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New Jersey State Museum – Downtown

Digital Planetarium Show and Museum Visit for Two or Four, or One-Year Family Museum Membership (Up to 63% Off)

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  • Always Learning
  • Good for Kids

In a Nutshell

Planetarium's dome with 6,000 stars shows presentations about space and astronauts; museum houses collections on state history and art

The Fine Print

  • Expires May 26, 2013
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Must activate membership option by expiration date on your Groupon, expires 1 year from activation date. Valid only for option purchased. Membership option valid only for residents of one household. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Not valid on Super Science Saturday on 5/4/2013. Membership must be redeemed in the Gift Shop.
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Museums instill wonder in children who have become bored with their own closets full of skeletons. Discover a body of knowledge with this Groupon.

Choose From Three Options

$7 for a planetarium sky show and museum visit for two (up to a $14 value)

$12 for a planetarium sky show and museum visit for four (up to a $28 value)

$22 for a one-year family membership package (a $60 value)

  • Members-only sales, special events, and trips; program registration discounts; and advance trip notice and registration
  • 10% off at the museum store
  • Complimentary museum admission for four

See the planetarium schedule.

New Jersey State Museum

Rather than focusing on one angle of its state's history, the New Jersey State Museum encompasses four: archaeology, fine arts, culture, and natural history. Since 1895, the American Association of Museums–accredited complex’s staff has been dedicated to expanding field research and, more recently, public-school outreach. These efforts have culminated in collections of more than 2 million archeological specimens, 2,000 ethnographic artifacts, 12,000 works of art, and 13,000 state cultural artifacts. These pieces pique viewer curiosity in themed exhibits, exploring periods in local art, relationships between native Americans and European settlers, and the state flower’s childhood diaries.

The archaeology collections—assembled by museum staffers and university archaeologists—highlight textiles, beads, and hide works from Delaware Indians and other North American–natives. The fine art collection assembles works by American modernists and abstract artists. Massive Trenton-made furnishings, Civil War–flags, and maritime artifacts populate the cultural exhibits.

Though focused on history and art, the museum also immerses visitors in science with its 150-seat planetarium, which dazzles eyes with images of the solar system, faraway stars, and astronaut training during shows. Audiences witness traditional sky projections and laser-created programs comprised of 6,000 stars on the ceiling of the full 360-degree dome.

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Some yard sales are full of trash, and others are full of hidden gems of immeasurable value. Here are some vintage treasures to keep an eye out for at your next yard sale:

  • Susie Blinks-All-Night-Long doll
  • One of the 50 tablecloths signed by Julia Child when she was on her 50-state publicity tour called Just a Child Playing with Her Food
  • The classic Time Is Money Rolex watch from 1928 that told time in dollars instead of minutes
  • Antique 1830s tushy-pinching claws for disciplining children
  • One of the big cowboy hats that all horses used to have to wear
  • Lunchbox from the 1970s sitcom My Daughter's Little Tiny Daughter
  • Any spoons of any size or shape

"For the love of all that is holy, I must collect more spoons."

New Jersey State Museum

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    Downtown

    205 W State St.
    Trenton, New Jersey 08608
    (609) 292-6464
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