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Let us bring the Morris Museum to your facility!
The Morris Museum offers a variety of Outreach Programs for Adults. All programs are designed to encourage adult participants in a hands-on, minds-on experience using museum artifacts and reproductions.
Endangered? Extinct? Participants will explore the impact of human choices, such as hunting, harvesting and human-animal conflict on world wildlife.
Take a walk in the woods without going outdoors! Discover the secret signs that mammals, birds and reptiles leave behind, and discuss their interconnections while handling antlers, turtle shells, and other natural specimens.
In this tour of the earth’s active crust, participants will explore the historical geology of the earth, and how natural processes impact our planet through volcanic activity and earthquakes.
Using a four-step art critique process, participants will be encouraged to appreciate fine and decorative art objects from the Morris Museum collection.
Participants will experience a multi-sensory exploration of music by seeing, hearing and touching diverse instruments, and learn a little bit about the culture that created each instrument.
As a complement to the museum’s permanent exhibition, the Murtogh D. Guinness collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata, this program incorporates a variety of multi-media clips of various pieces. Discussion will focus on the historical significance of the collection, and will reveal how the concept of entertainment changed over time.
Using reproductions and museum artifacts, participants will piece together a picture of pioneer life in the 1800s.
This program provides a broad overview of American Indian life in four major geographical and cultural areas.
- Coming to New Jersey: Immigration & the Garden State
This program is an exploration of the diverse cultures that have contributed to New Jersey’s history . Whether their reasons for coming were religious, political or economic, New Jersey’s history is full of the stories of everyday men and women.
Using material culture – the objects of the past – which relate to everyday life, discover how objects may influence their perspective on the past, and why it is important to preserve these tangible pieces of history.
Quilts serve as tangible expressions of community and heritage. Explore the stories that lie between the stitches while learning about the art and history of quilting in various cultural groups.
Explore the Western Hemisphere with the Morris Museum Traveler Series, and become acquainted with the people and culture of several countries. Participants are encouraged to share memories of their own travel experiences while viewing photos taken by Morris Museum staff members (and enjoying our travel stories too!). Programs include handling objects from all countries listed, and can be scheduled for individual countries or as a series.
Morris Museum Traveler programs include:
Canada & Alaska
Mexico
The Caribbean
British Isles
Ireland
The Low Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
Switzerland
Germany & Austria
Italy
Morris Museum’s Adult Outreach "Spotlight" series engages adults of all ages with exciting object presentations based on a variety of themes. These programs present an introduction to specific topics. Handling and examining objects, artifacts and reproductions provides educational and entertaining explorations in the sciences, arts and humanities.
Programs include:
Ancient Civilizations
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Ancient Egypt: Scarabs, bulls, lions and cats…discover the significance of ancient Egyptian gods through examining everyday objects. Using a model, observe the process of making a mummy by which the human body was preserved in order to enjoy life after death.
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Ancient Greece: Explore ancient Greek life through examination of common everyday objects such as plates, cups, bowls and lamps. Listen to stories of the gods they worshipped, and view their images in visually artistic and utilitarian works of arts.
Cultural Heritage
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African Masks: These marvelously carved spiritual objects served ritualistic purposes and were considered to be magically powerful. Discover the importance and religious aspect of African masks such as the Baluba, Kifwebe and Senufo masks, as they were believed to be the representation of the body and spirit.
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Musical Instruments of Indigenous Cultures: Explore and delight in drums and rattles from Africa to Alaska, Indonesia to Ecuador! Observe and play various Native American instruments while learning about the cultures from which they came.
Science
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Mammals: Explore the natural world up-close! Examine mounted specimens of local wildlife, and learn about their habits and habitats.
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Birds: Participants will examine a variety of birds through an assortment of mounted specimens. Don’t miss this opportunity to closely observe and learn about their habits and habitats.
Programs are approximately one hour in length and can be scheduled from Monday through Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. To ensure the dates of your choice, we suggest you schedule as far in advance as possible.
Fee: $100 per program plus $25 travel fee if over 10 miles from museum
For more information, or to schedule a program, call: 973.971.3710,
from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
Registration is required. Space is limited.
Please call 973.971.3718 for more information or to register.
Click here to check the monthly calendar for workshops and lectures this season.
1 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Visit the Morris Museum for an early afternoon of art and conversation with museum staff. Each program will include a highlights tour through a featured exhibition, engaging discussion in the galleries and light refreshments.
Pre-registration is not required.
Check the monthly calendar for each month's featured exhibition.
For more information, or to register for a program please call 973.971.3718.
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