Top Family-Friendly Destinations in New Jersey!
Whether you’re looking for an Educational Field Trip or a Fun Day Out with the Kids…
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Top Family-Friendly Destinations in New Jersey!
CITY / ATTRACTION
| Rutherfurd Hall | Allamuchy Township |
| Kearney House | Alpine |
| Silverball Museum | Asbury Park |
| Stephen Crane House/ Arbutus Cottage | Asbury Park |
| Absecon Light | Atlantic City |
| Atlantic City Art Center | Atlantic City |
| Atlantic City Historical Museum | Atlantic City |
| Marine Mammal Stranding Center | Atlantic City |
| Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum | Atlantic City |
| Avalon History Center | Avalon |
| Barnegat Historic Heritage Village | Barnegat Light |
| Barnegat Light Historical Society Museum | Barnegat Light |
| Barnegat Lighthouse | Barnegat Light |
| Brick Academy | Basking Ridge |
| Bay Head Historical Society Museum | Bay Head |
| Bayonne Community Museum | Bayonne |
| Bayonne Fire Museum | Bayonne |
| Berkeley Historical Museum | Bayville |
| Double Trouble State Park | Bayville |
| Long Beach Island Museum | Beach Haven |
| New Jersey Maritime Museum | Beach Haven |
| Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum | Bedminster |
| Warren County Historical Society Museum | Belvidere |
| Delaware Bay Museum | Bivalve |
| Blairstown Museum | Blairstown |
| Millbrook Village | Blairstown |
| Historical Society of Bloomfield Museum | Bloomfield |
| Boonton Historical Society and Museum | Boonton |
| New Jersey Firefighters Museum | Boonton |
| Firehouse Gallery | Bordentown |
| Havens Homestead Museum | Brick |
| Bridgeton Hall of Fame All Sports Museum | Bridgeton |
| Nail House Museum | Bridgeton |
| New Sweden Farmstead Museum | Bridgeton |
| Woodruff Museum of Indian Artifacts | Bridgeton |
| Children’s Museum of Somerset County | Bridgewater |
| Brigantine History Museum | Brigantine Beach |
| Burlington County Historical Society | Burlington City |
| Butler Museum | Butler |
| Grover Cleveland Birthplace | Caldwell |
| Califon Historical Society Station Museum | Califon |
| Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial | Camden |
| Camden County Museum | Camden |
| Camden Shipyard and Maritime Museum | Camden |
| Pomona Hall | Camden |
| Stedman Gallery | Camden |
| Walt Whitman House | Camden |
| Cape May Maritime Museum | Cape May |
| Colonial House Museum | Cape May |
| Emlen Physick Estate | Cape May |
| Museum of Cape May County | Cape May Court House |
| Cape May Lighthouse | Cape May Point |
| Red Brick Schoolhouse Museum | Chatham Township |
| Barclay Farmstead Museum | Cherry Hill |
| Garden State Discovery Museum | Cherry Hill |
| Cooper Gristmill | Chester Township |
| Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum | Clark |
| Clifton Arts Center | Clifton |
| Hamilton House Museum | Clifton |
| Hunterdon Art Museum | Clinton |
| Red Mill Museum Village | Clinton |
| Belskie Museum of Art & Science | Closter |
| Historic Cold Spring Village | Cold Spring |
| Collings-Knight House | Collingswood |
| DePace Sports Museum and Library | Collingswood |
| Perkins Center for the Arts | Collingswood |
| A. J. Meerwald | Commercial Township |
| Cranbury Museum | Cranbury |
| Crane-Phillips House | Cranford |
| Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum | Delaware Township |
| Dennis Township Museum and History Center | Dennis Township |
| Denville Historical Society & Museum | Denville |
| Dover History Museum | Dover |
| East Brunswick Museum | East Brunswick |
| Jersey Explorer Children’s Museum | East Orange |
| Eatontown Historical Museum | Eatontown |
| Roundhouse Museum | Egg Harbor City |
| Boxwood Hall | Elizabeth |
| Liberty Hall Museum | Elizabeth |
| Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum | Ewing |
| Benjamin Temple House | Ewing Township |
| Garretson Forge and Farm | Fair Lawn |
| United States Golf Association Museum | Far Hills |
| Hunterdon County Historical Society | Flemington |
| Northlandz | Flemington |
| Samuel Fleming House | Flemington |
| Imagine That Discovery Museum for Children | Florham Park |
| Lacey Schoolhouse Museum | Forked River |
| Army Reserve Mobilization Museum | Fort Dix |
