Explore NJ: Masterpieces Await

On Feb 21, 2025

Walk through the doors of New Jersey’s acclaimed museums and find yourself transported into an arts and cultural mecca of learning and discovery. Explore special exhibitions and enriching programs for children and adults – all designed to open your mind. From art-filled galleries to immersive historical exhibits, the state offers a rich tapestry of experiences for curious minds. Here is a sample of New Jersey’s museum offerings:

Liberty Science Center | Jersey City

Liberty Science Center has 12 exhibition halls awaiting exploration. Visit naked mole rats, tiny cotton-top monkeys, a school of piranhas, massive fish, and hundreds of other intriguing animals. Then take an eye-popping cosmic joyride through the universe sitting under an 89-foot dome screen in the biggest planetarium outside of Asia. 

New Jersey State Museum | Trenton

Explore the world-class collections in science, history and art and discover New Jersey within a global perspective. With holdings of more than two million objects, artifacts and specimens, the museum broadly covers the fields of natural history, archaeology, ethnography, cultural history and fine art, and provides a variety of options for lifelong learning.

BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham | Robbinsville

The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham is a landmark of Hindu Architecture and Culture in New Jersey. Spanning 185 acres and standing 191 feet tall, Akshardham is a magnificent Mahamandir (Hindu house of worship) carved in stone according to ancient Hindu scriptures. It is the second largest Hindu mandir in the world and one of the most unique Hindu stone mandirs built in the last 600 years. 

Skylands Museum of Art | Lafayette

With more than 300 works of sculpture, paintings, illustrations and more, the Skylands Museum of Art is the only fine art museum in Sussex County. In nine rooms over three floors are thoughtfully curated examples of approachable surreal and realistic works exploring fairy tales, dragons, sacred spaces, the human psyche, heads and flowers, Baba Yaga (a Ukrainian fairy tale), animals and mythology. On permanent display are the talents of well-known 20th and 21st century artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Leonor Fini, Brian Froud, Michael Parkes and Ailene Fields.

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