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Places of Interest in New Jersey

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Note:  In some cases categorizing places of interest accurately is difficult, so please use these categories as a rough guideline.

Aquariums & Marine Farms Special Interest
The Arts History Museums Transportation
Botanical Gardens Lighthouses Villages
Children's Museums Military History Zoos
Environmental Ed. Science/Natural Hist.
Outdoor Fun in New Jersey Wineries
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Aquaria & Marine-Related 
A.J. Meerwald (Bayshore Discovery Project)
Brookdale Ocean Institute 
Cape May Whale Watch 
Discovery Seashell Museum 
Jenkinson's Aquarium
Marine Mammal Stranding Center 
New Jersey State Aquarium   
Ocean Discovery Center 

The Arts 
Bergen Museum of Art & Science 
Grounds for Sculpture 
Hiram Blauvelt Wildlife Art Museum 
Hunterdon Art Center 
Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum 
Mid Atlantic Center for the Arts 
Montclair Art Museum 
Morris Museum
Newark Museum 
Noyes Museum 
Princeton University Art Museum 
Stedman Art Gallery 
Wheaton Village

Botanical Gardens & Arboreta  
Holmdel Arboretum 
Hunterdon County Arboretum 
Leaming's Run Garden 
Leonard J. Buck Garden 
Meadford Leas, Barton Arboretum 
Reeves-Reed Arboretum 

Children's Museums 
Garden State Discovery Museum 
Imagine That! 
New Jersey Children's Museum 
 
Environmental Education / Nature Centers 
Cape May Bird Observatory 
Cooper Environmental Center 
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge  
Environmental Education Center  
Flat Rock Brook Nature Center 
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge  
Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center 
Greenbrook Sanctuary  
Hackensack Meadowlands Environmental Center 
James A. McFaul Wildlife Center 
Lorrimer Sanctuary 
Rancocas Nature Center 
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association  
Tenafly Nature Center  
Tillman Ravine 
Trailside Nature & Science Center 
Warren E. Fox Nature Center 
Weis Ecology Center  
Wells Mills Nature Center  
Wetlands Institute 
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge

Farms, Historical & Interpretive 
Fosterfields Living History Farm 
Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead 
Howell Living History Farm 
Johnson's Corner Farm 
New Sweden Farmstead

Historical Museums, Houses & Sites 
Acorn Hall 
American Glass, Museum of 
American Labor Museum 
Barclay Farmstead Museum 
Bridgeton Historical District 
C.A. Nothnagle House  
Camden Historical Society 
Church Landing Farmhouse Museum 
Dey Mansion  
Delaware Bay Museum
Drumthwacket 
Early Trades & Crafts, Museum of  
Edison National Historic Site 
Fort Lee Historic Park 
  

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Historical Museums, Houses & Sites (cont'd.) 
Fort Mott State Park 
George F. Boyer Museum 
Heritage Glass Museum  
Historic Speedwell  
Indian Heritage Museum  
Israel Crane House 
John Holmes House  
Kuser Farm Mansion  
Lakehurst Historical Society  
Meadowlands Museum  
Miller-Cory House 
Monmouth Battlefield State Park 
Ocean County Historical Society 
Old Swedes Trinity Church  
Paterson Museum 
Princeton Historical Society 
Schoolhouse Museum 
State House
Van Bunschooten Museum
Washington Crossing State Park 
William Trent House 

Lighthouses 
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park 
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
Sea Girt Lighthouse 
Twin Lights Historic Site

Military Museums & Sites 
Fort Hancock Historic District 
New Jersey Naval Museum 
Old Barracks Museum 
US Army Communications Electronics Museum  
US Coast Guard Training Center  
USS Ling 297

Science & Natural History Museums 
Franklin Mineral Museum 
JCP & L Energy Spectrum 
Liberty Science Center  
Monmouth Museum 
New Jersey State Museum 
Robert J. Novins Planetarium 
Sterling Hill Mining Museum 

Special Interest 
Aviation Hall of Fame 
Barnegat Bay Decoy Museum 
Cooper Mill  
Craftsman Farms
Golf House
New Jersey State Police Museum 
Raptor Trust   
Pequest Trout Hatchery
Wild West City 

Transportation 
Black River & Western Railroad 
Newark International Airport 
Ocean Gate Historical Museum 
Toms River Maritime Museum 
Whippany Railway Museum 

Villages, Historical & Interpretive 
Allaire Village 
Batsto Village 
Clinton Historical Museum Village 
Tuckerton Seaport

Waterloo Village

Zoos, Petting Zoos, Game Farms 
Bergen County Zoological Park 
Cape May County Park & Zoo 
Cohanzik Zoo  
Green Meadows Farm, Roseland 
Popcorn Park Zoo
Space Farms Zoo & Museum  
Turtleback Zoo