Morris Museum
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The Morris Museum is in Morristown, New Jersey
. By 1927 the museum's collection filled seven rooms. From 1938 through 1956, the museum's contents were on display at the Maple Avenue School. The museum was formally incorporated in 1943.
The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American
crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles. One gallery features mechanical musical instruments and automata
. Changing exhibitions of art, history and culture are drawn from the museum's collections of costumes and textiles, fine art, decorative art, dolls and toys, natural science, geology and paleontology, and anthropology.
One room is dedicated as a memorial to Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
(1882-1973), a resident and supporter of Madison, New Jersey
, and features paintings and sculpture that reflect her life and keen interest in community and animal welfare.
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 18,411. It is the county seat of Morris County. Morristown became characterized as "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the...
. By 1927 the museum's collection filled seven rooms. From 1938 through 1956, the museum's contents were on display at the Maple Avenue School. The museum was formally incorporated in 1943.
The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles. One gallery features mechanical musical instruments and automata
Automata
Automata is the plural form of automaton, a self-operating machine. It may also refer to:* "Automata", a short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann* "Automata", a hardboiled science fiction crime series by Penny Arcade...
. Changing exhibitions of art, history and culture are drawn from the museum's collections of costumes and textiles, fine art, decorative art, dolls and toys, natural science, geology and paleontology, and anthropology.
One room is dedicated as a memorial to Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge was the youngest child of Almira Geraldine Goodsell and William Avery Rockefeller, Jr., the Standard Oil tycoon. Giralda Farms was the name given to her New Jersey country estate, stables, and kennels. Her residence was a revival of Medieval Spanish Gothic...
(1882-1973), a resident and supporter of Madison, New Jersey
Madison, New Jersey
Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
, and features paintings and sculpture that reflect her life and keen interest in community and animal welfare.