ATTRACTIONS

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Military Park
  Broad Street • Newark, NJ 07101
  Between Rector Street and Raymond Boulevard
  This park was first designed as a training field for soldiers when the city was planned in 1667, and now contains a number of important pieces of statuary that include the Wars of America Monument that was unveiled in 1926, and a bust of John Fitzgerald Kennedy that was unveiled in 1965.   map

Libraries & Research Centers

• Newark Public Library
  5 Washington Street • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-733-7800
  This public library offers an extensive collection of books, periodicals, reference materials, research materials, computer and internet access, audio tapes, video tapes, and many other informational and educational materials.  more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Aljira
  2 Washington Place • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-643-6877
  This non-profit center for contemporary art features monthly exhibitions and auctions of paintings and sculptures created by local artists.   map

• Art Gallery, The
  87 Halsey Street • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-623-0062
  Since 1961 this gallery has showcased a wide range of original art, including paintings, sculptures, and graphics by the best of regional and international artists.   map

• City Without Walls
  Gateway One • Newark, NJ 07101
  973-622-1188
  Since 1975 this gallery has featured exhibitions of the works of young and emerging New Jersey artists.   map

• Halsey Street Art Gallery
  119 Halsey Street • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-824-6080
  This gallery showcases a wide array of African American art, with a collection that includes oil paintings, lithographs, posters, decorative ceramic plates, and much more.   map

• New Jersey Historical Society
  52 Park Place • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-596-8500
  Founded in 1845, this historical society operates a museum, a library and archives that are dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the intricacies of the rich cultural, political, social, and economic history of the state of New Jersey.  more...  map

• Newark Museum, The
  49 Washington Street • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-596-6650
  The collections at this fine museum include exemplary representatives of the best in American, Asian, African, Greek, Egyptian and Roman art, as well as historic decorative arts, a mini-zoo, a planetarium and a museum of natural science, and much more that is educational and awe inspiring.  more...  map

• Richardson Gallery
  41 Halsey Street • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-596-1944
  This gallery specializes in oil paintings, lithographs and engravings, and also offers a variety of imported paintings, as well as custom framing services.   map

• Robeson Art Gallery
  350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard • Newark, NJ 07102
  973-353-5110
  This gallery offers a variety of exhibits of fine art to the public free of charge; a variety of styles and media are represented at the various exhibitions.  more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Branch Brook Park
  235 Clifton Avenue • Newark, NJ 07104
  This is the first county park to be opened for public use in the United States; the four-mile-long park offers many scenic and tranquil vistas of beauty that one may enjoy while going for a stroll beside the water, under the cherry blossom laden trees, watching the birds, ducks, geese, and egrets, or riding bicycles through the park.  more...  map

• Lincoln Park Historic District
  Broad Street and Clinton Avenue • Newark, NJ 07101
  This four-acre park was designed in 1850 and is surrounded by brownstones that served as dwellings for the elite of the Nineteenth Century, and also features an array of impressive statuary, ancient trees, historic buildings, and more.  map