| Fort Lee Historic Park | Fort Lee |
| Fort Lee Museum | Fort Lee |
| Franklin Mineral Museum | Franklin |
| Blackwells Mills Canal House | Franklin Township |
| Snowmobile Barn Museum | Fredon |
| Covenhoven House | Freehold |
| Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County | Freehold |
| Latvian Ethnographic Museum | Freehold |
| Monmouth County Historical Association Museum | Freehold |
| Heritage Glass Museum | Glassboro |
| South Jersey Museum | Glassboro |
| Cumberland County Prehistorical Museum | Greenwich Township |
| Gibbon House Museum | Greenwich Township |
| John DuBois Maritime Museum | Greenwich Township |
| Bergen Museum of Art and Science | Hackensack |
| New Jersey Naval Museum | Hackensack |
| Hackettstown Historical Society Museum | Hackettstown |
| Greenfield Hall | Haddonfield |
| Indian King Tavern Museum | Haddonfield |
| American Labor Museum | Haledon |
| Camp Olden Civil War Round Table and Museum | Hamilton |
| Grounds for Sculpture | Hamilton |
| Isaac Watson House | Hamilton |
| John Abbot II House | Hamilton |
| Kuser Farm Mansion | Hamilton |
| Hammonton Arts Center | Hammonton |
| Old Monroe School House | Hardyston Township |
| Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead | Harmony Township |
| East Point Light | Heislerville |
| Long Pond Ironworks State Park | Hewitt |
| Vernon Township Historical Society Museum | Highland Lakes |
| Navesink Twin Lights | Highlands |
| Ely House Museum | Hightstown |
| The Hermitage | Ho-Ho-Kus |
| Hoboken Historical Museum | Hoboken |
| Hoboken Fire Museum | Hoboken |
| Historic Longstreet Farm | Holmdel |
| Holmes-Hendrickson House | Holmdel |
| Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center | Holmdel |
| New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Holmdel |
| Hope Historical Society Museum | Hope |
| Hopewell Museum | Hopewell |
| Washington Crossing State Park | Hopewell |
| Country Living Museum | Hopewell Township |
| Howell Living History Farm | Hopewell Township |
| MacKenzie Museum | Howell |
| Old Ardena Schoolhouse | Howell |
| Island Heights Cottage Museum | Island Heights |
| John F. Peto Studio Museum | Island Heights |
| Prospertown Schoolhouse Museum | Jackson |
| Buckelew Mansion | Jamesburg |
| Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum | Jersey City |
| Ellis Island | Jersey City |
| Jersey City Museum | Jersey City |
| Liberty Science Center | Jersey City |
| Mana Contemporary | Jersey City |
| Museum of Russian Art | Jersey City |
| Richard Meier Model Museum | Jersey City |
| Dixon Mills | Jersey City |
| Statue of Liberty National Monument | Jersey City |
| Kearney Museum | Kearney |
| Keyport Fire Museum | Keyport |
| Steamboat Dock Museum | Keyport |
| Rockingham | Kingston |
| Lakehurst Historical Museum | Lakehurst |
| Navy Lakehurst Information Center | Lakehurst |
| Lakewood Heritage Museum | Lakewood |
| James Wilson Marshall House | Lambertville |
| Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum | Landing |
| “Lest We Forget” – Black Holocaust Museum of Slavery | Lawnside |
| Peter Mott House | Lawnside |
| Brearley House | Lawrenceville |
| National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey | Lawrenceville |
| Port Mercer Canal House | Lawrenceville |
| King Store & Homestead Museum | Ledgewood |
| Silas Riggs House | Ledgewood |
| Beavertown History Center | Lincoln Park |
| Monmouth Museum | Lincroft |
| Jim Kirk Maritime Room | Linwood |
| Leedsville Schoolhouse | Linwood |
| Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum | Little Egg Harbor Township |
| Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center | Little Falls |
| Church of the Presidents | Long Branch |
| Washington Township Historical Society Museum | Long Valley |
| Longport Museum | Longport |
| Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences | Loveladies |
| Hancock House | Lower Alloways Creek Township |
| Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum | Lower Township |
| Little Red Schoolhouse | Lyndhurst |
| Museum of Early Trades and Crafts | Madison |
| Magnolia Train Station Museum | Magnolia |
| Margate Historical Society Museum | Margate |
| Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey | Marlton |
