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SUMMARY:The Power to Change: Revolutionary Stories from the NJ State Archives
DESCRIPTION:NJ State Museum\nDaily: 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM \nClosed Mondays \n  \nTrenton\, NJ – The New Jersey State Museum\, in partnership with the New Jersey State Archives\, is pleased to present a new exhibition celebrating both the State of New Jersey’s and the United States’ 250th anniversary. Entitled The Power to Change: Revolutionary Stories from the New Jersey State Archives\, the exhibition highlights rarely seen federal and state charters\, along with other pivotal documents and artifacts which illuminate the ideas established during the Revolutionary era. Visitors will explore how revolutionary ideals\, fought for by our founders\, influenced the newly established government and continue to allow for reinterpretation and adaptation today. The exhibition will be on view at the New Jersey State Museum from April 28\, 2026 through January 10\, 2027. The exhibition\, organized by guest curator Claudia Ocello\, has been made possible\, in part\, by funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission\, the New Jersey State Museum Foundation\, NJM Insurance Group\, and New Jersey Society of Colonial Wars. \nVisitors are invited to discover how what happened 250 years ago affected people then and continues to affect us today. The exhibition is divided into a number of themes for interpretation – Owning Property and Land; Belonging; Patriotism and Loyalty; Laws in Everyday Life; and Information and News – that encourage visitors to reflect and ask themselves questions such as “How is your life affected by the ideals on which the country and state were established? What’s changed? What’s stayed the same?” \nLieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Dr. Dale G. Caldwell remarked “The history of our nation is endlessly fascinating\, and endlessly relevant. When we examine the past 250 years\, we can discover important changes in how people envision the relationship between citizens and government. The ‘Power to Change’ exhibition is both a celebration of American freedoms and an exploration of how citizens’ rights have evolved in New Jersey. It tells the story of progress and setbacks as our state and the nation have adapted to social change and brought about greater equality over the centuries.” \nAccording to Joseph R. Klett\, Executive Director\, New Jersey State Archives\, most of these rarely seen objects are from the State Archives collection. “We are thrilled to share these foundational documents with the public and tell the stories of New Jersey’s evolution from royal colony to democratic state.” Highlights of some of the documents and objects on view include New Jersey’s 1664 “birth certificate” – the Duke of York’s Grant of New Jersey to John\, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret; New Jersey’s State Constitution from 1776; the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution; and the Bill of Rights. \nNew Jersey State Museum Executive Director Margaret M. O’Reilly noted the relevance of this exhibition for all New Jerseyans. “The State Museum has been honored to partner with the State Archives\, our sister agency in the New Jersey Department of State\, to develop this important and timely exhibition. This examination of the early ideals set to paper by the founders\, and how those ideals continue to inform our civic dialogue today\, will certainly have resonance for museum visitors.” Notes O’Reilly\, “The Archives and Museum are grateful to the State of New Jersey for supporting this exhibition as part of its RevolutionNJ effort\, spearheaded by the New Jersey Historical Commission. In addition to the funders\, we also acknowledge the exhibition lenders\, advisors and representatives of a number of communities who lent their voices to the project.”
URL:https://hiltonia-association.org/event/the-power-to-change-revolutionary-stories-from-the-nj-state-archives/
LOCATION:NJ State Museum\, 205 West State Street\, Trenton\, NJ\, 08608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Historical
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: FIVE INDEPENDENT SOULS The Signers from New Jersey
DESCRIPTION:FIVE INDEPENDENT SOULS: THE SIGNERS FROM NEW JERSEY\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening May 2026\nDays before the signing of the Declaration of Independence\, John Adams wrote to Samuel Chase\, “Jersey has chosen five new Members all independent Souls\, and instructed them to vote on the first of July for Independence.” This turning point forever linked these five New Jersey men to the birth of the United States. But who were these lesser-known founding fathers? What were their lives like\, before\, during\, and after the Revolution? Discover all of this and more with this landmark exhibition opening in May 2026.\n\n\n\n\nMorven’s 2026 exhibit seeks to answer these questions\, delving into the lives of Abraham Clark\, John Hart\, Francis Hopkinson\, Richard Stockton\, and John Witherspoon. This will be the first exhibition to examine this group of men\, gathering paintings\, furniture\, objects\, and manuscripts from collections across the country to reveal aspects of their lives. As all five were enslavers\, the exhibition will also examine how the rhetoric of revolutionary America—freedom\, equality\, and liberty—was intertwined with the practice of slavery. \nMorven’s curators have spent years securing loans for this landmark exhibit. Visitors can expect to see over one hundred objects on loan from The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Independence Hall\, Museum of the American Revolution\, the National Gallery of Art\, Presbyterian Historical Society\, Princeton University Art Museum\, The New York Public Library\, Yale University Art Gallery\, and numerous private collections. \nCome to historic Princeton to experience America’s Semiquincentennial at the only extant home of a New Jersey signer open to the public. \n 
URL:https://hiltonia-association.org/event/exhibit-five-independent-souls-the-signers-from-new-jersey/
LOCATION:Morven Museum and Gardens\, 55 Stockton Street\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture,Historical,Mercer County
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SUMMARY:WASHINGTON'S TRIUMPH
DESCRIPTION:TRENTON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY\n  \nThe Trentoniana Exhibit at the Trenton Free Public Library features a rotating glass display showcasing themed archival materials from the library’s collection. Each installation highlights a different chapter in Trenton’s history.
URL:https://hiltonia-association.org/event/washingtons-triumph/
LOCATION:Trenton Free Public Library\, 120 Academy Street\, Trenton\, NJ\, 08608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Historical,Trenton
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