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Department of State

New Jersey State Museum

The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State
Planetarium

Spring Break Programs March 26 – 28

Planetarium shows –at 1:00, 2:00 & 3:00 PM
Free Drop-in activities – 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Imagination Studio
Create your own spring flowers to take home.

Jacob Planet

All About Solar Eclipses

March 30, 4:15 PM.
Find out why eclipses happen, why they don’t happen every single month, and why they’re interesting to astronomers. Free eclipse glasses for attendees.

Eclipse

Free Eclipse Glasses

On April 8th, 2024 Trenton will experience the most significant partial eclipse for the next two decades! Starting Saturday, March 16, all shows in the Planetarium will start with a short “how to safely view” this superb celestial event. At the end of each show, free eclipse glasses will be distributed while supplies last!

Gallery

Science Under the Stars: Ice dunes or Molten hellscape?

April 20, 4:15 PM
Join us in the Planetarium for this free talk! Guest speaker Dr. Mariah MacDonald, The College of New Jersey, covers what it means for a planet to be habitable and how we can use the dynamics of planets to study their composition, formation, and evolution.


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