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Monday, July 4, 2022

JULY EVENTS @ MORVEN MUSEUM & GARDENS IN PRINCETON

 


Book Launch of The Education of Betsey Stockton
WHEN: Thursday, July 14, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St, Princeton; open Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADMISSION
In-person tickets are $20 for General Admission, $15 for Morven Members. Virtual tickets are $10 for General Admission, $5 for Morven Members.

Author and historian Gregory Nobles will discuss his latest book in conversation with Morven's Curator of Exhibitions & Collections and Deputy Director Elizabeth Allan. Visitors can visit the galleries prior to the lecture, and books will be available for purchase for $25 and for signing following the program. 

Doors open for in-person guests at 6:00 p.m. with light refreshments in the Stockton Education Center. Virtual program waiting room opens at 6:00 p.m. A Zoom link will be shared the day of the program for virtual ticket holders. 

Q&A for both live and virtual attendees follows the lecture. This program is being held with the collaboration of the Princeton Theological Seminary's Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies and is hosted by local historian Shirley Satterfield, President of the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society (WJHCS).

Musical Summer Evening with the Ragtime Relics
WHEN: Thursday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE:
 
Morven's Pool House, 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ
TICKETS$15 General Admission, $10 for Morven Members. Bring your own blanket or chair.

The Ragtime Relics perform vintage American music that spans several genres and decades including ragtime, pre-war blues, jazz age, early country, swing era, bluegrass, and early rock & roll - featuring some of America’s most memorable songs from the early 20th Century which might have been played and heard by Morven's residents and visitors. 

An Evening with AT&T's Corporate Historian Dr. Sheldon Hochheiser
WHEN: Thursday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ
TICKETS
In-person tickets are $20 for General Admission, $15 for Morven Members. Virtual tickets are $10 for General Admission, $5 for Morven Members.

Discover the six transformational AT&T innovations, many of which were created in New Jersey: The Telephone, The High Vacuum Tube Amplifier, Sound Motion Pictures, The Transistor, Communications Satellites, and the Cellular Telephone. 
The Museum will be open from 5:00 to 6:15 p.m. where you may meet Curators of the exhibition Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey, Elizabeth Allan and Jesse Gordon, inside the galleries. 

Doors open for in-person guests at 6:00 p.m. with light refreshments in the Stockton Education Center. Virtual program waiting room opens at 6:00 p.m. A Zoom link will be shared the day of the program for virtual ticket holders. Q&A for both live and virtual attendees follows the lecture.

Morven Museum & Garden is supported by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this press release do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

Funding for the Ma Bell exhibition has been provided in part by AT&T Services Inc., The Hess Foundation, Liza and Schuyler Morehouse, The Astle-Alpaugh Family Foundation, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, Lisa and Michael Ullmann, Fulton Bank, and Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

ABOUT MORVEN MUSEUM & GARDEN
Most historic sites celebrate one notable resident, Morven is unique in that it was home to many remarkable people. Built in the 1750s and home to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Morven was home to five generations of Stocktons, then Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. before becoming New Jersey’s first Governor’s Mansion and home to five New Jersey governors, their families and staffs; witnessing nearly 300 years of history. Morven is located at 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ and is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The gardens are open daily until dusk.

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