Saturday, October 2, 2010

Things to do

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Campus Tours
Historic Sites and Tours
Historic Homes
Trenton Sites and Tours
To the East, Hamilton
By the Delaware
To the North
A Drive to the South



Child Friendly


Campus Tours
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Princeton University.
Nassau Hall, http://etcweb.princeton.edu/pumap/ built in 1756, was the site of an important Revolutionary War battle and the temporary home of the Continental Congress. Call to confirm, but the oldest university building is usually open weekdays and Sunday afternoons until 5 p.m., plus all day Saturdays. Guidebooks are available at Maclean House or the University Store. For the University Chapel (open daily to 11 p.m., Saturday to 8 p.m.) free pamphlets are available on site

Orange Key Tours, www.princeton.edu/orangekey 609-258-4554. One-hour tours of the Princeton University campus leave daily at 10, 11, 1:30 and 3:30 (Sundays in afternoon only) from Frist Campus Center, off of Washington Road. The tour includes Nassau Hall's historic Faculty Room.

The Art Museum, www.princetonartmuseum.org McCormick Hall, Princeton University, 609-258-3787. Picasso's "Head of a Woman" out front, and a collection ranging from East Asian treasures to French impressionist paintings. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 5, Sunday 1 to 5 p.m., free. Self-guided walking tours of the Putnam outdoor sculpture collection. Tours available by appointment. Museum shop.

Firestone Library, libweb.princeton.edu Corner of Nassau Street and Washington Road, 609-258-1470. The home of more than 4 million books, Firestone is the central research library for Princeton University. Three galleries -- the Milberg Gallery, the Rare Book Room, and the Cotsen Children's Library -- are open to the public, as is a replica of the College of New Jersey library. Blog: http://libblogs.princeton.edu/renovations/

Cotsen Children's Library, www.princeton.edu/~cotsen/ Firestone Library, Princeton University, 609-258-2597. At this mini-museum children can explore fantastic sites of three favorite authors (C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll, and E.B. White). An excellent family destination, open weekdays from 9 to 5 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 pm, but closed on holidays. (www.princetoninfo.com/cotsen.html).

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Historic Sites and Tours

The Historical Society of Princeton
The Historical Society of Princeton, located at 158 Nassau St., is open to the public free of charge Tuesday- Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m.; winter hours may vary. For further information, please call (609) 921-6748 or visit http://www.princetonhistory.org/
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Princeton-NJ/Historical-Society-of-Princeton/152110503077

Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, 609-921-6748. Commodore William "Old Ironsides" Bainbridge was born in this Georgian house built in 1766, now home of the Princeton Historical Society. On view, an exhibit on Princeton history. Open Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m., weekends only in January and February. Two-hour, two-mile tours start Sundays at 2 p.m.
http://www.princetonhistory.org/
http://www.princetonhistory.org/museum_alberteinstein.cfm

Drumthwacket, www.drumthwacket.org Route 206, 609-683-0591. Built in 1835 by Charles Olden, a Civil War governor, it has been restored and furnished by the New Jersey Historical Society and is now the official residence of Governor James McGreevey. Weekly tours Wednesdays, noon to 2 p.m.

Morven, www.historicmorven.org 55 Stockton Street, 609-683-4495. Originally built for Declaration of Independence signer Richard Stockton, this mansion reportedly served as headquarters for British General Cornwallis in 1777, later as the residence of Robert Wood Johnson (the founder of Johnson & Johnson), and from 1953 to 1981 the official residence of New Jersey governors. Currently under renovation, tours will be available again shortly.

Rockingham, www.rockingham.net General Washington's headquarters, Route 518 and River Road, Rocky Hill, 609-921-8835. Built in 1710, Rockingham is one site where George Washington really did sleep. He and wife Martha lived here in 1783, while Congress was convened five miles away in Nassau Hall. In the Blue Room on the second floor he composed his "Farewell Address to the Armies." Currently under renovation, tours will be available again shortly.

Thomas Clark House, 500 Mercer Street, in the 85-acre Princeton Battlefield State Park, 609-921-0074. Usually open Wednesdays to Sundays. After the Battle of Princeton, General Hugh Mercer died here; it is furnished as a Quaker farmhouse during the Revolutionary War. The expansive lawns by the Mercer Oak or by the Greek columns marking the common grave are open to picnickers http://www.princetonhistory.org/historic_sites.cfm.

Society of Friends, Princeton Pike and Quakerbridge Road, 609-924-5674. The Quaker meeting house sheltered many of the wounded in 1777. On the porch find a supply of historical leaflets. The building dates from 1760 and many prominent local Friends, including Richard Stockton, were buried in the adjacent graveyard.


