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powered by FreeFind	NJ Atlantic City Absecon Lighthouse 31 South Rhode Island Avenue Atlantic City NJ 08401 Phone 609 449-1360 Web Site http://www.abseconlighthouse.org/ E-mail mailto:webmaster@abseconlighthouse.org?subject=About Us Page Contact Alt Web http://community-2.webtv.net/myrascal/KEEPTHELIGHTS1/page7.html Description not far from the boardwalk and casinos, open to climb Type of Resource Specialty Museum Building Type Lighthouse Owner/Operator: Inlet Public/Private Association New or Updated: 2/19/2007 NJ Caldwell Grover Cleveland Birthplace State Historic Site 207 Bloomfield Avenue Caldwell NJ 07006 Phone 973 226-0001 Web Site http://www.westessexguide.com/gcb/ E-mail mailto:gcmuseum@superlink.net Description very early childhood home of Grover Cleveland Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Industry /Profession Politics Era 1837 Owner/Operator: NJ DEP New or Updated: 12/1/2003 NJ Camden Campbell Soup Company Archives Campbell Soup Company Building 81 Camden NJ 08103 Phone 609 342-4800 Web Site www.campbellsoups.com Description memorabilia of company products, ads, promotional items -- call for access information Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Food Research /Reading Archives New or Updated: 5/10/2005

Search this site	NJ Far Hills USGA Golf House, Museum & Library Liberty Corner Road PO Box 708 Far Hills NJ 07931 Phone 908 234-2300 Web Site http://www.usga.org/aboutus/museum/museum.html E-mail mailto:library@usga.org Alt Web http://www.njskylands.com/atusga.htm Description golf equipment, memorabilia, artifacts, theater with vintage footage Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Sports Industry /Profession Golf Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 5/20/2005 NJ Flemington National Auto Racing Hall of Fame & Museum Flemington Speedway Route 31 Flemington NJ 08822 Phone 908 782-5053 Web Site *** Description racetrack has closed, so, presumably, has museum Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive Nature of Group or Site Hall of Fame New or Updated: 10/1/2004 NJ Frenchtown Excelsior Press Museum of Printing Frenchtown NJ Web Site http://frenchtown.com/museums/ExcelsiorPress/ E-mail mailto:printer@Frenchtown.com Description e-mail for appointment print shop equipment from mid-20th century in a barn on a farm near the Delaware River Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Industrial Industry /Profession Printing Collection G-M Machinery Era 1920-1950 New or Updated: 4/12/2007 NJ Haledon American Labor Museum, Botto House 83 Norwood Street Haledon NJ 07508 Phone 973 595-7953 Web Site http://inet.paterson.k12.nj.us/~labormuseum/index.html E-mail mailto:labormuseum@aol.com Alt Web http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/dl/trips/alm.htm Description story of American workers, ethnicity, immigrants, at focal point of 1913 Paterson Silk Strike Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Labor New or Updated: 1/15/2004 NJ Lakehurst Navy Lakehurst Historical Society Lakehurst NJ 08733 Phone 732 818-7520 Web Site http://www.nlhs.com/nlic/index.html Alt Web http://www.nlhs.com/ Description** center of blimp operations, site of Hindenburg crash, still in use as Navy Air Engineering Station. Limited hours, advance reservations required Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation Owner/Operator: Navy Lakehurst Historical Society New or Updated: 6/28/2007 NJ Little Falls Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Montclair State U 8 Quarry Road Little Falls NJ 07424 Phone 973 655-2378 Web Site http://www.yogiberramuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:yogi.museum@montclair.edu Description Yankee catcher & manager, Mets manager, unique interpreter of the English language Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Famous People Industry /Profession Baseball New or Updated: 3/31/2004 New Jersey Millville Museum of American Glass 1501 Glasstown Road Millville NJ 08332 Web Site www.wheatonvillage.org Toll Free 800 998-4552 E-mail mailto:mail@wheatonarts.org Description exclusively American Glass, working glass factory, demonstrations of other crafts, folklife center Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Arts Nature of Group or Site Crafts Field of Study/Science Facility Folk Life Collection G-M Glass New or Updated: 3/21/2007 New Jersey Ogdensburg T S Warren Museum of Fluorescence 30 Plant Street Ogdensburg NJ 07439 Phone 973 209-7212 Web Site http://www.sterlinghill.org/warren/index.htm E-mail mailto:warrenmuseum@sterlinghill.org Description 16 exhibits in 3 rooms including 16 foot long display of fluorescent minerals under varied light sources, theme cases, 3000 pound geode Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Natural History Field of Study/Science Facility Minerals New or Updated: 05/06/2003	Google
