History
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“No-Sew” Great American Birthday Quilt Event
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesCreate a quilt block to contribute to the 250-foot-long “Great American Birthday Quilt.” No sewing skills necessary—fabric and fabric glue will be provided. You’re welcome to drop-in (plan for 90...
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Morven’s Curator Corner: USS Princeton Memorial Artwork
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesAt this free virtual lunchtime talk, go behind-the-scenes with Morven’s curators as they discuss a recently acquired watercolor and ink mourning picture, made in remembrance of those lost in the...
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Meet the Curators Tour: Northern Family, Southern Ties
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesExperience a behind-the-scenes, after-hours look at Morven’s newest exhibition, Northern Family, Southern Ties, with Morven’s curators and research team. The result of three years of research, this exhibit complicates the...
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Men W/O Shoes: A Student-Led Tribute to Forgotten Heroes
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesMorven is honored to celebrate Black History Month 2026 with Foundation Academies by hosting “Men W/O Shoes,” a multimedia exhibition of student-created works that reflect the resilience, sacrifice, and legacy...
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Book Talk with author Zara Anishanslin
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesSpend the afternoon at Morven exploring art and revolution with author Zara Anishanslin. This talk will feature her new book, The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who...
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Talk Discusses Basketball Legend with Italian Roots
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAuthor Mike DeLucia will talk about Hank Luisetti, the son of Italian immigrants who transformed basketball into the game we know today and laid the foundation for March Madness and...
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Lydia Darragh, A Heroine of the American Revolution
Virtual - ZoomJoin us on March 11 at 7:30 PM via Zoom as Robert N. Fanelli presents “Lydia Darragh, A Heroine of the American Revolution.” Who is Lydia Darragh? She is famed...
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Grand Homes & Gardens: William Paca’s Annapolis House
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBlending history, architecture, and horticulture, this year’s Grand Homes & Gardens speaker series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens, showcases the estates of...
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Grand Homes & Gardens: Stratford Hall
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBlending history, architecture, and horticulture, this year’s Grand Homes & Gardens speaker series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens, showcases the estates of...
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Grand Homes & Gardens: Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBlending history, architecture, and horticulture, this year’s Grand Homes & Gardens speaker series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens, showcases the estates of...
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The Declaration in Script in Print
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesAs part of Morven’s Generation Declaration speaker series, Morven welcomes John Bidwell, Curator Emeritus at the Morgan Library. The Declaration of Independence became a work of art during the nineteenth...
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Live History Weekend at Morven
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesMorven Museum & Garden presents “In Time,” an interactive mystery theatre event with Live History USA, a Governor General’s Award-nominated theatre company. History comes alive as you travel through the...
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Italians Helped Shape the Nation
Dorothea's House 120 John Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesDuring the late 1800s and early 1900s, many Italians came to the United States, but they were not the first Italian immigrants to America. Historian Tom Frascella will speak about...
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Grand Homes & Gardens: Middleton Place
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBlending history, architecture, and horticulture, this year’s Grand Homes & Gardens speaker series, Freedom at Home: Telling the Full Story of America’s Founding Homes and Gardens, showcases the estates of...
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The Ingenious Mr. Hopkinson – A Life in Words & Musick
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesCome for a unique musical evening exploring the life and works of a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, polymath Francis Hopkinson. A member of the Continental...
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250th Exhibition Premiere & Founding Feast
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesBe among the first to experience Five Independent Souls, a landmark exhibition illuminating New Jersey’s five signers through the eyes of the Revolution’s greatest artists. Guests will encounter a fresh...
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New Jersey Women’s Revolutionary Experiences
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesDelve into the varied experiences of New Jersey women during the era of the American Revolution with historian Lucia McMahon. For many women, the home front and battlefields remained inextricably...
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Slavery and the Declaration of Independence: The Deleted Clauses
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, United StatesAs part of the new speaker series Generation Declaration, Morven Museum & Garden welcomes OAH (Organization of American Historians) Distinguished Lecturer Holly Brewer to discuss the deleted clauses of the...
$5 – $20