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SHIPPEN MANOR EVENTS
Museum & the Arts

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Shippen Celebrates America’s 250th

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men (and women) are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Preamble of the Declaration of Independence (1776)

Museum is an 18th c. iron master’s residence associated with historic Oxford Furnace, which is located on Cinder St. and Washington Ave. (next door to the Colonial United Methodist Church of Oxford).
By 1757-59, the sole owners of the “Furnace Tract” were members of the Shippen family of Philadelphia who Patriots and served in various capacities to ensure independence would be won by the Americans.
Family-friendly and free admission. Friends of Shippen do accept cash donations for the museum.

Accessibility & ADA.

The Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs strives to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities with advance notice of need.
If an accommodation is needed for museum programming, please direct your request in writing at least two (2) weeks before program to Gina Rosseland (Warren County Cultural & Heritage Affairs, 8 Belvidere Ave., Oxford, NJ 07863). 

 

Two (2) designated parking spaces closest to the boardwalk.
The boardwalk leads to the museum entrances (2nd entrance; sign with symbol). Doorways are wide enough for wheelchairs (manual, power) and walkers. Floors are uneven in spaces, please exercise caution.

 

 

Shippen Manor has personal “Assistive Listening” devices available for visitors with hearing impairments that can be loaned to individuals requiring them during the museum tours.
If requested, the docents will use “Personal Amplification” devices that will elevate their volume for our visitors.

 

Entrances.

There are two entrances to the museum (main floor) along the boardwalk:

1. Main Entrance (“Study“): 1 step up into building

2. ADA Entrance and Regular Exist (“Reception“): ramp with a slight drop into building

Signs (brown and white) clearly mark the entrances on the main level (along upper drive). If you need to enter through our accessible door or if it is the only door for entrance, please knock and step back (door swings outward). This door is also used as the exit.

Lower Level (special programming, interpretations/demonstrations, reenactments):

• Door on lower porch (3-5 steps up to porch) to gain access to lower porch and lower level museum rooms.
• Three sets of stairs (north, south, east) with hand railings.
• No ramps.

Speech or Hearing Assistance.

If individuals would like to contact Gina by email or phone (908) 453-4381 regarding accessibility and accommodations, please use the relay service at 711. 

• 711 Relay Service is a TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Service that permits a person with hearing or speech disabilities to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device that is used to call persons with or without such disabilities.

• 711 Relay Service does not work for Video Relay Service (VRS), Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay), or IP Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) calls because such calls are initiated through the Internet, nor does it work for Captioned Telephone Service (CTS).

More information regarding 711 Relay Services.

If additional ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accommodations are required, all requests must be submitted in writing at least 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).

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PARKING & ACCESSIBILITY:
There is limited accessible parking in our Belvidere Avenue lot (by the boardwalk). Please leave two car spaces closer to the boardwalk for those who need it (there is a blue & white sign that designates those spots for those with HC accessibility tags).

ON-SITE PARKING (LIMITED): 

Regular Museum Days (1-4pm).

On regular museums days (1-4pm), the on-site parking is open to our visitors with a limited number of spaces in our back parking. If the lot is full, please park in town (see below for “off-site parking”). The driveway is one-way only, please do not exit on the upper driveway.

Reenactment Days (11am-4pm) and History Trail Day (10am-4pm).

During our longer museum days where we have outside programming (reenactments, interpretations, etc.), the driveways and back parking lot will be closed to vehicles to make this a “pedestrian-safe zone“. 

Off-Site Parking.
Exercise caution when crossing the street to the Manor property (Belvidere Ave.). 
For full-day events, back parking is closed to the public.

• Parking Areas with Limited to No Restriction: Washington Ave (past the stone church), town lot on Kent Street (limited space)
• Parking Areas with Restrictions: Wall Street (in town, time limit on grass side), some parts of Washington Ave. (past stone church)
• No Parking: Belvidere Avenue, Washington Avenue (bottom of our hill, both ways), Cinder Street, Kent Street (on-street), residential driveways and accesses, and elsewhere that has “no parking” signs.

Warren Co. Cultural & Heritage Affairs at Shippen Manor is not responsible if a driver receives a ticket for parking in a no parking, limited parking, or block residents’ driveways. Please adhere to all signs. 

ENTRANCES TO THE MUSEUM: 

There will be two main entrances to the museum (main floor) that are identified with brown and white signs (two brown and white “Museum” signs, one marked for ADA): the “Robeson Study” is the first entrance along the boardwalk from the Belvidere Ave. parking area. “Reception Room” has an ADA accessible entrance (it is the second entrance along the boardwalk from the Belvidere Ave. parking area). If you need any assistance, please speak with one of our volunteers.

EXTERIOR BORDER & DRIVEWAY WALLS: Our walls are delicate and fragile due to age and in order to avoid any potential injuries to you or damage to the site, we ask that visitors (children in particular) not climb, walk or jump off of them. (This also includes the old stone stairs on our neighbors’ property adjacent to the Belvidere Ave. parking area.)

Park Rules.

Park rules are written more in-depth here.

Smoking, Tobacco, Vapes, Illegal Substances, Alcohol & the like.

Use of any type of tobacco, vaping products, illegal substances, alcohol and the like are not permitted on site or inside of the Museum at all times.

Exterior Border & Driveway Walls.

Our walls are delicate and fragile due to age and in order to avoid any potential injuries to you or damage to the site, we ask that visitors (children in particular) not climb, walk, sit, or jump off of any of our walls. (This also includes the old stone stairs on our neighbors’ property near the Belvidere Ave. parking area and the ruins in the woods.)

Refuse.

We are a “pack-out” site. We do not have any public trash receptacles on site. Please do not leave any refuse or discarded items behind. Thank you for helping to keep our site clean.

Site Hours.

Shippen Manor is a part of the Warren County Parks System and therefore the site itself is open daily for visitors to walk around (open at dawn; close at dusk). The museum is only open on the days and times listed for our programming schedule, on the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May to December (unless cancelled).

Service Animals.

The only animals permitted inside County buildings are licensed service animals, which, as defined by the ADA are, “dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.” All other pets will have to remain outside and leashed with a responsible adult attending to them. Please clean up after all pets.

 

Updated: 4/14/2026