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New Jersey State Museum

The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State
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Events At The Museum

Events Calendar

Touch the Stars
March 1 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Áróra

Touch the Stars
March 2-3 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  Touch the Stars
1:00 pm  One World, One Sky
2:00 pm  Dynamic Earth
3:00 pm  Áróra

Touch the Stars
March 5-8 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

Small Explorers
March 9 2024

Small Explorers: Building Buddies- A Creative Exploration for Little Builders

9:45 AM,11:00 AM or 12:15 PM

This month in our Small Explorers program, we’re reading “Baby Builders” by Elissa Haden Guest, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata. Beavers build dams, the Lenape build houses and sculptors build art. What can we build? Let's gather some sticks and see what we create. The program is 45 minutes long and begins promptly. Small Explorers is FREE, but space is limited; advance registration is required. Register

Trenton area families with children ages 6 months to 5 years are invited to participate in Small Explorers, which is offered on the 2nd Saturday of each month from October to June. Small Explorers is supported by a grant from PNC Grow Up Great.

Touch the Stars
March 9-10 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  To Space and Back
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Áróra
3:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Touch the Stars
March 12-15 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

Small Explorers
March 16 2024

Science Under the Stars: Supermassive Black Holes Across the Universe

4:15 PM

Dr. Charlotte Ward, Princeton University
Join our guest speaker, Dr. Charlotte Ward of Princeton University, for a free talk in the Museum’s Planetarium to learn about one of the hottest topics in modern astronomy! Did you know that almost every galaxy has a supermassive black hole hiding in its center? In this talk, Dr. Charlotte Ward will take you on a tour of the supermassive black holes across the cosmos, from our very own Milky Way to the farthest reaches of the visible Universe. She will explain how astronomers detect black holes at various distances from Earth, and present recent discoveries on how these black holes first formed about 13 billion years ago. Registration link: https://forms.office.com/g/0vJ0yXMrBC

Touch the Stars
March 16-17 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  To Space and Back
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Áróra
3:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Touch the Stars
March 19-22 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

Touch the Stars
March 23 2024

Spanish Language Planetarium Shows

Touch the Stars
March 23-24 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  To Space and Back
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Áróra
3:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Small Explorers
March 26-28 2024

Spring Break Drop-in Activities

1:00 - 3:00 PM

Imagination Studio
Visit the New Jersey State Museum during Spring Break and make a free craft!
Create your own spring flowers, based on the art of Arthur B. Carles Jr., featured in our American Perspectives gallery.

Touch the Stars
March 26-28 2024

Spring Break Weekday Shows

Touch the Stars
March 29 2024

Museum Closed

Small Explorers
March 30 2024

All About Solar Eclipses

4:15 PM

On April 8, 2024, all of North America will get to experience a solar eclipse. Join us in the planetarium to get a preview! Dr. Jacob Hamer will talk about the history of our observations and understanding of solar eclipses. Find out why eclipses happen, why they don’t happen every single month, and why they’re interesting to astronomers. Attendees will receive a free pair of eclipse glasses at the end of the event.
Registration

Touch the Stars
March 30 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  To Space and Back
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Áróra
3:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Touch the Stars
March 31 2024

Museum Closed

Small Explorers
April 2-3 2024

Spring Break Drop-in Activities

1:00 - 3:00 PM

Imagination Studio
Visit the New Jersey State Museum during Spring Break and make a free craft!
Make water bottle wind wavers! Instead of throwing away empty water bottles, learn how to recycle them into colorful art for spring.

Touch the Stars
April 2-5 2024

Spring Break Weekday Shows

Touch the Stars
April 6-7 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
April 9-12 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Heart of the Sun

Small Explorers
April 13 2024

Small Explorers: Animals of New Jersey

10:00 AM

This month in our Small Explorers program we’re reading “Over in the Forest, A woodland baby animal counting book” by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Jill Dubin. We will have a visit from the Mercer County Wildlife Center and some of their educational animals. Whoooo are our neighbors in the forest? Why are they important to us and what can we do to help them?

Small Explorers is FREE, but space is limited; advance registration is required. Register

Trenton area families with children ages 6 months to 5 years are invited to participate in Small Explorers, which is offered on the 2nd Saturday of each month from October to June. The playgroup is an opportunity for you to explore the Museum with your child and connect with other families for support. Small Explorers is supported by a grant from PNC Grow Up Great.

Touch the Stars
April 13-14 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
April 16-19 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Heart of the Sun

Small Explorers
April 20 2024

Science Under the Stars: Ice dunes or molten hellscape? Using dynamics to constrain the habitability of exoplanets

4:15 PM

Join us in the Planetarium for this free talk! Guest speaker Dr. Mariah MacDonald, The College of New Jersey, covers what it means for a planet to be habitable and how we can use the dynamics of planets to study their composition, formation, and evolution. Astrobiology seeks to understand how planets can support life and seeks to constrain the frequency of habitable planets. Current estimates suggest that nearly 10% of Sun-like stars host rocky planets in their habitable zones and that the Milky Way alone hosts an average of 0.35 Earth-like planets per star. Register

Touch the Stars
April 20-21 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
April 27 2024

Spanish Language Planetarium Show

11:00 am  Estrellas

Touch the Stars
April 27-28 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
April 30 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Touch the Stars
May 1-3 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Star
May 3 2024

Star Talk & Observation

Doors open 6:30 PM, talk begins 7:00 PM

Join us for a free sky observing event! Come to the Planetarium for a sky talk, after which we’ll form a convoy to drive up to the observatory at Washington Crossing (about a 20 min. drive) for star observations with members of the Amateur Astronomy Association of Princeton. Please dress accordingly for the weather. If viewing conditions are poor, we’ll follow the talk with a free showing of Áróra.

Touch the Stars
May 4-5 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Touch the Stars
3:00 pm  Dynamic Earth

Touch the Stars
May 7-10 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Star
May 10 2024

Star Talk & Observation

Doors open 6:30 PM, talk begins 7:00 PM

Join us for a free sky observing event! Come to the Planetarium for a sky talk, after which we’ll form a convoy to drive up to the observatory at Washington Crossing (about a 20 min. drive) for star observations with members of the Amateur Astronomy Association of Princeton. Please dress accordingly for the weather. If viewing conditions are poor, we’ll follow the talk with a free showing of Áróra.

Touch the Stars
May 11-12 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Touch the Stars
3:00 pm  Dynamic Earth

Touch the Stars
May 14-17 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Touch the Stars
May 18-19 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Touch the Stars
3:00 pm  Dynamic Earth

Touch the Stars
May 21-24 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Touch the Stars
May 25 2024

Spanish Language Planetarium Show

11:00 am  Tocar las Estrellas

Touch the Stars
May 25-26 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

12:00 pm  Dinosaurs of Antarctica
1:00 pm  The Moon
2:00 pm  Touch the Stars
3:00 pm  Dynamic Earth

Touch the Stars
May 28-31 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Touch the Stars

Touch the Stars
June 1-2 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
June 4-7 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Worlds Beyond Earth

Touch the Stars
June 8-9 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
June 11-14 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Worlds Beyond Earth

Touch the Stars
June 15-16 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
June 18-20 2024

Weekday Planetarium Program

2:30 pm  Worlds Beyond Earth

Touch the Stars
June 22 2024

Spanish Language Planetarium Show

Touch the Stars
June 22-23 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

Touch the Stars
June 25-28 2024

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2:30 pm  Worlds Beyond Earth

Touch the Stars
June 29-30 2024

Planetarium Shows - Weekend Schedule

 

 

 


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