#1 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Hunterdon Pain Center
2100 Wescott Dr Flemington NJ - 908-788-6410
~7.07 miles from Branchburg city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
Somerville NJ
~7.85 miles from Branchburg city center
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The United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, located in Davis, California, is a private organization formed to preserve and promote the sport of cycling.
The hall was formerly located in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The Hall announced in April 2009 that it would move to Davis. The grand opening of the new downtown Davis facility was on April 24, 2010. The hall of fame joined a collection of historic bicycles that were already located in Davis. Davis has an extensive bicycling infrastructure, culture and legacy. It replaced the 3rd and B teens center, which was a slightly controversial move among the teenage population of Davis, but many of it's functions, such as dances, were moved to the veteran's memorial.
Historic bicycles at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in Davis, California
The Hall of Fame is located on the top floor of the building and includes the bicycles of Major Taylor and Frank Kramer as well as a championship sash and medals from Frank Kramer.
The main floor of the museum includes topical exhibits. In 2010, there was an exhibit about the Tour of California and a display about Greg LeMond.
The basement includes an extensive display of historic bicycles that includes Draisine and Velocipede models. The display also includes landmark bicycles from the 1950's through the present that illustrate the rapid recent evolution of the bicycle
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Bridgewater Commons
Bridgewater NJ
~8.58 miles from Branchburg city center
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Bridgewater Commons is a fully-enclosed mall located in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The mall is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 202/U.S. Route 206 and borders Interstate 287. The mall opened in 1989 and has a gross leasable area of 900,000 sq ft (84,000 m2). Bridgewater Commons is owned by General Growth Properties.
The mall was expanded in 2005-06 to include a lifestyle center called "The Village at Bridgewater Commons". It is anchored by Crate and Barrel and Maggiano's Little Italy and contains 15 other stores.
Mall anchors are Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor and Macy's. The mall also contains a wide variety of upscale stores, such as Brooks Brothers.
The mall hours are Monday-Thursday: 10:00 am-9:00 pm, Friday: 10:00 am-9:00 pm, Saturday: 10:00 am-9:00 pm and Sunday: 12:00 am-7:00 pm. However, individual store hours may vary.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Herrontown Woods Arboretum
Princeton NJ
~9.62 miles from Branchburg city center
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Herrontown Woods Arboretum (142 acres) is an arboretum located on Snowden Lane near the junction with Herrontown Road, in Princeton, New Jersey. It is open to the public every day at no cost.
The arboretum was donated to the Mercer County Park Commission in 1957 by mathematician Prof. Oswald Veblen (1880-1960) of the Institute for Advanced Study, and is preserved in its natural state. It contains a pine forest, over 30 species of trees, shrubs, and flowers, and walking trails.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton Township Hall
Princeton NJ
~10.05 miles from Branchburg city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
TD Bank Ballpark
Bridgewater NJ
~10.39 miles from Branchburg city center
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TD Bank Ballpark is a 6,100-seat baseball park in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey that hosted its first regular season baseball game on June 7, 1999, as the tenants of the facility, the Somerset Patriots, defeated the Newark Bears. It was designed by Clark Caton Hintz and SSP Architecture and built by Epic Construction.
TD Bank Ballpark is named for TD Bank, N.A., which purchased Commerce Bancorp in 2007. Formerly called Commerce Bank Ballpark, the original naming rights were sold to the institution in July 2000. The stadium was originally known as Somerset Ballpark.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton Cemetery
Princeton NJ
~10.47 miles from Branchburg city center
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Princeton Cemetery is located in Borough of Princeton, New Jersey. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. John F. Hageman in his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey refers to the cemetery as: "The Westminster Abbey of the United States."
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton Public Library
Princeton NJ
~10.68 miles from Branchburg city center
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Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08542
Tel: 609-924-9529
Library Hours
Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location
The Princeton Public Library is located at 65 Witherspoon Street, at the corner of Witherspoon and Wiggins Streets, in Princeton Borough. You can see our location on a Yahoo! map.
