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Smithsonian Spark!Lab, 20-Foot-Wide Street Art Murals, and the Return to the Bickford Theatre

Smithsonian Spark!Lab

Free Timed Tickets with Museum Admission

Invent a vehicle, play with the wind tunnel, and create a soundscape! Bring your young inventor (ages 5-12 years old) to the brand new Spark!Lab at the Morris Museum. Young inventors will have a chance to experience this dynamic space that offers a new informal approach to hands-on learning.

Spark!Lab at the Morris Museum is made possible by leadership support from BASF. Generous support is also made possible by Gay H. Osborn on behalf of the Blanche and George Jones Fund, Inc.

Members First Tuesday Events for October 5

On the first Tuesday of each month, the Museum is open just for Members between 11am-2pm. Enjoy talks, tours, and events and more!

Curator Tour of On and Off the Streets: Urban Art New Jersey

Members only! Tuesday, October 5, at 1 pm

Have you wondered how ten 20-foot-wide murals were created within the Morris Museum galleries? This month Members will enjoy an exclusive tour of the brand-new exhibition On and Off the Streets: Urban Art New Jersey with Lois Stavsky, Guest Curator, and Ronald T. Labaco, Director of Exhibitions. This special tour will examine the versatility of 12 New Jersey artists whose creative process extends from the street to the studio.

Those Beautiful Rags Mechanical Instrument Demonstration

Members only! Tuesday, October 5, ongoing between 12-1 pm

Those Beautiful Rags will come alive just for members! Join Jere Ryder,

Conservator, Guinness Collection, as he operates the mechanical instruments featured in the exhibition. Be sure to stop by to experience this exclusive opportunity to view those Beautiful Rags, in its final week before closing on October 10th.

It’s not too late to become a Member and attend this one-of-a-kind event!

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Generous support for On and Off the Streets: Urban Art New Jersey is provided by the Joseph Robert Foundation and Loop Colors.

33rd Annual Golf Outing

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at the Morris County Golf Club

Just a few days away! Tee-off with colleagues, friends, and family to help support the Morris Museum at our annual Golf Outing Event. Play an 18-hole round and then enjoy cocktails and dinner at the Morris County Golf Club.

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The Diamond-and-Emerald Bickford Benefit Concert

Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 8:00 pm

Dan Levinson celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Benefit and the 20th Anniversary of his first appearance at the Theatre! This year’s Bickford Benefit is generously sponsored by Vince and Katherine Veti.

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Image credits (from top to bottom): Young inventor in Spark!Lab, photo courtesy of William Hauser; work-in-progress mural by Clarence Rich, image courtesy of Sara C. Mozeson; Illustration by Sonya Maizell; Dan Levinson on the Back Deck, photo courtesy of Jack Grassa.