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==Museums, galleries, exhibitions== [[File:LibertyScienceCenter.jpg|thumb|[[Liberty Science Center]] in Liberty State Park, Jersey City]] There are several museums and other exhibitions spaces throughout the county, some of which maintain permanent collections. Other are focused on local culture, history, or the environment. There are events throughout the year where architecture, local artists or ethnic culture are highlighted. There are also private galleries. The venues include: * [[Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jersey City - Afro-American Historical Society Museum|url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/docs/afroam.shtml|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.cityofjerseycity.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/A_Pages/Afro_American_Historical_and_Cultural_Society_Museum.htm Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616081849/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/A_Pages/Afro_American_Historical_and_Cultural_Society_Museum.htm |date=June 16, 2009 }}</ref> * [[Bayonne Community Museum]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bayonne museum eyes opening |url=http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1256192756294190.xml&coll=3 |quote=City officials plan to open the new Bayonne Community Museum in the former Fleet Bank building at 231 Broadway by early spring next year, said Henry Sanchez, president of the Board of Trustees for Bayonne Community Museum. |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=October 22, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605002557/http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1256192756294190.xml&coll=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Bayonne Truck House No. 1|Bayonne Firefighter's Museum]]<ref>[http://www.bayonnenj.org/museum.htm Bayonne Firefighter's Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707022926/http://www.bayonnenj.org/museum.htm |date=July 7, 2010 }}</ref> * [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal]]<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/C_Pages/Central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey.html Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201224707/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/pages/c_pages/central_Railroad_of_New_Jersey.html |date=February 1, 2010 }}</ref> * Cultural Thread/El Hilo,<ref>[http://www.parkpac.org/pp_exh.html The Cultural Thread/El Hilo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727163429/http://www.parkpac.org/pp_exh.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}, Embroidery Museum</ref> history, diversity and craft of embroidery * [[Danforth Avenue (Hudson County)|Danforth Avenue Station]], excavated objects<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=17 |title=Danforth Avenue Station |access-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806005024/http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=17 |archive-date=August 6, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/danforth_ave/index.php |title=Danforth Avenue station photos |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910031010/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/danforth_ave/index.php}}</ref> * [[Dixon Mills]], site of the former [[Joseph Dixon Crucible Company]]<ref>Shaman, Diana. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/29/business/developer-transforms-a-factory-in-jersey-city.html "Developer Transforms A Factory in Jersey City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 29, 1989. Accessed August 3, 2016. "Two 150-foot-high smokestacks that tower over the Van Vorst historic district in Jersey City mark the site of the former Joseph Dixon Crucible Company factory at Wayne and Varick Streets, a maze of cavernous buildings where crucibles, pencils, crayons, stove polish, lubricants and other products were once made. The four- and five-story red brick buildings, some almost a century and a half old, are being turned into a 470-unit rental apartment complex named Dixon Mills."</ref> * [[Drawing Rooms]], a contemporary art center and gallery in a former convent in downtown Jersey City<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150128040928/http://www.drawingrooms.org/about.html About], Drawing Rooms. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref> * [[Ellis Island]] Immigration Museum<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm Ellis Island], [[National Park Service]]. Accessed August 3, 2016.</ref> * [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] Branch Library Gallery, specializing in music and fine arts * [[Hoboken Artists Studio Tour]]<ref>{{cite news |title=2008 Hoboken Artists Studio Tour kicks off at noon |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/10/2008_hoboken_artists_studio_to.html |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=October 19, 2008 |access-date=October 20, 2010 }}</ref> * [[Hoboken Fire Department Museum]] * [[Hoboken Historical Museum]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=Hoboken Historical Museum|language=en-US}}</ref> history and local contemporary artists * Hoboken House Tour,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour/ |title=Hoboken House Tour |access-date=June 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920102313/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour}}</ref> private and public buildings shown annually in October * [[Hoboken Public Library]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hoboken Library|url=https://hobokenlibrary.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=Hoboken Public Library|language=en-US}}</ref> local history and local artists * [[Hudson County Courthouse]], permanent murals depicting early history and contemporary work * [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]], displays, plaques, panels of history of environment and development * [[Kearny Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kearnylibrary.org/museum.htm |title=Kearny Museum |access-date=October 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908105549/http://www.kearnylibrary.org/museum.htm}}</ref> * [[Hudson County YAM]]<ref>[http://www.yamnj.blogspot.com/.../hudson-county-yam.html Youth Art Month]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Jersey City Artists Studio Tour]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.proartsjc.org/ |title=ProArts JC Artists Studio Tour |access-date=September 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001214742/http://www.proartsjc.org/}}</ref> * [[Jersey City Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The City Museum {{!}} An Online Tour of the Best Museums and Art|url=http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=www.jerseycitymuseum.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/exhib_current.cfm JC Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705170728/http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/exhib_current.cfm |date=July 5, 2008 }}</ref> * [[Liberty Science Center]], science education, environment, health, invention * [[Liberty State Park]], interpretive center, nature and urban environment * [[Museum of Russian Art]] * [[Jersey City Public Library|New Jersey Room]]<ref>[http://www.jclibrary.org/service/njroom.php New Jersey Room] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031100835/http://jclibrary.org/service/njroom.php |date=October 31, 2010 }}</ref> of Jersey City Public Library Main Branch, public archives including historical documents and photos * [[Mana Contemporary]]<ref>[https://www.manafinearts.com/history History], Mana Contemporary. Accessed August 8, 2022.</ref> * [[Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County)|Martin Luther King Station]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |title=MLK Station photos |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221090046/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=22 |title=MLK Drive Station information |access-date=September 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806005049/http://www.mylightrail.com/index.php?option=com_hblr&task=station&Itemid=102&id=22}}</ref> memorial to civil rights leader and movement * [[Harmon Meadow Plaza|Meadowlands Exposition Center]], trade shows and cultural fairs<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome To The Meadowlands Exposition Center |website=Meadowlands Exposition Center |url=https://mecexpo.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> * [[Monroe Center (New Jersey)|Monroe Center]]<ref>[http://www.monroecenter.com/index.cfm?...id... Monroe Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714112957/http://www.monroecenter.com/index.cfm?...id... |date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref> * [[New Jersey City University]]<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/dept/art/galleries/default.asp NJCU Galleries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810083848/http://www.njcu.edu/dept/art/galleries/default.asp |date=August 10, 2009 }}</ref> ** Lemmerman Gallery ** Visual Arts Gallery ** Sculpture Garden * [[Saint Peter's College, New Jersey|Saints Peter's College Art Gallery]]<ref>[http://www.americanabstractartists.org/exhibitions-stpeters.htm American Abstract Artists at SPC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211093927/http://americanabstractartists.org/exhibitions-stpeters.htm |date=February 11, 2009 }}</ref> * [[Statue of Liberty National Monument]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/stli/|title=Statue of Liberty National Monument|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 21, 2010}}</ref> * [[William V. Musto]] Cultural Center<ref>Mestanza, Jean-Pierre (June 3, 2011). [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/06/union_city_naming_new_cultural.html "Union City naming new Cultural Center for discredited ex-mayor"]. [[NJ.com]]</ref>
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