Join us for our annual Fourth of July Festival! This is a free public event with activities at Morven Museum & Garden and the Princeton Battlefield State Park. The 2025 event is sponsored by Blue Sky Green Earth.
Take your practice outside with Gratitude Yoga. Join us this summer for a weekly Donation-Based Outdoor Yoga class in Morven’s beautiful gardens. This all-levels Vinyasa class is open to everyone.
A popular Princeton Public Library tradition, the 2025 Summer Reading Soirée will feature author Claire Messud in conversation with Amy Jo Burns as she discusses her book “This Strange Eventful History.” Registration includes refreshments, door prizes, and more. Registration is requested for this FREE event as space is limited.
You’re invited to a relaxing twilight tour of Morven’s gardens with one of our knowledgeable horticulturalists. The tour will be followed by light refreshments on the museum’s Pool House porch.
All seatings are sold out at this time. Travel back in time with an enchanting afternoon Cream Tea service in Morven’s historic Garden Room. Seatings at 12:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Your ticket includes an optional tour of the museum with one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents.
What do the Hope Diamond, Anderson Cooper, the Battle of Bull Run, and composer Frank Johnson all have in common? They all connect to Morven of course! Grab your most competitive (and trivia-minded!) friends and family and join us for the museum’s inaugural “Six Degrees of Morven” Trivia Night.
Renowned opera star Renée Fleming crowns opening weekend of the 2025 Princeton Festival, New Jersey’s premier performing arts extravaganza. Organized and led by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, enjoy music, opera, dance, and more within a tented pavilion on the picturesque grounds of Morven Museum & Garden.
Take a tour of the museum’s newest exhibition, Morven Revealed: Untold Stories from New Jersey’s Most Historic Home. Led by one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents, this monthly tour will lead visitors through the unique stories that made this most historic of houses a home for centuries of inhabitants.
All seatings are sold out at this time. Travel back in time with an enchanting afternoon Cream Tea service in Morven’s historic Garden Room. Seatings at 12:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Your ticket includes an optional tour of the museum with one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents.
Join author Becky Libourel Diamond for an engaging talk exploring her latest book, The Gilded Age Cookbook. Books will be available for purchase and signing with the author following the talk. This program is offered as part of the museum’s current exhibition, Morven Revealed: Untold Stories from New Jersey’s Most Historic Home. Attendees can visit the exhibition from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. as part of their program ticket.
The May 21 tour has been canceled due to weather. You’re invited to a relaxing twilight tour of Morven’s gardens with one of our knowledgeable horticulturalists. The tour will be followed by light refreshments on the museum’s Pool House porch.
Capture the beauty of Morven’s gardens and grounds in a two-day Plein-Air Painting Workshop with the Arts Council of Princeton and instructor, Debra Pisacreta.
Experience a behind-the-scenes look at Morven’s newly updated permanent exhibition with Morven’s curators and research team. This free gallery tour is limited to 25 participants. Pre-registration is required.
This program is sold out. Join Morven, the Marquand Park Foundation, and the Historical Society of Princeton for an interactive program exploring the material culture and natural history of Marquand Park. Begin at Morven to view maps, photographs, and more documenting the park’s history. This includes architect John Notman’s hand drawn plans of Fieldwood, Judge Field’s Italianate villa, built c. 1852. Following the museum visit, attendees can take a walking tour of Marquand Park led by knowledgeable guides Evie Timerlake and Becca Flemer, co-chairs of the Marquand Park Foundation.
Join Sustainable Princeton and Morven Museum & Garden for a day of sustainable, Earth-friendly fun! Free and open to the public.
Travel back in time with an enchanting afternoon Cream Tea service in Morven’s historic Garden Room. Seatings at 12:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Your ticket includes an optional tour of the museum with one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents.
Take a tour of the museum’s newest exhibition, Morven Revealed: Untold Stories from New Jersey’s Most Historic Home. Led by one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents, this monthly tour will lead visitors through the unique stories that made this most historic of houses a home for centuries of inhabitants.
Join Advocate members and above and hear from Morven curators and research consultant, Sharece Blakney as they give a behind-the-scenes look at the three-year long project to uncover and share the lives of those previously obscured from history. RSVP to Megan Shackney at 609.924.8144 x 101 or email mshackney@morven.org.
Join Contributor members and above for light refreshments as we gather and enjoy the first signs of Spring. RSVP to Megan Shackney at 609.924.8144 x 101 or email mshackney@morven.org.
