Live History Weekend at Morven

Saturday & Sunday, April 11 & 12
Time-slots available between 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Live History USA presents In Time, an interactive mystery in the museum. Some of Morven’s exhibits have come to life! You have 45 minutes to solve the puzzle that gets them back to their own time.

Important Event Information

  • Your ticket includes access to the first floor of the museum, the interactive theatre event, and Morven’s newest exhibition, Northern Family, Southern Ties. 
  • To register, select a date (April 11 or April 12) using the “When Would You Like to Visit Us?” button. Then select your preferred time using the dropdown menu under “Availability” and enter the type and number of tickets you’d like to purchase. 
  • The interactive experience takes about 45-minutes.
  • Recommended for ages 12+
  • Free parking is available on site
  • Pre-registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Ticket Type
Cost

General Admission

$15 per guest

Seniors

$12 per guest

Students

$12 per guest

Active Military & Veterans

$12 per guest

Morven Members

$10 per guest

Children, 6 and under

Free admission

FOR MORVEN MEMBERS

Please note that you must login into your Morven Member account in the upper righthand corner of the registration page in order to access the member rate.

Like escape rooms and puzzles? You’ll love Morven’s Live History Weekend, where your task is to solve a mystery in the historic mansion before the clock runs out!


Built in the 1750s for Founding Father Richard Stockton, Morven Museum & Garden has been home to generations of the Stockton family, welcomed illustrious guests (from George Washington to Althea Gibson), was modernized in the 1930s when industrialist Robert Wood Johnson, Jr (of Johnson & Johnson) moved in, and served as NJ’s first governor’s mansion. Dozens of enslaved people and servants lived at the site as well. All of this is documented in the museum—and now some of those people have stepped out of their exhibits and come back to life!


You have 45 minutes to help them! Solve the puzzle so they can get back to their time. Get clues from the exhibits and from interacting with figures like the fabulist Helen Hamilton Shields Stockton, Civil War veteran Samuel Witham Stockton, and Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., among others. But it may not be easy…not everyone may be telling the truth. 


This fun and unique event is at Morven for one weekend only!


Live History (www.livehistoryshows.com) is a Governor General’s Award nominated theatre company that specializes in bringing your local history to life. Live History has toured international venues in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, England, Wales and Ireland.

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Have a question about this event?

Contact Morven's Curator of Education & Public Programs, Greer Luce, with any inquiries.
Phone:  609-924-8144, ext. 106

Email:  gluce@morven.org