| Caesar Hoskins Log Cabin | Mauricetown |
| Edward Compton House | Mauricetown |
| Jersey Shore Children’s Museum | Mays Landing |
| Township of Hamilton Historical Society Museum | Mays Landing |
| Maywood Station Museum | Maywood |
| Kirby’s Mill | Medford |
| Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum | Menlo Park |
| Marlpit Hall | Middletown |
| Moses D. Heath Farm | Middletown |
| Poricy Park | Middletown |
| Fort Hancock Historic District | Middletown Township |
| Old Millstone Forge Museum | Millstone |
| Millville Army Air Field Museum | Millville |
| Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts | Millville |
| WheatonArts | Millville |
| Stone Museum | Monroe Township |
| Foster–Armstrong House | Montague |
| Nelden-Roberts Stonehouse | Montague |
| Charles S. Shultz House | Montclair |
| Crane House and Museum | Montclair |
| George Segal Gallery | Montclair |
| Montclair Art Museum | Montclair |
| Bedensville Schoolhouse | Montgomery |
| Van Harlingen Historical Society Farm Museum | Montgomery |
| Dirck Gulick House | Montgomery Township |
| Montville Township Historical Museum | Montville |
| Perkins Center for the Arts | Moorestown |
| Smith-Cadbury Mansion | Moorestown |
| Morris Plains Museum | Morris Plains |
| Fosterfields Living Historical Farm | Morris Township |
| Acorn Hall | Morristown |
| Historic Speedwell | Morristown |
| Macculloch Hall Historical Museum | Morristown |
| Morris Museum | Morristown |
| Morristown National Historical Park | Morristown |
| Schuyler-Hamilton House | Morristown |
| Burlington County Prison Museum | Mount Holly |
| Air Victory Museum | Mount Laurel |
| Paulsdale | Mount Laurel |
| Mount Tabor Historical Society Museum | Mount Tabor |
| Trailside Nature & Science Center | Mountainside |
| Red Bank Battlefield Park | National Park |
| Mullica Township Historical Society & Museum | Nesco |
| Buccleuch Mansion | New Brunswick |
| Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation | New Brunswick |
| Rutgers University Geology Museum | New Brunswick |
| Zimmerli Art Museum | New Brunswick |
| Township of Lebanon Museum at New Hampton | New Hampton |
| AIDS Museum | Newark |
| Jewish Museum of New Jersey | Newark |
| John Ballantine House | Newark |
| Newark Museum | Newark |
| New Jersey Historical Society | Newark |
| Paul Robeson Galleries | Newark |
| Weston Museum | Newark |
| Hill Memorial Museum | Newton |
| Newton Fire Museum | Newton |
| Sussex County Art & Heritage Council Gallery | Newton |
| African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey | Newtonville |
| The Fleetwood Museum of Art and Photographica | North Plainfield |
| Northfield Museum and Casto House | Northfield |
| Risley Homestead | Northfield |
| Nutley Museum | Nutley |
| Township of Ocean Historical Museum | Oakhurst |
| Discovery Shell Museum | Ocean City |
| Ocean City Arts Center | Ocean City |
| Ocean City Historical Museum | Ocean City |
| Ocean Gate Museum | Ocean Gate |
| Centennial Cottage | Ocean Grove |
| Museum of the Historical Society of Ocean Grove | Ocean Grove |
| Noyes Museum of Art | Oceanville |
| Old Schoolhouse and Firehouse Museum | Ogdensburg |
| Sterling Hill Mining Museum | Ogdensburg |
| Thomas Warne Museum | Old Bridge Township |
| Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum | Oradell |
| Shippen Manor Museum | Oxford |
| Pascack Historical Society Museum | Park Ridge |
| Wortendyke Barn Museum | Park Ridge |
| Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms | Parsipanny |
| American Hungarian Museum | Passaic |
| Lambert Castle | Paterson |
| Paterson Museum | Paterson |
| Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point and Oldmans Museum | Penns Grove |
| Griffith Morgan House | Pennsauken Township |
| Pennsville Township Historical Society Museum | Pennsville Township |
| Kearny Cottage | Perth Amboy |
| Perth Amboy Ferry Slip | Perth Amboy |
| Proprietary House | Perth Amboy |
| Phillipsburg Railroad Historians Museum | Phillipsburg |
| Cornelius Low House | Piscataway |
| East Jersey Olde Towne Village | Piscataway |
| Metlar-Bodine House | Piscataway |
| Drake House Museum | Plainfield |
| Wicoff House Museum | Plainsboro |
| New Jersey Museum of Boating | Point Pleasant |
