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| Old Barracks Museum Museums, Trenton, NJ | Open The Old Barracks Museum announces it will close to the public from January 1st to February 25th, 2007, but will honor prior school and tour group reservations during that time. The Museum will reopen to the public February 26th, 2007, on its regular seven-day-a-week schedule and with full programs and services. Hours Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thankgiving, Dec. 24-25, Jan.1 and Easter |
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The Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, originally built in 1758 to house troops during the French and Indian War, is best remembered for its role in the 1776 and 1777 Battles of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. The Old Barracks was first opened as a museum in 1902 by a group of patriotic women who purchased the building and enlisted the help of several patriotic societies to help run the operation. In 1914, the founding women deeded the property to the State of New Jersey under the conditions that the Old Barracks Association manage the museum forever with an annual State appropriation. The museum is now an educational institution under the IRS 501 ( c ) (3) code and is dedicated to interpreting American culture and the history of Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey. The mission of the Old Barracks Association is to preserve the Old Barracks building for future generations, to conserve the historical collections it houses, and to design programs and educate the public about early American culture, the history of Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey and the history of the Old Barracks. |
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