Our County

Calendar

Font Size: + -
Share & Bookmark, Press Enter to show all options, press Tab go to next option
Print

Shippen Manor: Museum Tours, On the Daily & Carpentry Demo

Museum Tours (1-4pm, last tour starts at 3:30 pm) 

The museum will be open for tours of the main floor, only. Come and see the new displays for June!

Entrance(s) are along the boardwalk.

  • Main entrance has one step up and is closer to Belvidere Ave.
  • Our ADA entrance (no steps) is the last door on the boardwalk. Please knock on the door and our greeter will let you inside. 

Parking on site is limited. If all spaces are filled, please park in town and walk over to the museum.

Our Friends of Shippen accept donations from visitors at the end of the tours. All monies are used for the museum.

Shippen Manor Presents: On the Daily
Topic: Early American Childhood

Come and visit with Cat, our special topic docent as she discusses the change in social attitude towards children from the early to late 18th c. regarding dress, diseases, education, occupations, &recreation.

Lower level dining hall (off lower porch) and workers' kitchen.

Presentation & display.

Portrait of Two Children by J. Badger
Portrait of Two Children (Joseph Badger, ca 1760)
Colonial Williamsburg

Shippen Manor Presents: 18th c. Carpentry Demonstration

 Visit with Scott as he demonstrates carpentry along the lower driveway with tools men would use during the 18th c.

Scott Lance

Admission to the museum and for the programming is free to the public. 

See our programming page for more information regarding parking, accessibility, events and more!

Family-friendly. 

If additional ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accommodations are required, all requests must be submitted in writing up to two (2) weeks prior to the programming event and we will do our best to accommodate. Please send all ADA accommodation requests to Gina Rosseland or send a letter to our offices at Shippen Manor (8 Belvidere Ave., Oxford, NJ 07863).

Return to full list >>