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History In-Person: Live Tour of Liberty Hall Museum

by  Liberty Hall Museum

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Join a live museum educator in period dress as they take you on a tour of Liberty Hall Museum. Discover the home of both New Jersey's first elected governor, William Livingston and multiple generations of the powerful and wealthy Kean family.  Enjoy 250 years of history, an incredible collection of artifacts and objects left behind by the family, and stories from the past!

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About This Program

Cost

Point to Point: $100.00
By Request: $100.00



Length

45 Minutes


Target Audience

Education: Teacher(s)/Educator(s), Parent, Adult Learners, Homeschool/Family , Learning PodPublic Library: Library Patrons, Library Staff

Minimum participants:

10

Maximum participants:

100


Primary Disciplines

Social Studies/History Arts and Culture


Program Delivery Mode

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Booking Information

Program Availability: Monday-Friday: 10:00am-7:00pm; Saturday and Sunday: 2:00pm-5:00pm; Programs must be booked at least two weeks in advance.

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

Please contact the museum at hgaston@kean.edu or 908-527-0400 to discuss the cancellation policy.

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Liberty Hall Museum

Union, New Jersey
United States

Liberty Hall Museum, a historic house and gardens museum in Union, New Jersey and the state's premier in-person and virtual field trip destination, offers a diverse array of virtual school programs and lifelong learner experiences designed to enlighten and inform all curious minds.

Whether you are playing with toys from over 200 years ago with your school class, studying the plants in our historic greenhouses with your scout troop, or engaging with a presentation about Liberty Hall’s powerful women at your local library, Liberty Hall Museum provides the unique opportunity to see, touch, and relive history.

Our school programs meet a variety of Common Core and New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards and all our programs are conducted by museum educators who share a genuine love of this museum. Liberty Hall’s historians and staff are dedicated to ensuring that every visitor who visits the museum leaves with a greater appreciation for our nation and our state’s history.

Contact:
Hannah Gaston
hgaston@kean.edu
908-527-0400

Program Details

Format

1. Introduction to the live tour
2. Live tour of Liberty Hall, visiting multiple rooms
3. Question and Answer Time

Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Gain an understanding of the families and people that occupied Liberty Hall including the Livingstons. Keans, and their servants and enslaved peoples
- Explore the various changes that happened in the home as multiple generations of families lived at Liberty Hall
- Develop an appreciation for the vast collection that is saved and preserved at Liberty Hall
- Engage in a discussion about American and New Jersey history that was witnessed at Liberty Hall