Princeton NJ Events

Historic Jugtown Walking Tour, Historical Society of Princeton

Saturday September 21, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join historian Clifford Zink for a tour of Princeton’s third oldest neighborhood, the Jugtown Historic District. First called Queenston, the area started as a crossroads settlement around 1730. View the architectural evolution of the neighborhood, while enjoying some stories of people who lived and worked here. Locations will include the site of the potteries that gave Jugtown its name, the attempted women’s college in Princeton, and the quarries that supplied stone for the construction of many of Princeton’s buildings. Tour starts in front of the Hook and Ladder Co. firehouse, 27 N. Harrison Street. Copies of the new Jugtown/Queenston booklet will be available to purchase at the printing cost of $12.

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When They Were Here, William Trent House

Saturday September 21, 2024
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

First day for an immersive exhibition by local artist Beverly Keese-Kelley presenting a snapshot of those whose stories may not have been told. Keese-Kelley preserves their forgotten tales through an installation of artifacts, providing a visual journey into the past. With flashes of historical moments of untold and abandoned stories about the African-American experience during enslavement and beyond, these stories are preserved and the contributions of those who lived them are celebrated. On view through September 29.

15 Market Street, Trenton. www.williamtrenthouse.org.

Historical Presentation - “Welcoming Lady Washington”, Rockingham Historic Site

Saturday September 21, 2024
1:30 PM

Rockingham Historic Site offers “Welcoming Lady Washington” in the Dutch barn. Alisa Dupuy of The Ladies of History portrays Martha Washington, who accompanied her husband George while he was at Rockingham in 1783. Free registration required at rockinghamWLW.eventbrite.com. Call 609-683-7132 or visit www.rockingham.net for more info. Co. Rte. 603, between Kingston & Rocky Hill (Franklin Twp.), NJ.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour: Residential Colleges Neighborhood

Saturday September 21, 2024
2:00 PM

Princeton University Art Museum, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, University Place. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Join a guided walking tour of the campus collections with an Art Museum guide and discover a variety of artworks by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Sol LeWitt to Maya Lin.