Collections

Recent Acquisitions from the Brooklyn Museum

Posted on Dec 4, 2023 in Collections, Current Exhibits, Decorative Arts, Exhibits, Featured, Industrial and Cultural Artifacts, Pottery

Now on view in Upper Gallery 4: The generous gift of 20 historic ceramic pieces given by the Brooklyn Museum to the collection of the Trenton Museum Society.

See this cross-section of Trenton-made ceramics through spring 2024.

IN THE BEGINNING … Early Acquisitions from the TMS Collection

Posted on Nov 29, 2023 in Collections, Current Exhibits, Decorative Arts, Exhibits, Featured, Fine Arts, Industrial and Cultural Artifacts, Pottery

In the Beginning…
Early Acquisitions from the Trenton Museum Society Collection

Curators’ Talk POSTPONED

THE PARLOR DRESSES UP IN WEDDING FINERY

Posted on May 1, 2022 in Current Exhibits, Decorative Arts, Exhibits

Wedding Season has arrived in the Parlor!

On view through August 2022

Airing Out the Attic

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Exhibits, Fine Arts, Past Exhibits

Airing Out the Attic On display July 11 – September 9, 2018 When the Trenton City Museum opened its doors to the public in 1978, it had already acquired a small collection of decorative art and historical objects, and a few pieces of fine art. Over the last forty years, the collection has grown to comprise nearly six thousand objects including more than 250 works of fine art, both donated and purchased. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Museum’s opening, the Trenton Museum Society is Airing Out the Attic and putting on display more than eighty works from its fine arts...