Celebrate National Poetry Month this April at the home of one of America’s first female published poets, Annis Boudinot Stockton. Discover the "magic" of the People & Stories/ Gente y Cuentos method - making connections, transforming lives through literature - one short story at a time. This is a free program. Space is limited.
Don’t miss the fourth and final program in the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, Celebrating the Experimental: The Case Study Houses with speaker Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Art Historian, Curator, and author of Case Study Houses: 1945-1966: The California Impetus (Taschen, 2016). This program is sponsored by Capital Health. The 2025 series is sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust.
Don’t miss the third program in the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, Reclaiming The Edith Farnsworth House with speaker Nora Wendl, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of New Mexico and author of Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth (University of Illinois Press, 2025). This program is sponsored by Mrs. G Appliances. The 2025 series is sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust.
All seatings are sold out at this time. Travel back in time with an enchanting afternoon Cream Tea service in Morven’s historic Garden Room. Seatings at 12:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Your ticket includes an optional tour of the museum with one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents.
Please join us for the second program in the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, Architecting Nature: Philip Johnson, David Whitney and the Evolution of the Glass House Estate, 1946-2024 with speaker Maureen Cassidy Geiger, curator, scholar, and author of The Philip Johnson Glass House: An Architect in the Garden (Skira Rizzoli, 2016). This program is sponsored by David Schure and Grant Wagner, mid century modern house specialists from Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty. The 2025 series is sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust.
The Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) and Morven Museum & Garden are pleased to host the 2nd Cadwalader Lecture featuring local author and historian John Rees. Rees will discuss the largely unknown and under-appreciated role Black soldiers played in the fight for Independence at Princeton and the American Revolution.
You’re invited to the first program in the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, Louis Kahn and Toby and Steven Korman House with speaker William Whitaker, Director and Chief Curator of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and author of The Houses of Louis Kahn (Yale University Press, 2013). This program is sponsored by Capital Health. The 2025 series is sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust.
Morven is pleased to present the 2025 Grand Homes and Gardens Speaker Series, The Quality of Doing: Mid-Century Modern Grand Homes & Gardens, featuring four scholars who will look at the work of Mid-Century Modern architects and designers through the lens of landmark homes and gardens across the United States. The 2025 series is sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust.
Drop in for a Family Day at Morven! Visit an over 200 year old home and share in the stories of everyone who lived within its walls. The day will feature activities, crafts, and storytimes for all ages. Pre-registration is appreciated.
This program is at capacity. Registration is closed. Experience a behind-the-scenes look at Morven’s newly updated permanent exhibition with Morven’s curators and research team. This free gallery tour is limited to 25 participants. Pre-registration is required.
This event has been canceled due to weather. Travel back in time with an enchanting afternoon Cream Tea service in Morven’s historic Garden Room. Seatings at 12:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.. Your ticket includes an optional tour of the museum with one of Morven’s knowledgeable docents.
Morven is pleased to join the Princeton Public Library, Not In Our Town Princeton, and the Princeton Theological Seminary for an engaging panel of Princeton institutions that have researched their histories of involvement with slavery, discrimination or institutionalized racism, and developed strategic responses. This program will take place at the Princeton Public Library.
This event is sold out. Take a break from the busy holiday season for an enchanting and relaxing night out at the museum! Explore Morven’s exhibitions alongside our annual holiday display - the Festival of Trees. Enjoy a live choral performance from Westrick Music Academy and access to our Museum Shop for one of a kind gifts.
This event is sold out. Inspired by the holiday decorations that adorn Morven each year, create your own unique gingerbread house and explore the magic of the Festival of Trees with the whole family. Pre-built gingerbread house, decorations, and light refreshments included.
Spend a festive evening with Morven’s curators sharing centuries of holiday traditions and “little known” stories on a tour of the museum’s special exhibition, Morven Revealed: Untold Stories of New Jersey’s Most Historic Home. Enjoy light refreshments, stop in the Museum Shop, and explore the Festival of Trees.
Please note that all tea seatings are sold out at this time. It’s tea time at Morven - holiday edition! You’re invited to a special holiday tea including admission to explore the museum’s popular Festival of Trees before or after your seating. Seatings offered at 11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
Close out Morven’s 20th anniversary with our annual winter fundraising event, the Festival of Trees Winter Garden Party. This year’s event celebrates the Festival’s theme “Deck the Halls with Matzo Balls!” inspired by Governor Hughes’ family tradition. Hear from Governor Hughes’ daughter Honey Hughes, explore the museum’s display of trees, enjoy drinks and food around the fire pit, and so much more.
