Newark Museum - Newark, New Jersey

Explore Art and Natural Science at the Newark Museum, NJ. The Newark Museum is a fascinating place to learn about and experience the arts and natural sciences. Newark Museum is New Jersey’s largest museum, and it houses more than 80 galleries. Visit the Victorian Ballantine House, tour the sculpture garden, view live animals in the Mini-Zoo, or experience an incredible show in Newark Museum’s planetarium.

Art Collections and Exhibits

Newark Museum’s expansive art collections include tens of thousands of pieces of African Art, American Art, Asian Art, Classical Art, Art of the Americans and Decorative Arts. Items from each area are showcased in permanent exhibitions at Newark Museum, including a Contemporary Art exhibit. Six sculptures from the Museum’s American Art collection are now featured in the Sculpture Park garden visitors will want to tour outdoors, as well. 

National Historic Landmark the Ballantine House is also part of Newark Museum’s art collection. This late 19th century mansion owned by Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine includes two floors of galleries filled with items dating from the 1650s to the present day.

Natural Science Collection and Exhibits

Newark Museum holds an impressive 83,000 specimen Natural Science Collection. Items from this collection are showcased in the museum’s “Dynamic Earth” Revealing Nature’s Secrets Gallery.” This exhibit includes interactive and multimedia displays that invite participation as they engage audiences. On your tour of this exciting permanent exhibition, you’ll view the core of the Earth, watch a volcano explode, see lions and polar bears hunt for prey and explore a bat cave. These are just a few of the interrelated topics featured in this exciting exhibition.

The Mini Zoo at Newark Museum allows visitors to view over 100 live animals up close. Exotic as well as domestic animal species are exhibited in their natural habitats. Live demonstrations involving the animals at Newark Museum are scheduled regularly, or you can take an interactive, self-guided tour of the Mini Zoo.

If you enjoy learning about astronomy and space travel, you’ll want to visit the Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium at Newark Museum. A variety of shows and special programs are held at the planetarium throughout the year.

There is so much to discover at Newark Museum, you’ll want to plan to spend an entire day – and come back often!

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49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102-3176
973-596-6550