The New Jersey Association of Museums is excited to present a new series of professional development workshops, with lunch and enrichment activities included.
Program Schedule
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Lunch & Advocacy Workshop with Ann Marie Miller, Director of Advocacy & Public Policy, Art Pride NJ
Ann Marie Miller will provide information and tips on advocacy for your institution and NJ’s cultural community. Ann Marie will explain that we have a lot more power than we think we do!
Ann Marie Miller is currently director of advocacy & public policy for the ArtPride New Jersey Foundation and served as Executive Director there for 20 years. Prior to joining ArtPride in 1995, Miller served as director of development at McCarter Theatre and as grants coordinator for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Miller serves on the Executive Committee of the State Arts Action Network of Americans for the Arts; as chair of the Hightstown Cultural Arts Commission in her hometown; as member of the Governance Committee of the NJ Arts Education Partnership; and served on the board for the Center for Non-Profit Corporations in New Jersey.
1–2 p.m. Tour of Toy World exhibition with Nicholas Ciotola, Curator of Cultural History, New Jersey State Museum
Be transported to back to another era in this fun exhibition spotlighting the history and innovation of toy manufacturing in New Jersey. Everyone knows that the spaces on the Monopoly game are named for Atlantic City streets. But did you know that the inventor of the spring-loaded mechanism found on pinball machines lived and worked in Jersey City? Or that Lionel – the biggest name in model railroading – had factories in Hillside and Irvington? Toy World, a fun-filled exhibition now on view at the New Jersey State Museum focuses on the little known stories of the important role New Jersey played in the history of the American toy industry.
2–4 p.m. Envisioning New Jersey Book Publication Celebration
See New Jersey history as you read about it! Envisioning New Jersey brings together 650 spectacular images that illuminate the course of the state’s history, from prehistoric times to the present. Readers may think they know New Jersey’s history—the state’s increasing diversity, industrialization, and suburbanization—but the visual record presented here dramatically deepens and enriches that knowledge. This Illustrated History of the Garden State is written by Maxine N. Lurie and Richard F. Veit and published by Rutgers University Press.
How to Get to the New Jersey State Museum
Free parking is available in the Capitol Complex Parking Garage on a first come, first served basis. Additional parking is available in paid lots throughout the downtown Trenton area. Trenton is also accessible via NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor line. Taxis to the Museum are available at the Trenton Transit Center.