Parking
Library parking is available in the Spring Street municipal lot located adjacent to the library. Drivers can enter the lot from Spring Street or through the library access driveway off Wiggins Street. Library card holders who are residents of the Princeton Township or Borough can have their tickets validated for 2 hours of free parking, all others will receive 1/2 hour of free parking if they use the Spring Street municipal lot.
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Palmer Square
Princeton NJ
~10.78 miles from Branchburg city center
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Palmer Square is a collection of shops, restaurants, offices and residential spaces in Princeton, New Jersey. Originally built in 1936-1939 by Edgar Palmer, heir to the New Jersey Zinc fortune, the Square was created by architect Thomas Stapleton in the Colonial Revival style as the town's complement to Princeton University, which sits across Nassau Street from the Square.
In order to build the original Square, Birch Street was removed in 1929 and its houses, the center of the original African-American neighborhood of Princeton, were moved to Birch Avenue. Construction of the Square was delayed until 1936 by the depression, and plans to extend the Square past Hulfish Street were put on hold after the initial phase of construction was completed, and were not realized until the 1980s, along with an expansion of Nassau Inn.
The Nassau Inn, which was formerly located directly on Nassau Street, was the centerpiece of the development. A small park sits in front of the Inn, which includes the Borough's Christmas tree. Between the park and Nassau Street, a smaller square holds a bronze statue of a tiger.
One Palmer Square is a major office building, former home to Princeton Bank and Trust (now PNC Bank). The plaza in front of One Palmer Square is the main downtown bus stop, and includes a sculpture by Seward Johnson.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Gilded Lion
4 Chambers St Princeton NJ - 609-924-6350
~10.82 miles from Branchburg city center
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At the Gilded Lion, Leo Arons presents fine art and antiques in a comfortable atmosphere of elegance and connoisseurship. Located in Princeton's historic district, just across the street from Princeton University and one block from the Nassau Inn, the gallery has long been an important destination for the experienced collector and browser alike.
At the gallery, the discerning visitor will discover art and antiques of many periods and cultures. A uniformly high level of artistry and quality assures that any purchase will give pleasure and value in the years to come.
Leo Arons' studies have been published by the Princeton University Library and Princeton University Art Museum. He has lectured widely and, as a certified member of the American Society of Appraisers, provides authoritative appraisal services. Whether buying or selling, please discuss your needs with Leo Arons at the Gilded Lion.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Morven
Princeton NJ
~10.89 miles from Branchburg city center
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This historic structure was the residence of Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Nassau Hall (Old Nassau)
Princeton NJ
~10.94 miles from Branchburg city center
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Nassau Hall (or Old Nassau) is the oldest building at Princeton University in the borough of Princeton, New Jersey (USA). At the time it was built in 1754, Nassau Hall was the largest building in colonial New Jersey. Designed originally by Robert Smith, the building was subsequently remodeled by notable American architects Benjamin Latrobe and John Notman. In the early years of Princeton University (then the College of New Jersey), Nassau Hall accommodated classrooms, a library, a chapel, and residential space for students and faculty. It housed the university's first Department of Psychology, for example.
During the events of the American Revolutionary War, Nassau Hall was possessed by both British and American forces and suffered considerable damage, especially during the Battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. From July to October 1783, Princeton was the capital of the early United States of America, and Nassau Hall hosted the entire American government. The Congress of the Confederation met in the building's library on the second floor. According to Princeton University, "Here Congress congratulated George Washington on his successful termination of the war, received the news of the signing of the definitive treaty of peace with Great Britain, and welcomed the first foreign minister—from the Netherlands—accredited to the United States."
At present, Nassau Hall houses Princeton University's administrative offices, including that of the university's president. Old Nassau refers affectionately to the building and serves as a metonym for the university as a whole.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton University
1 Nassau Hall Princeton NJ - 609-258-3000
~11.03 miles from Branchburg city center
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Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Princeton does not offer professional schooling generally, but it does offer professional master's degrees (mostly through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) and doctoral programs.
Founded in 1746 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, it was moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and renamed Princeton University in 1896. (The present-day The College of New Jersey in nearby Ewing, New Jersey, is an unrelated institution.)
