museum’s renowned Numismatic Collection are integrated throughout the exhibition.
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Paths to Impressionism: French and American Landscape Paintings
When: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
Majestic views, brilliant countryside scenes, and quiet natural beauty, including Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, Water Landscape, are featured in the Newark Museum’s “Paths to Impressionism: French and American Landscape Paintings,” an exhibition of 42 nineteenth-century works. 49 Washington St, Newark (973-596-6550; newarkmuseum.org).
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Paths to Impressionism
When: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
Where: Newark Museum
French and American Landscape Paintings.
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Deliverance
When: Thursday, September 18, 2008 - Sunday, February 22, 2009
Where: Jersey City Museum
The art of Ben Jones. Opening reception Sept 25, 6–8 pm.
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An Old-Fashioned Christmas Exhibit
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
Where: Cape May Mid Atlantic Center For the Arts
An exhibit of holiday traditions through the years complete with vintage Santas, model trains, trees, toys and much more! more
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Emlen Physick Estate Christmas Tour
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
Where: Cape May Mid Atlantic Center For the Arts
Visit the 1879 Physick Estate, Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, decorated in authentic Victorian style. Learn about Victorian Christmas decorations and traditions on this guided daytime tour. Can also be combined with a historic district trolley tour. more
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Cape May's Christmas Carol Tour
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 - Saturday, January 3, 2009
Where: Cape May Mid Atlantic Center For the Arts
Enjoy a charming Victorian holiday tale on an evening trolley ride through Cape May’s festive streets. Then, visit the authentically decorated Emlen Physick Estate for a living history holiday presentation. The tour includes a visit to the Carriage House for holiday refreshments and the Gallery exhibit “An Old-fashioned Christmas: Holiday Traditions through the Years.” more
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Ghosts of Christmas Past Trolley Rides
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 - Saturday, January 3, 2009
Where: Cape May Mid Atlantic Center For the Arts
Members of the East Lynne Theater Company regale you with a Victorian holiday ghost tale as you ride through Cape May’s festively decorated Historic District. more
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Holiday Lights Trolley Rides
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 - Saturday, January 3, 2009
Where: Cape May Mid Atlantic Center For the Arts
Ride through Cape May’s Historic District to see cheerfully decorated inns and homes as guides talk about Victorian Christmas traditions, lead sing-alongs, and play Christmas music. more
