THE PARLOR DRESSES UP IN WEDDING FINERY
Wedding Season has arrived in the Parlor!
On view through August 2022
Read MoreAiring Out the Attic
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...
Read MoreCultural Artifact: Victory Horns, Parade Horns And Suffragettes
Featured Artifact
Suffragette Horn
Circa: Early 20th Century
Tin, with paint decor
Read MoreHistorical Artifact: Plaque Commemorating Rall’s Fall
Commemorative Plaque Bronze 24 inches high x 18 inches wide (61 x 46 cm) This bronze plaque was erected by the Trenton High School class of 1905 almost 125 years after the December 26, 1776 event that it commemorates. It marked the spot at which Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall was mortally wounded near the corner of Broad Street (then called Queen Street, or Bridge Street) and what is now Academy Street, across the street from the Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus. The building to which the plaque was affixed has been since torn down. Colonel Rall...
Read MoreUtility and Artistry: Works of the Stangl and Fulper Potteries
This important exhibition marks the first true in-depth examination of the works of the Stangl and Fulper potteries. Many rare and unique pieces, displayed in an informative and chronological format, will be on view for the first time.
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