Princeton was the fourth institution of higher education in the U.S. to conduct classes. The university, unlike most American universities that were founded at the same time, did not have an official religious affiliation. At one time, it had close ties to the Presbyterian Church, but today it is nonsectarian and makes no spiritual demands of its students. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
http://www.princeton.edu/
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton NJ
~11.03 miles from Branchburg city center
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The Princeton University Art Museum is Princeton University's gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1882, it now houses over 72,000 works of art that range from antiquity to the contemporary period. The Princeton University Art Museum dedicates itself to supporting and enhancing the university’s goals of teaching, research, and service in fields of art and culture, as well as to serving regional communities and visitors from around the world. Its collections concentrate on the Mediterranean region, Western Europe, China, the United States, and Latin America.
The museum has a large collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, including ceramics, marbles, bronzes, and Roman mosaics from Princeton University’s excavations in Antioch. Medieval Europe is represented by sculpture, metalwork, and stained glass. The collection of Western European paintings includes examples from the early Renaissance through the nineteenth century, and there is a growing collection of twentieth-century and contemporary art. Photographic holdings are a particular strength, numbering over 20,000 works from the invention of the camera in 1839 to the present.
The museum is also noted for its Asian art gallery, which includes a wide collection of Chinese calligraphy, painting, ancient bronze works, jade carvings, as well as porcelain selections.
In addition to its collections, the museum mounts regular temporary exhibitions featuring works from its own holdings as well loans made from public and private collections around the world.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Albert Einstein's House
Princeton NJ
~11.10 miles from Branchburg city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
McCarter Theater
Princeton NJ
~11.16 miles from Branchburg city center
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McCarter Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional company on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It is one of the most active cultural centers in the nation, offering over 200 performances of theater, dance, music and special events each year. Over 200,000 people come to McCarter each season.
Coordinates: 40°20'39.51?N 74°39'38.53?W
McCarter Theatre Center is recognized as one of this country’s leading regional theaters, and is the only organization in this country that is both a professional producing theater and a major presenter of the performing arts. With this identity comes a unique commitment to creating, developing and producing new work for the stage, re-investigating classical theatrical repertoire, and bringing the best of the world’s performing artists to Central New Jersey. McCarter demonstrates an unwavering commitment to engaging, educating and cultivating a broad range of audiences, making the arts accessible to all people, and presenting an unparalleled variety of bold, stimulating, diverse and provocative programs across disciplines.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton University Stadium
Princeton NJ
~11.18 miles from Branchburg city center
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Princeton University Stadium is a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Princeton Tigers. The stadium opened in 1998 on the site of Princeton's former stadium, Palmer Stadium, and seats 27,773.
The year and a half needed to tear down Palmer Stadium and build the new field where it has stood meant that Princeton would not have an operational stadium for the 1997 season. Because of this the team was forced to play all of their games on the road.
The stadium's exterior shell mirrors the layout of Palmer Stadium, and the grandstands are four sided, with a second deck added on all sides except the south. The press box and luxury boxes are located above the west-side upper deck. One of the stadium's structural pillars houses the University's new rock climbing wall, which opened in the fall of 2008. In addition to the stadium itself, the building project included building a track to the immediate south of the venue, which shares the stadium's south end facilities. (Previously, the track was located inside the stadium.)
Recently, FieldTurf was installed replacing the former grass surface at Princeton Stadium. This announcement was made in early 2006, and allowed the football team to complete their spring practice in the stadium. The football team now holds almost all of their practices in the stadium. Since the Stadium's opening, no Princeton Tiger had rushed for over 200 yards in a single game at Powers Field until current all-ivy junior running back Jordan Culbreath rushed for 276 yards against Dartmouth on November 22, 2008.
Investor and 1979 alumnus William C. Powers, a former All-Ivy punter for the Tigers, made a $10 million gift to Princeton's football program, which is the largest donation ever to Princeton athletics. His donation funded a state-of-the-art playing surface for the stadium field. In honor of Powers and his family, the University will name Princeton Stadium's game field "Powers Field."
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Drumthwacket
Princeton NJ
~11.25 miles from Branchburg city center
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Drumthwacket is the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey and is located at 344 Stockton Street in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Drumthwacket is close to Trenton, the state capital.
