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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-623-7260 https://www.bbg.org/
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Founded in 1910, the 52-acre Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located near the Brooklyn Museum. Home to over 14,000 kinds specimens from all over the world, special gardens highlight various types of plants, with the botanic garden collections housed both indoors and out. Information about what's currently in bloom, suggested itineraries based on the time of the year, and a map of the grounds are available on the website. There is an art gallery, a small café, and gift store on the premises.
Categories: Art, Family, Nature, Science
Pass Benefits
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden pass admits two adults and accompanying children ages 17 and under. This pass is printable from your own device.
Passholders will also receive a 10% discount at the Garden Shop and café. Please be sure to check the garden's website for any facility changes due the weather or COVID restrictions at https://www.bbg.org/visit.
The Historic Sites of the Morris County Park Commission
Various locations, NJ
973-326-7600 https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/education/historic-sites
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The Morris County Park Commission manages three historical sites at various locations, all them on the National Register of Historic Places. Fosterfields Living Historical Farm is a working farm situated on 213 acres which employs the tools, techniques, and materials of the 1920s. Originally built in built in 1826, the Cooper Gristmill at Black River County Park is one of the remaining restored water-powered mills in New Jersey. Historic Speedwell preserves the restored estate of Stephen Vail, proprietor of the Speedwell Iron Works from the early to mid-1800s, where Vail and Samuel B. Morse demonstrated the perfected telegraph in 1838. For directions and hours of each site, please visit the web site.
Categories: Architecture, Children, Family, History, Science
Pass Benefits
Fosterfields in Morristown: Find out about farm life as it was 100 years ago. On a self-guided tour with interpreters in historic costume along the way, help the farmers with chores such as feeding the chickens and churning butter, meet the Jersey cows and other barnyard animals, and enter the historic 1915 farmhouse where the Woods family lived. On Fridays and Saturdays, take a guided tour inside The Willows 1854 mansion (11am & 2pm) built by Gen. Joseph W. Revere, a grandson of patriot Paul Revere. Six children grew up at Fosterfields between 1870 and 1920, and you can explore the nostalgic toys, dolls, and playsets of that era in the exhibit Well Played: Changes in Childhood. Ready for a road trip back in time? The interactive exhibit Driving Into the 20th Century explains the changing landscape of transportation throughout the 1900s. You can also check out fully-restored antique cars and a climb-on Model T truck. Fosterfields is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm (last farm entry at 3 pm). Call (973) 326-7645 or email tours@morrisparks.net.
Historic Speedwell in Morristown: Experience life during the Industrial Revolution and the dawn of modern communication. This historic site includes the 1860s Vail House, and the Factory Building where the telegraph was first publicly demonstrated by Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail. The Factory Building features 30 interactives about the mechanics of the telegraph and its influence on modern communication. Learn about Ironmaster Stephen Vail and the dangerous art and industry of ironworking from the exhibit The Speedwell Ironworks: A History of Workers and Work. In the L’Hommedieu Visitor Center exhibit room, tour the exhibit Inventing Beauty to discover how concepts of beauty were informed by 19th century innovation and inventions, and also challenged distinctions between class and gender. Historic Speedwell is open Thursdays & Saturdays, 10 am to 4 pm. Call (973) 285-6550.
Cooper Gristmill in Chester: The 1826 Cooper Gristmill is one of the last operational historic mills in the area. Visitors experience simple machines, renewable power, and industrial progress as educators demonstrate how the site operated over a century ago. The History of the Black River Gorge exhibit about the natural and industrial history of Milltown, the community that sprung up around the Mill, sets the stage for a pleasant walk along Patriots Path whose trailhead is by the Visitor Center. Cooper Gristmill is open Fridays & Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. Call (908) 879-5463.
This pass is not printable and must be picked up at the Parsippany Library (449 Halsey Road, Parsippany) to be borrowed. Please call the customer service desk at 973-887-5150 x 201 for questions.
The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-6550 https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/
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Founded in 1909, the Newark Museum of Art is the state's largest museum, with over 80 galleries dedicated to art and science. In addition to exhibiting a range of decorative arts, contemporary art, and art from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the ancient world, its holdings include a large natural science collection. The Victoria Hall of Science, the Dreyfuss Planetarium, a Victorian-era home, an 18th century schoolhouse, the Newark Fire Museum, and a memorial garden may all be found at a visit to this eclectic museum.
Categories: Art, History, Parks, Science
Pass Benefits
Free admission for two adults and all children in the household -10% Discount in the Museum Shops. This pass is printable from your own device.