	NJ Point Pleasant New Jersey Museum of Boating Johnson Brothers Boatworks Point Pleasant NJ 08742 Phone 732 859-4767 Web Site http://www.njmb.org/ E-mail mailto:info@woodenboatsnj.com?subject=NJMB Description located in boatyard, print ads, drawings, photos, boat models Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Collection G-M Models Collection N-Z Photographs New or Updated: 9/18/2004 NJ Somerville Wallace House State Historic Site 38 Washington Place Somerville NJ 08876 Phone 908 725-1015 Web Site http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/virtual_tours/wallace_house.html Description built by a Philadelphia merchant, George Washington used it as HQ in the winter of 1778-1779 Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus President Nature of Group or Site Government Field of Study/Science Facility Industry /Profession Politics Era 1778 New or Updated: 07/20/2003
	New Jersey Toms River Toms River Seaport Maritime Museum Hooper Avenue & Water Street Toms River NJ 08753 Phone 908 349-9209 Web Site http://www.tomsriverseaport.com/ E-mail mailto:tomsriverssmm@yahoo.com Description predominantly recreational sailing vessels Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Last changed: 02/17/2003 New Jersey Trenton Trenton Police Museum Address Trenton NJ Phone Web Site http://trentonpolice.com/police_museum Description 200 years of local police history Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Local History Industry /Profession Law Enforcement New Jersey Tuckerton Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum 137 West Main Street PO Box 52 Tuckerton NJ 08087 Phone 609 296-8868 Web Site http://www.oceancountygov.com/decoy/default.htm Description replica of a hunting shanty with exhibits of local fishing and crafts, with tools, decoys, antique photos Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Industry /Profession Fishing Collection N-Z Woodcarving New or Updated: 04/08/2003 New Jersey Tuckerton Tuckerton Seaport 120 West Main Street PO Box 52 Tuckerton NJ Phone 609 296-8868 Web Site http://www.tuckertonseaport.org/index.html Description 40 acre recreated structures of coastal seaport village, with tools, boats, Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Industry /Profession Fishing Owner/Operator: Barnegat Bay Decoy & Baymen's Museum New or Updated: 04/08/2003

	NJ West Trenton New Jersey State Police Museum River Road PO Box 7068 West Trenton NJ 08628 Phone 609 882-2000 Web Site http://www.njsp.org/about/museum.html Alt Web http://www.ci.trenton.nj.us/guidelandmarks.html Description simulated crime lab, police training, Lindbergh kidnapping Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Law Enforcement Owner/Operator: NJ State Police New or Updated: 7/27/2005 Whippany Whippany Railway Museum 1 Railroad Plaza Route 10 & Whippany Rd PO Box 16 Whippany NJ 07981 Phone 973 887-8177 Web Site http://www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.org/ E-mail mailto:paultup@optonline.net Description museum in depot and other buildings, railroad memorabilia, rolling stock, water tower, exhibits on ocean liners, coal, model railroad Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot Collection G-M Model Railroad Collection N-Z Rolling Stock New or Updated: 7/28/2005 NJ Woodbury Friendship Fire Company Museum 29 Delaware Street Woodbury NJ 08089 Phone Web Site www.jersey.net/~dwayne/history1.htm Description local fire department since 1830, with 1799 pumper and 1911 steamer Type of Resource Specialty Museum Industry /Profession Firefighting New or Updated: 8/2/2005
	New Mexico Albuquerque FOOD Museum 9008 La Paz NW Albuquerque NM 87114 Phone 505 898-0909 Web Site www.foodmuseum.com E-mail mailto:hughes@foodmuseum.com Description virtual museum of food from around the world by real-world exhibit designers Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Agricultural Nature of Group or Site Online Museum NM Albuquerque International Rattlesnake Museum 202 San Felipe NW, Suite A Albuquerque NM 87104 Phone 505 242-6569 Web Site *** Alt Web http://newmexico.org/place/loc/directory/page/DB- place/category/149/place/752.html Description all about rattlesnakes, they have a website but it crashes our browser every time we try to open it Type of Resource Specialty Museum Nature of Group or Site Animals Field of Study/Science Facility