The original portion of the building was constructed in 1835 by then-future Governor Charles S. Olden. Its name comes from two Scottish Gaelic words that mean "wooded hill."
In 1893, the property was purchased by Moses Taylor Pyne, a Trustee and great benefactor of Princeton University, who greatly expanded the home and constructed an elaborate decorative garden. The renovations and expansions under Pyne were carried out by architect Raleigh Gildersleeve, who also built many buildings on the Princeton campus, as well as a number of Princeton's eating clubs. Pyne died in 1921, and the property was sold by his granddaughter, Agnes Pyne in 1939.
Drumthwacket and the surrounding land was sold to the state in 1966 and was designated as the governor's mansion in 1982. Prior to 1982, Morven served as the Governor's mansion. Drumthwacket is administered by the state New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, with the interior run by the Drumthwacket Foundation. The residence is known for its extensive gardens.
The Governor of New Jersey is also provided two beach houses on the Jersey Shore for use during his/her tenure in office.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Palmer Stadium
Princeton NJ
~11.39 miles from Branchburg city center
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Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 (against the same Dartmouth team) before Princeton University Stadium was built on the site (albeit pushed slightly further north) in 1997.
The building was named for Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the university, by his son, Edgar Palmer III. Like Harvard Stadium, it was horseshoe-shaped (which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium), but was wider, including a full-sized track (around the football field) instead of the smaller one at Harvard. It opened to the south (facing Lake Carnegie) and the grand main entrance was at the north.
It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing, the track's long-jump record was owned by Jesse Owens.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Princeton Battlefield State Park
Princeton NJ
~11.73 miles from Branchburg city center
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Princeton Battlefield State Park is a 100-acre (40 ha) state park located in Princeton, New Jersey. The park preserves the site of the Battle of Princeton (January 3, 1777), which was a victory for General Washington's revolutionary forces over British forces. The park is maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, and is located on Mercer Road (Princeton Pike), about 1.5 miles south of Princeton University and 3.8 miles north of Interstate 295/95..
Highlights of the park include the Princeton Battlefield site; the Clarke House Museum (see below); Mercer Oak, a tree which stood in the middle of the battlefield; the Ionic Colonnade designed by Thomas U. Walter (architect of the US Capitol Building); and a stone patio marking the grave of 21 British and 15 American soldiers killed in the battle. A poem was written for the site by Alfred Noyes, Poet Laureate of England.
The park's hiking trails lead to the Delaware and Raritan Canal and to the 588-acre (2 km2) adjacent property of the Institute for Advanced Study.
The Princeton Battle Monument is located near Princeton University on non-adjacent park property at Stockton Street and Bayard Lane.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
St Peters University Hsptl
123 How Ln New Brunswick NJ - 732-745-6642
~13.15 miles from Branchburg city center
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From their website:
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System was formed in 2007 and reflects the expansive scope of health and wellness services we offer to our community. Besides Saint Peter’s University Hospital, the system includes the Saint Peter’s Foundation and the Saint Peter’s Health and Management Services Corporation, which oversees various initiatives, including the Margaret McLaughlin McCarrick Care Center, our nursing home in Somerset; the CARES Surgicenter, an ambulatory surgery center adjacent to the hospital in New Brunswick; our Adult Day Center in Monroe; and our How Lane Clinic in New Brunswick that serves, among others, juvenile victims of sexual abuse, economically disadvantaged families and mentally disabled and/or violence-prone youth.
Our services are offered to all. We are a Catholic institution with a capital “C” and a small “c.” We draw inspiration from our religious heritage. Our care for others is universal, extending to those of other faiths and in some cases, of no faith whatsoever.
Without question, the fact that ours is a faith-based healthcare delivery system is of primary significance. At Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, you will find leading-edge technology and an experienced staff. You will also find the trust and compassion that we have always been known for.
This is our legacy—our very sacred ministry.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
University Medicine Dentistry of Nj
675 Hoes Ln Piscataway NJ - 732-235-5500
~14.00 miles from Branchburg city center
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The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey and comprises eight distinct academic units: the New Jersey Medical School, the New Jersey Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Health Related Professions, and the School of Nursing in Newark; the School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick; and the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford.
