Please note: This is a single, guided group tour that includes all three sites. Participants will travel together throughout the experience, and registration is for the complete tour only; individual museum stops cannot be attended separately. Portions of the tour take place outdoors, rain or shine, so comfortable walking shoes and weather-appropriate attire are recommended.
This tour is not included with conference registration. Separate registration and payment required; register here. Transportation and lunch provided.
Step beyond the galleries and experience three distinctive museums that are preserving history, transforming institutions, and connecting communities across central New Jersey.
This exclusive tour begins at The Lawrenceville School, a National Historic Landmark founded in 1810, where you'll explore an extraordinary campus known for its architecture, fine and decorative arts collections, archives, and historic landscape.
Next, go behind the scenes at The Hopewell Museum, where museum leaders, trustees, architects, and conservators will share how this small museum has reimagined its future through strategic planning, major conservation initiatives, and the restoration of its 1877 Second Empire home.
The experience concludes at the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM), where nationally recognized exhibitions, a restored historic chapel and farmhouse, and the inspiring work of founders Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck illuminate the rich history of the African American community in New Jersey's Sourland Mountain region.
Whether you're interested in collections, historic preservation, museum leadership, or community engagement, this all day tour offers an inspiring look at how organizations of every size are preserving the past while building for the future.
