Past Exhibits:

Sweet Treats: Desserts & Delicacies from the Garden State ( June 2019 – Jan 2020)

Narrative Threads: New Jersey Quilts & Textiles ( Sept 2018 – June 2019)

Are We There Yet? Stories of Travel by Stagecoach and Steam (Mar – Sept 2018)

Spark! The Explosive and Dirty History of Light (Sept 2017 – Feb 2018)

The Garden State: Living off the Land in Early New Jersey (Jan – Sept 2017)

Good Earth: Pottery and Terra Cotta Industries in New Jersey (Jul – Dec 2016)

The Milliner’s Tale: The Craft of Hat Making (Jan- Jun 2016)

The Art of Books: Taking the Page Beyond the Press (Jul- Dec 2015)

American Revolution: Where the Battlefront Meets the Homefront (Feb 2014- Jun 2015)

Ghosts, Ghouls & Gravestones: The Trades of Burial (Sept 2013 – Feb 2014)

The Work of Play (Feb – Aug 2013)

Orphan to Apprentice (Sept 2012 – Feb 2013)

Spinning Tales: The Fabric of New Jersey (Feb 2012- Sept 2012)

Whimsies: Ken Olsen & The American Folk Art Tradition (Oct 2011 – Jan 2012)

Mariners, Merchants & Pirates (Feb 2011 – Sept 2011)

Lenape: Tools & Daily Living (Feb 2010 – Jan 2011 )

Food for Thought (Feb 2009- Jan 2010)

Crafting Cures (Mar 2008 – Feb 2009)

Building the Building: Elements of Style (Feb 2007 – Feb 2008)

Apprentice: A History of Looking for Work ( Jun 2006- Feb 2007)

Designing Tools: Form and Function (Jan 2006 – Jun 2006)

Trading Music: New Jersey’s Instrument Makers (Jun 2005 – Jan 2006)

Wintering Over: Diaries of Cold Times (Jan 2005 – Jun 2005)

Flights of Fancy: New Jersey Waterfowl Decoys (Jun 2004 – Jan 2005)

Woman’s Work: Domestic Handicrafts in the 19th Century (Jan 2004 – Jun 2004)

New Jersey Folk: Celebrating Our Diversity (Jun 2003 – Jan 2004)

Ken Olsen Retrospective (Feb 2003 – Jun 2003)

Reviving and Reinventing the Past ( Jul 2002 – Jan 2003)

Making their Mark: Surveyors and Surveying in New Jersey (Feb 2002 – Jul 2002)

State of the Craft: Contemporary Interpretations of Tradition (Jul 2001 – Feb 2002)

From Raw to Wrought (Jan 2001 – Jul 2001)

Time Made Visible: An Exhibit on Timepieces and Time (Jun 2000- Dec 2000)

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