Reptiles New or Updated: 4/14/2007 NM Albuquerque Museum of Turquoise 2107 Central NW Albuquerque NM 87104 Phone 505 247-8650 Web Site * Alt Web http://www.frommers.com/destinations/albuquerque/A33667.html Description explore turquoise from 60 mines, entrance through mine tunnel, history, myths, jewelry Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Natural History Field of Study/Science Facility Geology Collection G-M Jewelry New or Updated: 8/23/2005 NM Albuquerque National Atomic Museum 1905 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque NM 87104 Phone 505 245-2137 Web Site http://www.atomicmuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:info@atomicmuseum.com Description history of the Atomic Age: Curie, Einstein, Meitner; radiation, Manhattan Project, nuclear medicine Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Science Museum Industry /Profession Energy New or Updated: 8/25/2005 NM Albuquerque Telephone Pioneer Museum of New Mexico 110 4th Street NW PO BOX 1892 Albuquerque 87103 Albuquerque NM 87102 Phone 505 842-2937 Web Site http://www.nmculture.org/cgi-bin/instview.cgi?_recordnum=TPM E-mail mailto:lxturne@eni.net Description early telephone equipment -- hundreds of phones, switchboards, teletype machines, photos, story of telephone pioneers and operators Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Technology Industry /Profession Telecommunications New or Updated:** 8/11/2005
	New Mexico Clovis Clovis Depot Model Train Museum 221 West First St Clovis NM 88101 Phone 505 762-0066 Web Site http://www.clovisdepot.com/ Toll Free 888 762-0064 E-mail mailto:philipw@3lefties.com Description 9 operating layouts in several scales, railroading history, BNSF operations Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Railroad Building Type Depot Collection G-M Model Railroad Collection N-Z Toys Era 1950-1960 New or Updated: 04/07/2003
	New Mexico Kirtland AFB National Atomic Museum Wyoming Street Kirtland AFB 87117 Phone 505 284-3243 Web Site www.atomicmuseum.com Description rockets, planes, weapons, medicine, robotics, Manhattan Project Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Technology New Mexico Portales Blackwater Draw Museum & Archaeological Site 42987 Highway 70 Portales NM Phone 505 562-2202 Web Site http://www.enmu.edu/academics/excellence/museums/blackwater- draw/museum/index.shtml E-mail mailto:webmaster@enmu.edu Description built to display artifacts from archaeological finds dating back 13,000 years Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Archaeology New or Updated: 04/29/2003 NM Rio Rancho J and R Vintage Museum 3650 North Hwy 528 Rio Rancho NM 87124 Phone 505 867-2881 Web Site http://www.jrvintageautos.com/ Description autos on display, and for sale Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Automotive New or Updated: 10/1/2004
	New Mexico Roswell International UFO Museum and Research Center 114 North Main Street PO Box 2221 Roswell NM 88202 Phone 505 625-9495 Web Site www.iufomrc.com Description if you know what UFO stands for, you've probably heard of Roswell, ground zero for those who believe we've had visitors from other planets Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Space UFO Enigma Museum 6108 South Main Roswell NM Phone 505 347-2275 Web Site *** Description if you know what UFO stands for, you've probably heard of Roswell, ground zero UFO activity; flying saucer on the roof of this building, diorama of crash site Type of Resource Specialty Museum Field of Study/Science Facility** Space
	New Mexico Santa Fe Archdiocese of Santa Fe Museum 223 Cathedral Place Santa Fe NM 87501 Phone 505 992-0341 Web Site http://nmculturenet.org/cgi-bin/siteman/jump.cgi?ID=2124&dt=Artisans Alt Web http://santafe.conventioncenterhotelsguide.com/attractions.html Description features art works from churches throughout diocese Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Religion New or Updated: 03/27/2003 New Mexico Santa Teresa War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport Road Santa Teresa NM 88008 Phone 505 589-200 Web Site www.war-eagles-air-museum.com Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Aviation NM White Sands Missile Range White Sands Missile Range Museum White Sands Missile Range NM Phone 505 678-8824 Web Site www.wsmr-history.org/ E-mail mailto:terrie.cornell@us.army.mil Description outdoor missile park with missiles & rocket, history of middle & space Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Military Field of Study/Science Facility Space Collection A-F Arms New or Updated: 7/13/2007
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