Announcements

                                                                                                                             
JECM  2012 Calendar


Our calendar is still being developed..........but so far:

First Fridays
Older Kids - 5th Grade to 9th Grade 
       Friday, February 3, 2012
Stop in early (4:00 to 6:00 for Open Tutoring
sponsored by volunteers from the Mount Olive Church in East Orange
            Call for more information on this month's programs

First Satuurday
Younger Children and Families Pre-K through 4th
Saturday, February 4, 2012
*Museum Exhibits and Activities
Roscoe's Saturday Morning Movies
This Month's Movie - "Sounder" 

SCANJ Annual Family Day
May 2012
SCANJ (The Sickle Cell Association of New Jersey) will be holding their Annual Family Day at the Jersey Explorer in May 2012.  Call for more information.


Jersey Explorer / NJ Youth Corps Open House.
May 3, 2012.  
Come and join us for a special evening at the museum.   We'll tell you more about the story of this unique museum, its special mission, and the Youth Corps young people who built and staff the Jersey Explorer.


Poetry Night at the Explorer
February 2012

Magic Carpet Film Festival
Children's Movies from Around the World
February 2012

African American - Jewish History Day
Workshops and presentations on the interelated histories
of these two American communities
Date to be announced.


New and Expanding Exhibits:  
                   
Tomb of the Egyptian Kings
We are currently expanding the lower level of this exhibit.   Our visitors will have a larger space with more secret passages and hallways to explore while trying to find  the mummy and his treasures. Opening inFebruary

Main Street
We are working on changing the current theme for the village. Present themes is New Orleans, Louisiana.   Upcoming theme Caribbean Festival.

"Call 911"
A new exhibit and presentation on Emergency Medical Services is currently being developed and will be opening in the early winter. Opening in February.

"Split Second: Moments in Life Caught in the Eye of a Camera"
A new exhibit of powerful and moving photographs from Life magazine,
The Associated Press, Magnum,  Black Star & The book "Moments."
"If it makes you laugh.  If it makes you cry.
If it rips your heart out - That's a good picture."
From Hal Buell's  Forward in  the book
"Moments: Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs"
Opening in February.