Popular New Jersey art museums and galleries that would be of interest to fine arts enthusiasts looking for an educational and enjoyable day trip, or to complement their weekend getaway or vacation.
All of the museums, art galleries, and art centers are open to the public and include exhibits that display l works from artists and crafts people. Some of these special exhibitions are limited engagements as well as ongoing or extended period of times. All of the exhibits are not exclusively for adults, many can be enjoyed by children.
Belskie Museum of Art & Science
280 High Street
Closter, NJ
Exhibits the works of sculptor and medical illustrator Abram Belskie and provides a forum for the arts by providing a venue where both local and international artists of repute can display their works.
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum
705 Kinderkamack Road
Oradell, NJ
One of only five museums in the United States to exclusively display wildlife art.
Montclair Art Museum
3 South Mountain Avenue
Montclair, NJ
They feature distinctive collection of American and Native American art, exhibitions, and educational programs that link art to contemporary life in a global context.
The Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Road
Morristown, NJ
A Smithsonian affiliate and home to an ever-evolving array of innovative exhibitions and events that reflect the diversity and vitality of New Jersey.Features the enjoyment of the visual and performing arts, natural and physical sciences, and humanities through exhibitions, performances, and educational programs.
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
Features experiences in the arts and natural sciences with 80 galleries of world-class collections including American, Asian, African and Classical.
The Art School at Old Church
and the Mikhail Zakin Gallery
561 Piermont Road
Demarest, NJ
An art school and fine art gallery offering art classes, craft classes, workshops, children's classes, art exhibits & more.
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ
The Zimmerli's American art collection, numbering more than 16,500 objects, includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper (prints, drawings, and photographs), and decorative arts.
Freehold Art Gallery
7A West Main Street
Freehold, NJ
They feature all mediums of art from both emerging and established local New Jersey artists, select works by artists from around country and the world, as well as prints, historic maps, photographs, documents, and other unique pieces.
Guild of Creative Art
620 Broad Street
Shrewsbury, NJ
The Guild is dedicated to advancing excellence in the visual arts through teaching, exhibits, workshops, and special events.
The Hunterdon Art Museum
7 Lower Center Street
Clinton, NJ
Features contemporary art and design and serves as a home for art education programs.
The New Jersey State Museum
205 West State Street
Trenton, NJ
The museum features over two million artifacts, explore collections in natural and cultural history, archaeology and ethnography, and fine art.
Princeton University Art Museum
McCormick Hall in the middle of the Princeton University campus
Princeton, NJ
The art collection features over 112,000 objects. The collections continue to be supplemented by exceptional long-term loans whose histories are now intertwined with that of the Museum, including extraordinary collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and sculpture lent by the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation; of modern art lent by the Sonnabend Collection; and of modern and contemporary art—including perhaps the finest collection of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat in the world.
The Noyes Arts Garage
2200 Fairmount Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ
The Arts Garage houses two museums, The Noyes Museum of Art Galleries and the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey. It also includes eight artist studios, galleries, shops, a café, an art classroom, and hosts special events throughout the year.
Ocean City Arts Center
1735 Simpson Avenue
Ocean City, NJ
The features art gallery with exhibits by regional and national artists of various mediums. They offer weekly classes, workshops for adults, teens, and children. They also have a summer art camp.