ATTENTION: The Main Gallery and The Nilson Gallery will be closed all day on Saturday, July 26 for the Storybook Festival!

BLAST OFF! A Space Journey - Exhibition Now Open
In the Becker Children’s Wing through August 2009. Please be sure to call ahead to confirm hours. The facility is often booked in advance for group tours and private parties.

Becker Children's Wing (children 6-12 years)
   Tuesday - Friday  2 - 4:30 PM
   Saturday  10 AM - 4:30 PM
   Sunday  1 - 5 PM
   Star Lab Planetarium Shows
  *$8.00 (includes General Admission)
   Tuesday - Friday 2:00 & 3:30 PM
   Saturday  & Sunday 1:30 & 3:00 PM

Visitors will begin their tour with a walk through the Hall of Astronomy History. See Galileo’s studio and hear him speak about his many revolutionary discoveries. Explore our fascinating Solar System through interactive presentations on the Sun, the Planets and the Milky Way. Experience the wonders of the night sky in a StarLab Planetarium show. Learn about NASA and how astronauts prepare for space travel, experience a rocket launch, and travel to the Moon’s surface! BLAST OFF! is the perfect space journey for star gazing elementary school students and anyone interested in Outer Space.

New Jersey Emerging Artists Series
08-09 EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
Our second annual New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues in the Nilson Gallery this Spring and Summer. This series gives us a chance to celebrate the breadth of talent that exists within the State. Six artists working in a variety of media were recently selected by a panel of jurors for our next series of one-person exhibitions during Summer 2008 and Spring 2009:
     John Monahan, Photography,  Three Bridges, NJ
     Darren McManus,  Acrylic on beveled wood,  Lambertville, NJ
     YvonneYaar,  Glass,  Toms River, NJ
     LindeLee Nicholas,  Ink on Paper, Middlesex, NJ
     Rick Buttari,  Oil Paintings,  Magnolia,NJ
     Kathy Forer,  Clay Sculpture,  Locust, NJ

The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series at the Monmouth Museum is supported by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Artistic Visions of Technology - Works by Joan Hierholzer
June 29 - August 3, 2008
This exhibition features powerful and dramatic murals and paintings of industrial and technological subjects by artist Joan Hierholzer. Intrigued by the role of technology in our civilization, she creates canvases full of color, movement and energy. Her long time fascination with the space program inspired her to create a four-panel Challenger space shuttle mural that is included in the official art collection of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

New Jersey Emerging Artists Series.
Rick Buttari - Oil Paintings
July 11 – August 10, 2008
Artists talk Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7 to 8:00 p.m.
This talk is free and open to the public, but registration is required as seating is limited. Call the Museum at 732-747-2266 to register and for additional information.

Summertime StoryBook Festival
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Fun and games for all ages. Meet your favorite Storybook characters including Curious George and the Berenstain Bears. Enjoy storytime with Mother Goose, and Fairytale arts and crafts. Meet a Princess and take your picture with a new Storybook friend. Activities include face painting, balloons, music and refreshments. General Admission: $10 per person; Museum members and Mom’s Club Members – $9 per person.. Register with this form.

New Jersey Emerging Artists Series
Linda Lee Nicholas – The Pod on Paper
August 15 – September 14, 2008
Opening Reception Friday, August 15, 6 to 8:00 pm
Artists talk Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7 to 8:00 pm
This talk is free and open to the public, but registration is required as seating is limited. Call the Museum at 732-747-2266 to register and for additional information.

Fabulous Fiber - A Juried Exhibition
August 15-September 21, 2008
Opening Reception August 15, 6 to 8:00pm
This exhibition is juried by award winning fiber artists Joanie San Chirico and Geraldine Velasquez and will explore both traditional and contemporary works in fiber. Exhibition opportunity is also posted on www.artdeadline.com. Download the CALL FOR ENTRIES prospectus HERE.

Girls Night Out - Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters
August 20, 2008, 7 to 10:00pm Reservations required.
For the ladies (and men who dare) we are bringing back our popular “Girls Night Out”.The juried fiber exhibition will be a fitting background for a quilt show by the Williams sisters, known as “Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters” including a program of songs, dance, history and a display of colorful quilts. Refreshments include cosmos and mojitos will accompany this highly entertaining summer event. The cost is $25 for Museum members and $30 for non-members. Call the Museum at 732-747-2266 for reservations.

Juried Photography Invitational Exhibition
September 26-November 2, 2008
Opening Reception September 26, 6 to 8:00pm
This exhibition will showcase the talents of many creative artists. Exhibition opportunity is also posted on www.artdeadline.com. Download the CALL FOR ENTRIES prospectus HERE. Submission date extended until 8/11/08.

20th Anniversary Gala of the Becker Children's Wing
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Save the date and check back soon as the plans for the festivities unfold.

Celestial Holiday Exhibition
November 23, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Opening Reception November 23, 2008 from 2 to 3:30pm
This annual holiday exhibition will explore the wonders and beauty of Outer Space in trees decorated by local garden clubs and the Friends of the Museum. This theme will compliment our current exhibition in the Becker Children’s Wing – BLAST OFF! A Space Journey. As usual, the ever-expanding model railroad layout will play a prominent role in the holiday festivities. Stories, activities and arts and crafts associated with the exhibition are scheduled during the holidays.

Dorn’s Classic Images: New images from the archives
In the main hallway through Summer 2008.
Vintage Historical Photographs from the collection of Kathy Dorn Severini. Possibly the richest pictorial archive of mid century Monmouth County and New York that was ever displayed, the Dorn's Collection is a treat. For the past fifteen years Kathy Dorn Severini has been archiving over 5,000 glass negative photographic plates from her family's business, Dorn's Photography in Red Bank, NJ. A small portion of the extensive archive has been printed and the black and white photographic prints are available for sale and the Museum will receive 30%.You will find aerial views of the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers, the Morro Castle shipwreck, and bustling business districts of yesteryear among the views.

The WonderWing
An ongoing, permanent exhibition for children two to six years old.
Please be sure to call ahead to confirm hours. The facility is often booked in advance for group tours and private parties.
Explore the lively and colorful coral reef, discover a kelp forest or catch a fish, and take a slide through a great white whale. Be an adventurous sailor and board a pirate ship, or put on a costume and pretend in the Tiki Theater. Children ages two to six years old boost their marine IQ with hands-on, innovative play in an undersea environment. And inquire about our WonderWing Birthday parties!