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DATE:           Moonlight Tours:  Thursday, Oct. 28 and Friday, Oct. 31 at 6pm                         Candy Treats: Saturday, Oct. 31 and Sunday, Nov. 1   PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial   DETAILS:     Dare to tour the World’s Greatest Battleship at night!  Adults can learn about the mature-side of the Battleship with this Curator-led tour of the dark Battleship. ...

DATE:           Friday, Oct. 23rd, 10:00am PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial Forecastle (forward deck) DETAILS:     The Battleship New Jersey will hold a memorial ceremony to remember the death of Michael Gorchinski, a chief aboard the USS New Jersey, who was killed in the U.S. Marines Headquarters bombing in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983.   Captain Walt Urban, ...

Museums for All to increase accessibility of high-quality museum learning resources    Camden Waterfront, NJ — Today the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial announced that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM),  to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit ...

Battleship Will Open from 11am to 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays through the End of the Year   CAMDEN WATERFRONT, NJ — The Board of Trustees of the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial announced that the ship will re-open for tours on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm, beginning Saturday, October 3.   “We are grateful to both ...

Battleship New Jersey Will Be Available For Tours Through Labor Day, And Then Will Temporarily Close U.S.S. New Jersey battles yet another enemy, COVID-19 (Camden, NJ) — Today, the Board of Trustees of the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial regretfully announces that the historic Naval ship moored on the Camden Waterfront will be available for ...

PLACE:         Battleship New Jersey, Camden Waterfront, NJ   DETAILS:     Guests touring the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial on Saturday, August 15 will not only experience how life was like aboard our nation’s most decorated and largest Battleship, but they will also experience World War II artifacts in the Officers’ Wardroom, Admiral’s and Captain’s Cabins,and Crew’s Mess, encounter ...

  TIME:            Tuesday, August 4, 2020   DETAILS:       Due to the declared state of emergency, the Battleship New Jersey will be closed for tours on Tuesday, August 4. The ship plans to re-open for tours on Thursday, August 5 from 10am to 3pm. Please stay inside and be safe during the storm.

TIME:            Begins Saturday, August 1 and will run every day for a limited time DETAILS:       The Battleship New Jersey will extend the current Fire Power self-guided tour, with a free 20-minute guided Tour of the ship’s Engine Room, beginning Saturday, August 1 from 11am to 3pm.   The free extended tour will begin in the crew’s mess, which is ...

TIME:            Friday,  July 3 thru Friday, July 31,   10am – 4pm DETAILS:       Bring in an item below and the Military Support Group of NJ, a non-profit organization, will collect the items, put them into care packages and send them to our military personnel overseas. Plus, we’ll give all donors a coupon for a free tour of the ...

TIME:            Saturday, July 4,  10am – 5:30pm   DETAILS:       There may not be fireworks scheduled over the Delaware River for the 4th of the July this year, bur the Battleship New Jersey will allow guests to have a blast –literally!   From 10am to 4pm, on the hour, a guest touring the ship on July 4th can pull the ...