Sunday, April 12, 2009

Places to go - keeping HS fresh

When did you last take a hike, visit a zoo, planetarium, or your favorite museum?

Are you getting outside enough? Many zoos are open 362 days of the year. Or look for a class on Environmental Education Places. Check out your County Parks programs (or the Morris County, NJ calendar). Or a bird sanctuary?

Pretty spur of the moment: Ice skating or roller skating rink, miniature golf, or try a museum with a new exhibit, one you have never been to, or somewhere you have not visited recently. Have you thought of these museums?
  • Morris Museum (visual and performing arts, natural and physical sciences, and humanities museum, Morristown);
  • Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (Madison);
  • Montclair Art Museum (Montclair);
  • Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms (Parsippany, NJ), April 1 - November 16:

    Wed. to Fri. - Noon to 3:00 p.m. (with tours: 12:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.) and weekends yer-round.

  • Liberty Science Center (directions);
  • Frelinghuysen Arboretum, 53 East Hanover Ave, Morris Township 973-326-7600, open daily 9 am - 4:30 pm
  • Zimmerli Art Museum (Rutgers, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick) across the street from the (limited hours, but both are and convenient to the train station);
  • The NJ Museum of Agriculture (North Brunswick, they also have educational programs at $185 for 25 students);
  • Newark Museum (art & science with hands on exhibits, Newark); or
  • Franklin Mineral Museum (Franklin)?
  • Guided Tour of the Willows, Historic House at Fosterfields, 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown 973-326-7645. Tours 1 pm, Wednesday - Friday and on weekends at 1 pm & 3 pm.
  • Lake hopatcong Historical Museum, Hopatcong State Park, Route 80, Landing 973-398-2616. free admission
  • Dover History Museum House, 155 West Blackwell Street, Dover, NJ 973-366-06329, only open Sundays 1 - 4pm
  • Whippany Rail Museum. open mostlyweekends, but call first.
and these zoos:
  • Bronx Zoo, NY
  • Bergen County Zoological Park (Van Saun Park Zoo), Van Saun Park, 216 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ, 201-262-3771
  • Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ 973-731-5800/5801(open virtually year-round)
  • Space Farms Zoo & Museum (218 Route 519, Sussex, NJ. 07461, Phone: (973) 875-5800, website: http://www.spacefarms.com/)
  • Cape May County Park & Zoo: 364 days a year! 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
    (closing at 3:45 p.m. during winter hours) 707 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
  • Johnson Park Zoo, River Road, Piscataway, NJ 732-745-3900
  • Lakota Wolf Preserve, 89 Mount Pleasant Road, Columbia, NJ, 877-SEE-WOLF, Wolf Watch program presented Twice Daily (Summer Hours) - 10:30 and 4:00. Fall & Winter (Standard Time) Twice Daily - 10:30 and 3:00. No Appointment required on weekends. Call for Reservations for Monday through Friday.
  • Cohanzick Zoo, Bridgeton City Park, Bridgeton, NJ, 856-455-3230 ext. 242 or 277
or these . . .

for Crafts:
  • Glassworks (Morristown)
  • Brushes and Bisque (Denville)
  • Plastermania, 534 Kearny Ave, Kearny, NJ, 201-991-2229 or 1-800-748-4496

Advance Planning Required:
NY Sun Works - (perhaps as much as a year!) arrange a trip to their sustainable energy/hothouse barge.

mostly for the younger crowd:

More in NY
:
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor:
Website: www.thepurpleheart.com
phone: 1-877-28Honor
374Temple Hill Road
{Route 300}New Windsor NY

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