(Included in Admission price unless otherwise specified)
Ongoing
Morven Museum Tours: Year-Round
Morven Garden Tours: May – October
Wednesday Tour and Tea (not
available in December)
Tea served at 1:00 p.m.
Enjoy your tour before or after tea
$15.00 per person / Reservations required
Please call by the Friday before to reserve a place.
Now through March 2008
Ben Again! is a private collection on loan from Franklin scholar Roy E. Goodman of Philadelphia. It is an amusing mix of pop culture items bearing Benjamin Franklin’s image, reminding us of the America of yesterday. This eclectic and whimsical exhibition is great for families!
“A New Jersey Treasure: The Large House in Miniature” is a Greek Revival style, three-story, 20 room architectural miniature. It is a fully furnished replica of the historic Reading-Large House in Flemington, New Jersey. You truly must see it to believe it!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
A New Twist for the Garden: Beautiful Climbers!
2 p.m. lecture by Dan Long followed by coffee, tea, and refreshments
The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
Free parking at Morven, one block from The Present Day Club.
Add a new dimension to your garden with flowering vines! Climbers can transform a simple flower bed into an extraordinary garden space. Dan Long will discuss favorite decorative vines and strategies for integrating them into your garden. Tickets are $35. Click here to download flyer.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Building Beautiful and Functional Bamboo Garden Trellises (12 noon- 1 p.m.)
Workshop by Jack Staub. Staub is a leading expert on the art of the potager and the author of 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden and 75 Remarkable Fruits for your Garden. A book signing will follow this informative workshop.
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
Free parking at Morven. FREE for members. Click here to dowload flyer for invitation.
Plant Sale Preview (1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
Members only.
“Morven in May” (5 p.m. – 7 p.m.)
Our annual Garden Party featuring herbal delicacies, refreshing beverages, festive music, and a silent auction of horticultural rarities and whimsical garden antiques. Tickets mailed in April.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Morven’s annual Plant Sale features more than 100 species of hard-to find heirloom and connoisseur plants that have been grown especially for Morven. This year’s theme is Classics, Climbers & Containers. Besides old-fashioned favorites like scented woodland tobaccos, heliotropes, and sweet Williams, unusual varieties of passion flower, clematis, and other choice vines will be offered. (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10, 2008
Two-Day Botanical Drawing Workshop
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Bring a brown bag lunch!)
Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
Good drawing starts with good observation. In this workshop you will learn toning techniques that use a single light source, simple perspective principles for drawing flowers, and analysis of plant structure and colored pencil techniques to help you create realistic and natural colors of plants, flowers and fruits. Click here to download flyer.
June 1, 2008
Public Opening of Picturing Princeton 1783: The Nation’s Capital
Largest exhibition ever assembled at Morven and the anchor event of the 225th anniversary of Princeton’s service as the nation’s capital in 1783. The exhibition will employ the power of portraiture to bring to life the people and events of this important chapter in Princeton and the nation’s history. More than 70 portraits, accompanied by archival documents, decorative arts, and historic artifacts, will be gathered at Morven to tell the story of Congress’ five-month stay in the small town of Princeton, when the leading citizens of the new country worked to resolve the aftermath of the Revolution and establish a national government. For more information on community-wide events, visit revolutionaryprinceton.org.
July 4, 2008
July Jubilee at Morven
Family Day at Morven with horse and carriage rides, re-enactments, early-American games, story-telling, Scottish dancers and more. Free admission.
December 2008 thru January 2009
Colonial Holidays: Festival of Trees