The College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (CMDNJ) was created by legislature in 1970 with the consolidation of the boards of trustees of Rutgers Medical School (now Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) and New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry (now New Jersey Medical School). In 1981, the CMDNJ was renamed to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. It is the largest school of health sciences of its kind in the United States. It is also the leading research university in New Jersey, edging the other major research universities in the state (including Princeton University and Rutgers University) in federal research grant dollars. It does, however, have various academic partnerships with universities and other institutions in New Jersey.
UMDNJ also operates The University Hospital in Newark, while Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack and Cooper University Hospital in Camden are affiliates of UMDNJ. UMDNJ also operates a palliative care facility for people living with AIDS.
UMDNJ has approximately 6,000 students in more than 100 degree and certificate programs; more than 15,000 employees, including nearly 3,000 faculty members; more than 24,000 alumni and more than 200 education and healthcare affiliates throughout New Jersey. The University is dedicated to pursuing excellence in the education of health professionals and scientists, conducting research, delivering healthcare, and serving the community. The National Science Foundation ranks UMDNJ #71 out of 630 universities and colleges in terms of R&D expenditures
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Rutgers University
Piscataway NJ
~14.17 miles from Branchburg city center
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University), is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into and is presently a nonsectarian, coeducational public research university that makes no religious demands of its students. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. (The other is the College of William and Mary).
Rutgers was designated The State University of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956. The three campuses of Rutgers are in (1) New Brunswick and Piscataway, (2) Newark and (3) Camden. The Newark campus was formerly the University of Newark, which merged into the Rutgers system in 1946, and the Camden campus was created in 1950 from the College of South Jersey. Rutgers is the largest university within New Jersey's state university system, and it was ranked 54th in the world academically in a 2008 survey conducted by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The university offers more than 100 distinct bachelor, 100 master, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 175 academic departments, 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Buccleuch Park
New Brunswick NJ
~14.27 miles from Branchburg city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Piscataway, NJ
Piscataway NJ
~14.39 miles from Branchburg city center
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Piscataway Township (pronounced /p?'skæt?we?/) is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 50,482.
The name Piscataway stems from the area's original European settlers, transplants from near the Piscataqua River defining the coastal border between New Hampshire and Maine, whose name derives from Pisgeu (meaning "dark night") and awa ("Place of").[6] The area was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.
Piscataway Township was formed on December 18, 1666, and officially incorporated on February 21, 1798.[8] The community, the fifth oldest municipality in New Jersey,[9] has grown from Native American territory, through a colonial period and is one of the links in the earliest settlement of the Atlantic Ocean seacoast that ultimately led to the formation of the United States. Over the years, portions of Piscataway were taken to form Raritan Township (March 17, 1870, now Edison), Dunellen (October 28, 1887), Middlesex (April 9, 1913) and South Plainfield (March 10, 1926).
Piscataway is in Central Jersey with easy access to major highways, including Interstate 287, the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. Society Hill is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Piscataway Township.
Piscataway has advanced educational and research facilities due to the presence of Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers Stadium is in Piscataway.
In 2008, Money magazine ranked Piscataway 3rd out of the top 100 places to live in America.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Rutgers University
New Brunswick NJ - 732-932-7203
~14.87 miles from Branchburg city center
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University), is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into and is presently a nonsectarian, coeducational public research university that makes no religious demands of its students. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. (The other is the College of William and Mary).
Rutgers was designated The State University of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956. The three campuses of Rutgers are in (1) New Brunswick and Piscataway, (2) Newark and (3) Camden. The Newark campus was formerly the University of Newark, which merged into the Rutgers system in 1946, and the Camden campus was created in 1950 from the College of South Jersey. Rutgers is the largest university within New Jersey's state university system, and it was ranked 54th in the world academically in a 2008 survey conducted by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The university offers more than 100 distinct bachelor, 100 master, and 80 doctoral and professional degree programs across 175 academic departments, 29 degree-granting schools and colleges, 16 of which offer graduate programs of study.
http://www.rutgers.edu/
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Piscataway NJ
~14.92 miles from Branchburg city center
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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located on the Voorhees Mall of the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was founded in 1966. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli was the mother of philanthropist Alan Voorhees.
