Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

===Museums, libraries and galleries===
{{See also|Hudson County, New Jersey#Museums, galleries, exhibitions|l1=Hudson County Exhibitions}}
[[File:Greenville Library n museum 1841 JFKB jeh.jpg|thumb|Morgan Branch Library, home of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]]
The [[Jersey City Free Public Library]] is the largest municipal library system in New Jersey. It has a Main Library, bookmobile and ten branches with the newest branch, the Communipaw Branch, opening in 2024 in the [[Communipaw|Communipaw-Lafayette]] neighborhood as a public innovation hub for Jersey City and a hub for [[STEAM education|STEAM learning]], equipped with a makerspace that includes a range of tools from 3D printers to a recording studio.<ref>[https://www.jclibrary.org/library-locations Library Locations], Jersey City Public Library. accessed April 26, 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/communipaw-library-jersey-city/|title=Jersey City Celebrates Grand Opening of Cutting Edge Public Library|website=jerseydigs.com|date=October 3, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2024|author-first1=Bill|author-last1=Hartnett}}</ref>

The Main Library Branch features the [[Jersey City Free Public Library#Priscilla Gardner Main Library|New Jersey Room]], a wing dedicated to historical documents about New Jersey, with a focus on Hudson County and Jersey City. Created in 1964, the room merged the collections of William H. Richardson and the Hudson County Historical Society with material the library already possessed.<ref name="jcnjroom">{{cite web |title=New Jersey Room |url=https://www.jclibrary.org/resources/new-jersey-room/ |website=jclibrary.org |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref> The New Jersey Room holds over 20,000 volumes, in addition to historical maps and periodicals.<ref name="libguidenjroom">{{cite web |title=New Jersey Room - Resources for Local History |url=https://jclibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1120137 |website=JCFPL Guides |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref name="hobokengirl">{{cite web |last1=Griesbach |first1=Sarah |title=The NJ Room at the JC Public Library is a Hidden History-Filled Gem |url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/new-jersey-room-history-jersey-city-public-library/ |website=The Hoboken Girl |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

The [[Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]] is located on the upper floor of the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Public Library and features the heritage of Jersey City's African American community which has been preserved in a special collection. Additionally, a permanent collection of material culture of New Jersey's African Americans as well as African artifacts is also on display.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njcu.libguides.com/afroammuseum|title=Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum, 1841 Kennedy Boulevard at the corner of Stevens Avenue, Second Floor of the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library|website=njcu.libguides.com|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

The [[Van Wagenen House|Museum of Jersey City History]] is located in the historic Van Wagenen House on [[Bergen Square]] and features rotating and permanent exhibitions on the history of Jersey City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/11/museum-of-jersey-city-history-opening-with-an-exhibit-on-one-of-the-citys-best-known-figures-frank-hague.html|title=Museum of Jersey City History opening with an exhibit on one of the city's best-known figures, Frank Hague|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=November 20, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

[[Liberty State Park]] is home to the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal]], the Interpretive Center, and [[Liberty Science Center]], an interactive science and learning center. The center, which first opened in 1993 as New Jersey's first major state science museum, has science exhibits, the world's largest IMAX Dome theater, numerous educational resources, and the original [[Hoberman sphere]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/liberty.html Liberty State Park], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref> In 2017, the center debuted the Jennifer Chalsty [[Planetarium]], the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth largest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/nyregion/planetarium-opens-in-new-jersey-ushering-in-a-new-kind-of-star-wars.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206222439/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/nyregion/planetarium-opens-in-new-jersey-ushering-in-a-new-kind-of-star-wars.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-12-06|title=Planetarium Opens in New Jersey, Ushering in a New Kind of Star Wars|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> From the park, ferries travel to both [[Ellis Island]] and the Immigration Museum and [[Liberty Island]], site of the [[Statue of Liberty]].<ref>[http://www.statuecruises.com/ Home Page], Statue Cruises. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref>

The [[Jersey City Museum]], [[Mana Contemporary]], and the [[Museum of Russian Art]], which specializes in [[Soviet Nonconformist Art]],<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/27/arts/unofficial-soviet-art-on-view-in-jersey-city.html "Unofficial Soviet Art On View in Jersey City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 27, 1981. Accessed April 1, 2015. "The 25th anniversary of nonconformist art in the Soviet Union is being observed by the Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art in Jersey City with an exhibition of 200 works by 70 artists."</ref> include permanent art collections and special exhibits such as the [[International Center of Photography]] photographic collection, reading room and archives, the Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA) and the [[Richard Meier]] Model Museum at Mana. Some stations of the [[Hudson Bergen Light Rail]] feature public art exhibitions, including those at [[Exchange Place (HBLR station)|Exchange Place]], [[Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)|Danforth Avenue]]<ref>[http://www.stationreporter.net/bayonne.htm "Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429221324/http://www.stationreporter.net/bayonne.htm |date=April 29, 2012 }}. Station Reporter. Accessed January 3, 2012.</ref> and [[Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County)|Martin Luther King Drive station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |title=MLK Station |publisher=Subwaynut.com |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221090046/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Transit_Hudson-Bergen_Light_Rail New Jersey Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]. www.nycsubway.org. Accessed June 13, 2023.</ref>

Jersey City is also home to several art galleries of various scale and size including the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery and Visial Arts Gallery at [[New Jersey City University]], the Fine Arts Gallery at [[Saint Peter's University]], the Jersey City Art School 313 Gallery as well as Drawing Rooms, SMUSH Gallery, Pro Arts Jersey City - Art 150 Gallery and Novado Gallery to name a few.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njcu.edu/community/center-arts/galleries|title=Galleries|website=njcu.edu|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintpeters.edu/fineartsgallery/|title=Fine Arts Gallery|website=saintpeters.edu|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/art-galleries-jersey-city/|title=Your Guide to Jersey City Art Galleries|website=hobokengirl|date=February 25, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>