This list of museums in New Jersey is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Lists of New Jersey institutions which are not museums are noted in the "See also" section, below.
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Defunct museums
- Army Communications, Radar, and Electronics Museum, Fort Monmouth, closed in 2010, collections moved to the United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland
- Asbury Park Rock 'N Roll Museum, Asbury Park, closed in 2004
- Charles and Anna Hankins Museum, Lavallette, building sold in 2008 and displays moved to Toms River Seaport Society Maritime Museum
- Community Children's Museum, Dover, closed in 2012
- Flemington Children's Choir School, Flemington
- Johnston Historical Museum, North Brunswick, closed in 1979
- Metz Bicycle Museum, Freehold, website, closed in 2013
- Museum of Natural History at Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, closed in 2000
- New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, North Brunswick, closed in 2011
- North Pemberton Railroad Station Museum, Pemberton
- Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch
- Solitude House Museum
- South Jersey Railroad Museum, Tuckahoe
- United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, Bridgewater, moved to California in 2010
- Waterhouse Museum, Toms River
- Wonder Museum, East Windsor
See also
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in New Jersey
Resources
- New Jersey Tourism: Museums
- League of Historical Societies of New Jersey