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NJ Museums' Fall Exhibits, From Jackie Robinson to Building Teeny Tiny Things
Culture. We all want it — and not just in our yogurt. We live next to one of the best museum cities in the world, but our dear NJ also has much to offer in the 'get smart' department. From the wonderfully curated Newark Museum, to lovely small spaces like Monmouth Museum, there's an array of exhibits and activities for the whole family. And NJ museums don't take all day, so get cultured up until lunchtime, then go for a hike, have a picnic, or hit another gallery. You'll be more interesting by dinnertime.
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All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey
On loan from the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, the Stealing Home: How Jackie Robinson Changed America exhibit is a fantastic way to teach your sports-loving kiddos about segregation, courage, and sportsmanship. Illustrated with large panels detailing Robinson's experiences, photographs, video clips of his career, and personal effects like his cleats, jersey and a Wheaties box with Robinson on the cover. Open Now. Admission is free. Thurs-Sat, 10-3pm. For more information call 856-451-7300.
Newark Museum: Nano: The Science of the Super Small
Nano is another great hands-on science exhibit at the Newark Museum! This one explores nanoscale science, engineering and technology, while looking at real world applications and the ethical issues raised with this new technology. Visitors will get to participate in challenges and activities that will explore nano materials, as well as build nano products. Open now. Suggested admission $6-10. Wed-Sun, noon–5 pm. For more information call 973-596-6550.
Monmouth Museum Ancients to Astronauts: How We Communicate
From King Ramses to the moon, this new exhibit will thrill your littlest Egyptologists or space-geeks. Using communication as the over-arching theme, kids will examine climate change, blast off to space in a Friendship 7 capsule, take a time machine to ancient Egypt, and get down with serious crafting in the Green Arts Studio. Opening Reception Nov. 4th, 2pm-5pm. Meet Cleopatra, an Astronaut and Thomas Edison! Special activities include a scavenger hunt, planetarium shows and crafts. Tickets: $7-$10. Museum members are free. General admission tickets, $7. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun noon-5pm. For reservations or more information call 732-747-2266, ext. 5.
Adventure Aquarium: Christmas Celebration
What goes together better than Christmas and sea creatures? Quite a lot actually, but still the Christmas Celebration at the Adventure Aquarium is a pretty fun way to celebrate the holidays. See Santa in scuba gear, and while you’re visiting check out the only Great Hammerhead shark in captivity, and Button and Genny – two 3,000-lb hippos. Opens Nov. 25th. Admission $17.95-$23.95 for all exhibits, live shows and feedings. Mon-Sun, 10am-5pm. Advance purchase of tickets for the Christmas Celebration, recommended. For more information call 856-365-3300.
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Sarah Cavill - New Jersey writer
Sarah Cavill has lived in Hoboken and New York City since 2001, and every time she contemplates living elsewhere, she has palpitations about what the pizza might taste like and decides to stay. After having two children in two years, Sarah hung up her laptop, to hang out with them. The last 6 years have been a wonderful, boring, hilarious, bittersweet, happy time of making parenting mistakes (too. much. yelling), and parenting triumphs (I don't waaaaant to go to sleep. My book is tooooo good!). There were bursts of creative energy on her now decaying blog and then Mommy Poppins came along and here she is, sharing the wonders (really) of New Jersey. When not taking her family hiking at South Mountain Reservation, or trying to avoid the giant sneezing nose at the Liberty Science Center, she likes to cook, eat, cocktail with friends, poke around museums, watch lots and lots of movies (the sadder the better), and read every night (I don't want to go to sleep. My book is too good!). She hopes that her children will grow up to be independent thinking, open-hearted adventurers, and that, like one of their literary heroes Paulie Pastrami, they will offer compassion to those in need, work hard, finish what they start, laugh at themselves and cry with others.
Sarah previously worked at Baltimore magazine and the Baltimore Sun and freelanced for Media Bistro, City Magazine and CBSlocal.com, among others.
