The Newark Museum

The Newark Museum is rich in culture and history. The building is located in Newark, New Jersey's largest city at 49 Washington Street. It has outstanding collections, exhibitions, programs and educational resources in its multi-building campus located in the heart of the Downtown Arts District of Newark. Founded in 1909, The Newark Museum underwent an extensive four-year, $23 million renovation and expansion which was completed in 1989.

The facility was design by the world famous architect Michael Graves. The Museum complex, the largest in New Jersey, weaves together 80 galleries of art and science, a mini zoo, planetarium, gift shops, cafe, auditorium, sculpture garden, and much more. The Newark Museum Library is a research library on the arts and sciences. It contains approximately 30,000 volumes in the areas in which The Newark Museum collects. These areas are: American Art; Asian Art; the Decora-tive Arts; the Arts of Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific; the Classical World; Numismatics; and Natural Sciences, including astronomy and zoology.

The Newark Museum a historical; learning experience and somewhere you must put on your places to visit list.

For further information, please contact:
The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street,
Newark, New Jersey 07102-3176 or call at: 973-596-6550 or Email: library@newarkmuseum.org