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Small Explorers Videos

Small Explorers videos can be viewed on the Museum’s YouTube page

 

Fine Feathered Friends: Birds as Mainstay and Muse, a popular multi-disciplinary exhibition about the cultural and natural history of birds, was on view at the New Jersey State Museum from Jan. 4, 2020 – Mar. 6, 2022. A partnership between the Bureau of Cultural History and Bureau of Natural History, the 10-part videos series below was created to help viewers experience the hundreds of artifacts and specimens from the exhibit and some unknown stories about New Jersey’s favorite fine, feathered friends.

Fine Feathered Friends

Fine Feathered Friends
Bird is the Word

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Birds in Textiles

 

Fine Feathered Friends
War Eagles of Charles Livingston Bull

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Helen's Feathered Friends

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Birds as Food

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Audubon's Other Jersey Birds

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Backyard Birds

 

Fine Feathered Friends
The Little Blue Heron

 

Fine Feathered Friends
Why Is Our State Bird Our State Bird?

 

Fine Feathered Friends
The Osprey

Virtual Planetarium Sky Views Talk of the Month

Planetarium
September Sky Views

2021 March Maker Projects

March Maker
#1 Madame Washington


Supply List Project #1

 

March Maker
#2 DNA Extraction


Supply List Project #2

 

March Maker
#3 Lewis Howard Latimer


Supply List Project #3

 

March Maker
#4 Mary Dixon Kies


Supply List Project #4

 

Maker Space

Maker Space
Project 1 - Scratch Art


Supply List Project 1

 

Maker Space
Project 2 - Bird Weaving


Supply List Project 2

 

Maker Space
Project 3 - Color Diffusion Art


Supply List Project 3

 

Maker Space
Project 4 - DIY Foosball


Supply List Project 4

 

Maker Space
Project 5 - Slinky Salamander


Supply List Project 5

 

Maker Space
Project 6 - Mini Book Making


Supply List Project 6

 

Maker Space
Project 7 - Butterflies


Supply List Project 7

 

Maker Space
Project 8 - Fossils Impressions


Supply List Project 8

 

Maker Space
Project 9 - Beaded Message


Supply List Project 9

 

Maker Space
Project 10 - Turtle Bookmark


Supply List Project 10

 

Maker Space
Project 11 - Dandelion Painting and Model


Supply List Project 11

 

Maker Space
Project 12 - NASA SpaceX Moblie


Supply List Project 12

 

Maker Space
Project 13 - Predator Prey Game


Supply List Project 13

 

Maker Space
Project 14 - Lava Lamp


Supply List Project 14

 

Maker Space
Project 15 - Pottery


Supply List Project 15

The Yorktown Cup Story


This short documentary video explores the unknown history of the Yorktown Cup, an exquisite sterling silver trophy made by the world-renowned jewelers Tiffany & Co. and awarded to the state of New Jersey for its role at the centennial commemoration of the Battle of Yorktown. The battle was the final, decisive engagement of the Revolutionary War and ensured victory for the American forces.

The magnificent detail of the hand-hammered cup includes etched and engraved scenes of the battle, profile portraits of famous Revolutionary War heroes, and an intricately-modeled Continental soldier in full uniform. The production of this magnificent piece of silver illustrates the process by which artists and artisans in the 19th and 20th centuries have used their work to “Remember the Revolution,” ensuring its long and lasting legacy as a source of creative inspiration and a defining moment in American history.

The Yorktown Cup is a featured object in the New Jersey State Museum permanent collection.

 

 

 

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