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Fall Harvest Family Festival

Saturday, October 24 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Members: $8/child; $7/adults

Non-members: $12/child; $11 adults


Enjoy a day of seasonal fun for the entire family! Visit our newest exhibition, Horseplay: A History of Equestrian Sports in New Jersey. Then participate in a variety of exciting activities, including pony rides, pumpkin painting, creating your own blue ribbon, and face painting. The first 100 children under 12 will receive a free Breyer horse model to paint. Large groups are welcome. For more information, please call 973.971.3718.

Lenape Indian Family Day

Saturday, November 14 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Free with museum admission

Spend a day learning about New Jersey's first people - the Lenape Indians. John Kraft, Creator and Director of Lenape Lifeways, will give presentations at 12:30 and 2:00 p.m. in the American Indian Gallery as he shares authentic and recreated objects such as masks, clothing, musical instruments and tools. Families will also be invited to create corn husk dolls and mini birch bark canoes using craft materials. For more information, please call 973.971.3718.

Rock & Mineral Weekend

Saturday, November 28, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Presented by the Morris Museum Mineralogical Society

Free with museum admission

Enjoy a rockin' weekend at the Morris Museum! Examine rare fossils and fluorescent minerals or hear a guest speaker. Society members will be available to identify your rocks and minerals. Exhibitors and top mineral, gem and fossil dealers will be on hand. Enjoy events for children, including a sand box scavenger hunt and a mineral magic show! For more information, please call 973.971.3720.

 

Registration Information
Drop in anytime during these workshops to participate. Registration is not required. Call 973.971.3718 for information. Adults must accompany children.