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Shippen Manor Museum 2023 Season

Interior tours of Shippen Manor (main level only) will be available to the public this season on the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May to December unless otherwise scheduled.

If an outdoor event is cancelled due to severe weather, particularly lightning, or severe storms, extreme heat, etc., this is where we will post that information:

  • If cancelled during office hours (weekdays), Warren200.com (calendar, programming schedule) will be updated along with our Facebook (@ShippenManor) and WarrenParks.com. 
  • If cancelled on the Saturday evening or early Sunday morning of the scheduled event, it will only be posted on Facebook (@ShippenManor), next to the scheduled programming on this page, and on our Shippen Manor News (where our Facebook posts generate). Please note that the updates to the Shippen Manor News page may take a little time to update.

For more information regarding event schedule, please visit Warren200.com for our programming and events calendar.
Our schedule will also be posted on our Facebook (@ShippenManor).

 

Updated 7/15: Due to recent compounded storm damage, we have severe driveway damage and the area affected is barricaded and the entire driveway is closed to vehicle traffic. When you come to our site for events, until the driveway is repaired, please exercise caution while walking through this area to the portajohns. Thank you.

Sundays

Parking on site is limited on most days due to the nature of our location. If there is no open designated parking spot, please park in town (i.e. Washington Ave., past the stone church). Please read the parking information below so that you know where the best places to park are located.  We have two accessible (with a sign) parking spaces in our smaller Belvidere Ave. lot nearest the entrance of our boardwalk. For “Shippen Talks” speaking series, these will take place in our lower dining room– door on the lower porch (east side) is the entrance, porch has a few steps. For our “On the Daily”, the south-facing kitchen door will be open on clear days and on days with rain, the lower porch door will be open for our visitors.

May 7: Opening Day! Tours of museum’s main floor (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.

May 14: “Ladies of the Manor” special tour, main floor only (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.

June 4: Museum Tours, main floor only (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.; “Shippen Talks” (2-3:30 p.m.) with Brenda Higgins (lower porch, door entrance)

June 11: Museum Tours, main floor only (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.; “Shippen Talks” (2-3:30 p.m.) with Jeff Finegan (lower porch, door entrance)

July 2: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Workers’ Dress” 

July 9:  Museum Tours, main floor only (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.; “Shippen Talks” (2-3:30 p.m.) with Dr. Scott Paul Gordon (lower porch, door entrance)

August 6: Museum Tours, main floor only (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.; “Shippen Talks” (2-3:30 p.m.) with Ivan Raupp (lower porch, door entrance)

August 13: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Workers’ Dress” 

September 3: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Laundry Days” 

September 10: Shippen & the Revolution (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.), museum tours, main floor only (11 a.m. – 4 p.m., paused for firing demonstrations), 2nd NJ Reg’t (Helms Co.) programming, activities for our young visitors 
Back parking closed for this event

October 1: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Laundry Days” 

October 8: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Food Preservation”

November 5: Explore Warren History Trail (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.), Shippen & the Civil War, abbreviated museum tours (last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.), Colonial United Methodist Church (stone church) will have tours from 12-4 p.m. and light refreshments served, as well as the 27th NJ Regiment (Bailey’s Boys) encamped along east side/lower drive of the Manor. If you would like a longer tour, please visit on regular museum days.
Back parking closed for this event

November 12: Museum Tours, main floor only  (1-4 p.m.), last tour begins at 3:30 p.m., “On the Daily” (1-4 p.m., lower kitchen)– “Food Preservation”

December 3 & 10: Victorian Christmas Tours (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.)

  • Hourly Guided Tours (11, 12, 1, 2, and 3)
  • Reservations only for 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. (open for reservations after November 1st, call the office 908.453.4381, ask for Gina)
  • Open hours for 2 and 3 p.m. (no reservation required)
  • Weather pending (in case of inclement weather, those with reservations will be notified)

For more information, please see park regulations and information regarding parking below. For more regarding events programming at Shippen, please visit our calendar at Warren200.com.

 

SHIPPEN MANOR SUMMER LAWN CONCERTS
2023

For more information, please see park regulations and information regarding parking. For more information regarding concerts at Shippen, please visit our calendar at Warren200.com.

Regarding weather-related cancellations (as of July 3, 2023):

Concerts will be cancelled immediately by the Arts Administrator, Dennis Austin, when there is thunder or lightning evident before or during a show.
If weather forecasts are calling for inclement weather in advance of an outdoor concert, updates will be posted at Facebook (Shippen Manor), Warren200.com, and Warren Parks, in addition cancellation signage and other available other methods of notification. Please keep in mind that the offices are closed on the weekends.

(Note: If you do not have Facebook, please check our “Shippen Manor News” at WarrenParks.com)

Concerts are on Sundays except for July 15.

June 18 (Father’s Day): Lost Ramblers (6-8 p.m.)

June 25: Pyrenesia (6-8 p.m.)

July 2: Cirotti & Company (6-8 p.m.)– cancelled due to inclement weather

July 9: Drew Nugent & Midnight Society (6-8 p.m.)—cancelled due to inclement weather

July 15 (Saturday): Pine Leaf Boys (6-8 p.m.)--cancelled due to storm damage; rescheduled for Thurs., 6/20 (6-8 pm)

July 16: Moss Henry & Bryophytes (6-8 p.m.)–cancelled due to storm damage 

July 23: StoneHearth (6-8 p.m.)

July 30: Caravan of Thieves (6-8 p.m.)

August 6: Na’Bodach (5-7 p.m.)

August 13: Jersey Sound (5-7 p.m.)

August 20: This Way to the Egress (5-7 p.m.)

August 27: Dulcimer Boys (5-7 p.m.)

September 3: Paddy and the Pale Boys (5-7 p.m.)

 

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):
On regular museums days, 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”). 
Please exercise caution as pedestrians also use the driveway. The driveway is a ONE WAY (except for special occasions). If the lower driveway is open when you exit the back parking, please drive slowly as there will be visitors and staff on the driveway.  

OFF-SITE PARKING: please exercise caution when crossing the street to the Manor property
For concerts and 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 near the Belvidere Ave. parking area.)

SERVICE ANIMALS & PETS ON SITE: In accordance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and NJ Law Against Discrimination, the only animals permitted inside of County buildings are licensed service animals who have been trained to provide a specific service or function to an individual with a disability. As per the ADA definition of service animal, it states, “dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.” If you bring your pets onto the Shippen site for concerts or to visit during the day (outside only), all pets must be leashed at all times. Please clean up after your pets, as we do not have a waste station.

As we are a part of the County Parks system, alcohol, tobacco and drugs are not permitted on site. In addition, we are a carry in/carry out site and we appreciate if you take refuse home with you as we do not have receptacles for public use. Thank you for helping to keep Shippen Manor clean.

 

 No admission for museum or concerts. This is a family-friendly historic site. Limited accessible parking available on site.
As per Warren County Parks Regulations, certified service animals are permitted to enter the museum with their handlers. Other pets are not permitted inside of the museum. Thank you for picking up after your pets.
The Shippen Manor and Oxford Furnace historic sites are part of the Warren County Parks System and are an alcohol, drug and tobacco-free site.