| Point Pleasant Historical Society Museum | Point Pleasant |
| Pequannock Museum | Pompton Plains |
| Jim and Mary Lee Museum | Port Warren |
| Prallsville Mills | Prallsville |
| Bainbridge House | Princeton |
| Clarke House Museum | Princeton |
| Drumthwacket | Princeton |
| Morven Museum & Garden | Princeton |
| Princeton University Art Museum | Princeton |
| Updike Farmstead | Princeton |
| Scansen173 | Princeton Junction |
| Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum | Rahway |
| Ralston General Store | Ralston |
| Randolph Museum | Randolph |
| Readington Township Museums | Readington Township |
| Ridgewood Schoolhouse Museum | Ridgewood |
| Schoolhouse Museum | Ridgewood |
| Ringwood Manor | Ringwood |
| Skylands Manor | Ringwood |
| Historic New Bridge Landing | River Edge |
| Roebling Museum | Roebling |
| Meadowlands Museum | Rutherford |
| Salem County Historical Society | Salem |
| National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey | Sea Girt |
| Sea Girt Lighthouse | Sea Girt |
| Sea Isle City Historical Museum | Sea Isle City |
| Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center | Seabrook |
| Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society Museum | Short Hills |
| Allen House | Shrewsbury |
| Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) | Skillman |
| Atlantic County Historical Society | Somers Point |
| Somers Point Historical Museum | Somers Point |
| Hageman Farm | Somerset |
| Van Liew-Suydam House | Somerset |
| Old Dutch Parsonage | Somerville |
| Printmaking Council of New Jersey | Somerville |
| Somerville Fire Department Museum | Somerville |
| Wallace House | Somerville |
| Walsh Gallery | South Orange |
| Jack Allen Memorial Country Living Museum | Southampton |
| Friar Mountain Model Railroad Museum | Sparta |
| Spring Lake Historical Society Museum | Spring Lake |
| Stafford Township Heritage Park | Stafford Township |
| Waterloo Village | Stanhope |
| Stillwater Historical Museum | Stillwater Township |
| Stone Harbor Museum | Stone Harbor |
| The Wetlands Institute | Stone Harbor |
| Carter House | Summit |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | Summit |
| Space Farms Zoo and Museum | Sussex |
| African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers | Tenafly |
| Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey | Teterboro |
| Insectropolis | Toms River |
| Ocean County Museum | Toms River |
| Toms River Maritime Museum | Toms River |
| New Jersey State House | Trenton |
| New Jersey State Museum | Trenton |
| Old Barracks Museum | Trenton |
| Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie | Trenton |
| William Trent House | Trenton |
| Tuckerton Seaport | Tuckerton |
| Caldwell Parsonage | Union |
| Solitude Heritage Museum | Union |
| Historic Walnford | Upper Freehold |
| Hopper-Goetschius House | Upper Saddle River |
| Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society Museum | Vineland |
| Allaire Village | Wall |
| InfoAge | Wall |
| Monmouth Battlefield State Park | Wall |
| New Jersey Museum of Transportation | Wall |
| Rosenkrans Museum | Walpack Township |
| Van Bunschooten Museum | Wantage |
| Little Red Schoolhouse Museum | Waretown |
| Batsto Village | Washington Township |
| Dey Mansion | Wayne |
| Schuyler-Colfax Historic House Museum | Wayne |
| Van Duyne House | Wayne |
| Van Riper-Hopper Historic House Museum | Wayne |
| West Milford Museum | West Milford |
| Thomas Edison National Historical Park | West Orange |
| New Jersey State Police Museum and Learning Center | West Trenton |
| American Indian Heritage Museum | Westampton Township |
| Peachfield | Westampton Township |
| Miller-Cory House | Westfield |
| Westwood Museum | Westwood |
| Whippany Railway Museum | Whippany |
| Museum of White Township | White Township |
| George F. Boyer Historical Museum | Wildwood |
| Hereford Inlet Light | Wildwood |
| Ireland Hoffer House | Williamstown |
| Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage | Woodbine |
| Barron Arts Center | Woodbridge |
| Gloucester County Police Museum | Woodbury |
| Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House | Woodbury |
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