Collection:
Riabov Collection of the History of Russian Art
Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art
The Herbert D. Schimmel and Ruth Schimmel Library of French Illustrated Books and Journals
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
Rutgers University Geology Museum
New Brunswick NJ
~14.93 miles from Branchburg city center
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The Geology Museum in New Brunswick featured exhibits including geology and anthropology, with an emphasis on the natural history of New Jersey. Dinosaur trackways, a mastodon, a Ptolomaic era Egyptian mummy as well as mineral exhibits are displayed.
Hobbies & Activities category: Minerals, geology attraction, mining
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
State Theater
New Brunswick NJ
~15.09 miles from Branchburg city center
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The State Theatre is a nonprofit venue for the performing arts and entertainment, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It has seating for 1800 people.
Theater manager Walter Reade in a quarter-page announcement in the Daily Home News on December 20, 1921 wrote: "On Monday afternoon at two-thirty, I will have both the honor and pleasure of presenting to the citizens of the City of New Brunswick and surrounding territory what I consider the finest theatre in the State." The building was designed by Thomas W. Lamb for both movies and live entertainment. The opening matinée audience, paid the twenty-cent, thirty-cent, and fifty-cent admission, heard a live orchestra concert and a tenor rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. The first feature presentation was the silent film White Oak, a western starring William S. Hart. There were five vaudeville acts, a newsreel and a nature film.
A few years into its operation, the theater's management was transferred to the B.F. Keith theater chain. Benjamin Franklin Keith and his partner, Edward Franklin Albee II, operated the largest string of vaudeville theaters and the largest booking agency for vaudeville acts in the east coast of the United States.
The business merged with the largest western booking agency, Orpheum Circuit, Inc., to form Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO). The Radio Corporation of America (RCA), which entered the motion picture business after the advent of sound, acquired KAO in 1928. RCA renamed its new subsidiary Radio-Keith-Orpheum, RKO.
[edit]Decline and revitalization
The State Theatre continued to operate into the 1960s until audiences switched to multiplex cinemas. RKO sold the building to a business that showed adult movies. In 1979 it was purchased by the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DevCo) as part of the New Brunswick's revitalization project.
In 1986, the New Brunswick Cultural Center acquired the State Theatre from DevCo, and in the fall 1987 performed the first renovation. The State Theatre reopened on April 24, 1988.
In December 2003, the theater began a $3 million renovation to return the theater as closely as possible to its original appearance and updated the sound and lighting systems. The architectural firm of Ford, Farewell, Mills and Gatch oversaw the cleaning and repair of the terracotta exterior. On the inside, artists from Conrad Schmitt of Milwaukee, a century-old firm specializing in historic restorations, researched several areas of the theater’s interior to determine the original paint colors, decorative trim style and other details of Thomas W. Lamb's interior decoration. Up to 20 layers of paint were stripped away to determine the original color scheme. The theater underwent ornamental plaster repair, decorative painting and replacement of house and lobby lighting, installation of high tech sound and lighting systems. The outer lobby’s dome ceiling boasted glittering new decorative work and historically accurate lighting fixtures were installed in the lobbies and theater.
The refurbished State Theatre was unveiled in October 2004 at the season’s opening performance by comedian Jay Leno.
On May 20th, 2009, the State Theater hosted what would be the last ever performance by the legendary folk trio, "Peter, Paul, and Mary". Due to Mary Travers' long illness and continuing decline, the remaining shows that the trio had planned were either canceled, or only featured Peter Yarrow and Noel "Paul" Stookey. Mary Travers died of complications from chemotherapy on September 16th, 2009.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Branchburg
George Street Playhouse
New Brunswick NJ
~15.09 miles from Branchburg city center
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George Street Playhouse is a theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, one of the state's preeminent professional theatres committed to the production of new and established plays.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized thrust theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974 by Eric Krebs, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League-nominated production of The Spitfire Grill - musical, and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 students annually.
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