Princeton Cemetery, 609-924-1369. Leaflets can be picked up from the superintendent's house on Greenview Avenue, off Wiggins Street, at the entrance to the cemetery. Called the "Westminster Abbey of the United States," it has the graves of Grover Cleveland, Paul Tulane, Henry Van Dyke, Aaron Burr (father and son), John Witherspoon, and Jonathan Edwards.
http://www.nassauchurch.org/cemetery/
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME.html#RA50MKLMR
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=100174

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Historic Homes

The Historical Preservation in Princeton Boro (HPRC)
The role of the HPRC is to foster the preservation of historic sites and districts for the education, pleasure, and welfare of the people of Princeton. Its activities include: preparing nominations of individual buildings or districts for listing on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places; assisting in the preparation of Borough ordinances establishing local historic sites and districts (of which there are currently four); advising the Princeton Regional Planning Board and the Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment on proposed developments within local historic districts; reviewing exterior alterations to buildings within the local historic districts, and reviewing proposed demolition of structures within these districts. In such reviews, the HPRC considers each project's visual compatibility with the buildings and streetscape of the local historic district. http://www.princetonhistoricpreservation.org/

Albert Einstein's house, 112 Mercer Street, a white frame two-story house with large front porch in Greek revival style where the physicist lived from the time he was ousted from his job by the Nazis and joined the Institute for Advanced Study in 1933 until his death in 1955. Not open to the public.
http://www.princetonhistory.org/historic_photos.cfm?Keyword_Desc=Albert%20Einstein&StartRow=1

Woodrow Wilson houses at 72 and 82 Library Place and 25 Cleveland Lane, not open to the public. As university president he lived in Prospect House on campus. He was elected to be governor of New Jersey, then in 1912 to the presidency of the United States.

http://www.princetonhistory.org/historic_photos.cfm?Keyword_Desc=Woodrow%20Wilson&StartRow=1
http://www.presidentialavenue.com/ww.cfm

Grover Cleveland's house Westland, 15 Hodge Road, not open to the public. "Westland" had built for Caroline Stockton Dod in 1854 and Cleveland lived there from 1896 until his death in 1908.
http://www.presidentialavenue.com/gc.cfm

Paul Robeson's House , 110 Witherspoon Street, at the corner of Green Street, not open to the public. He left Princeton at age eight, graduated from Rutgers and Columbia Law School, and was a singer, actor, athlete, and activist
http://pmfineliving.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66:paul-robeson-lived-here&catid=39:then-and-now&Itemid=59

Springdale, 86 Mercer Street, built in 1846 by the Stockton’s and now occupied by the president of Princeton Theological Seminary, Thomas W. Gillespie.

Hopewell Museum, 28 East Broad Street, 609-466-0103: Located in a Victorian house, the museum has antique clothing, furniture, weapons and a particularly strong collection of Native American artifacts. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. 2 week reservation needed.
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Trenton Sites and Tours

Trenton Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lafayette and Barracks Street, 609-777-1770. Open seven days. E-mail: trentcvb@voicenet.com, URL: www.trentonnj.com

Walk This Way , guided walking tours on Sundays at 1 p.m. from April through October, at other times by reservation. Leaving from the Visitors Bureau at Lafayette and Barracks Streets. $7 at 609-396-9419 or
E-mail at crowcate@aol.com. Also see www.princetoninfo.com/webster.html

New Jersey State Museum, www.state.nj.us 205 West State Street, Trenton. 609-292-6464. Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 4:45 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Everything from American Indian artifacts and antique furniture to fine arts and a planetarium. Lectures, kids shows, a concert series.

Old Barracks Museum, www.barracks.org Capitol Complex, Trenton. 609-396-1776. Historical interpreters in period dress explore life in colonial and revolutionary New Jersey. Built in 1758, it housed British soldiers during the French and Indian war, and three Hessian regiments succumbed to George Washington's troops on December 26, 1776. Wonderful for children.
E-mail: barracks@voicenet.com

New Jersey State Police Museum, 609-882-2000, extension 2557. See evidence from the Lindbergh case as well as trooper uniforms, weapons, and other exhibits, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Take Interstate 95 south to Exit 1. Drive south on Route 29 to the first light. Turn left on Upper Ferry Road and left again on River Road.

New Jersey State House , State Street, Trenton, 609-633-2709. The nation's second oldest state capitol in continuous operation offers free guided tours of the restored building on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., and on Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m. www.njleg.state.nj.us/Default.asp.

Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. 609-989-1191. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 2 to 4, Free. www.ellarslie.org

William Trent House, 15 Market Street, 609-989-3027. A Georgian brick manor house built as a summer home in 1719 by Trenton's namesake, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, this mansion has an excellent collection of early colonial furniture. The Financial Times of London called it the finest William and Mary site in America. Open daily from 12:30 to 4 p.m., and for group tours by reservation from 9 a.m. to noon. www.williamtrenthouse.org

Douglass House, Mill Hill Park, Front and Montgomery Streets. General Washington called a council of war here on January 2, 1777, and decided to attack the British in Princeton.
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To the East, Hamilton

Civil War and Native American Museum , 2202 Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-585-8900. Sponsored by the Camp Olden Round Table, the museum is open Saturday and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m., and weekdays for school groups by appointment.

Grounds for Sculpture , 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609-586-0616. A 22-acre landscaped sculpture park on the former state fairgrounds site, with indoor exhibitions in the glass-walled, 10,000 square foot museum, and the newly-renovated Domestic Arts Building. The elegant restaurant Rat's is here.
http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/

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By the Delaware

Howell Living History Farm , Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville, 609-737-3299. . Experience 19th-century agricultural life on this working and teaching farm. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Mondays. Free.
Website: www.howellfarm.org

Washington Crossing Park, Pennsylvania, 215-493-4076. A visitors center has a film and reproductions of long boats used to ferry the Revolutionary soldiers across the river. Five tours daily show period buildings holding artifacts representing everyday life in the 18th and 19th centuries, $4. Also find nature trails in the northern section of the park.

More 18th and early 19th century buildings of historic interest are found near the river in Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey 609-737-0609. Further into the park are a visitors' center, nature trails, picnic and play grounds, and the outdoor amphitheater.
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/

Coryell's Ferry Historic Sightseeing Boat Rides leave the river landing behind Gerenser's ice cream store at 22 South Main Street in New Hope; winter hours are variable. Get your tickets ($5 adults, $3 kids; phone 215-862-2050) at the shop.

The General George Washington, a 40-foot paddlewheel boat, goes a mile and a half north of the ice cream shop on the river, then turns around and comes back. See the natural beauty of New Jersey to the east, and the backs of New Hope's lovely houses along the river to the west. Upon request, your captain will offer a brief narrative on the historic significance of New Hope in the events leading up to the Battle of Trenton in 1776. $5. 215-862-2050.
http://www.delawareandlehigh.org/index.php/visit/coryells-ferry-historic-boat-rides-/

New Hope Mule Barge Company, 215-862-2842, barges, drawn by real live mules, ply the waters of the Delaware Canal, a Pennsylvania State Park and National Historic Landmark. At its peak, the Delaware Canal from Bristol to Easton (opened 1832) floated 3,000 barge trips per year. Today, the last remaining barge leaves from New Street, one block up from Main off of Mechanic Street. The two-mile 50-minute trip is $6.95 for adults, $4.25 for children under 12.

Where else can you learn about the history of the Delaware Canal and the importance of barge traffic in the 19th century while being serenaded by a guitar player in the presence of beasts of burden? The barge operates at 11:30 a.m., 1, 2, 3, and 4:30 p.m.

New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, www.newhoperailroad.com 215-862-2332, 32 West Bridge Street and Stockton Street in New Hope. Pretty countryside is the prime offering of this railroad, as it will be impossible to detrain in Lahaska, but movie buffs will consider the trip worthwhile for the chance to see where "The Perils of Pauline" was filmed. The 70-year-old Baldwin locomotive leaves hourly (11 to 4) on its 50-minute round-trip. $7.95 adults, $3.95 kids 2 to 11. Dining car dinners on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Black River & Western Steam Railroad, www.brwrr.com 908-782-9600. Lambertville Station to Flemington, at 1, 2:30, and 4 p.m. ($10.50 adults, $5.25 kids round-trip). You can get off the train in Flemington, a destination worth seeing for the Hunterdon Courthouse and the Union Hotel, principal sites of the Hauptmann trial (also known for its factory outlet stores), then take a later train back to Lambertville.
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To the North

New Jersey Museum of Agriculture , College Farm Road and Route 1, North Brunswick, 732-249-2077. Permanent exhibits of equipment, technology, and handicrafts of New Jersey farm life. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Adults $4; seniors $3; children 4 through 12 $2. www.agriculturemuseum.org

Liberty Science Center , Liberty State Park, Jersey City, 201-200-1000. Website: www.lsc.org.
A three-story adventure palace for all ages, the Liberty Science Center features permanent and changing hands-on exhibits, movies, and a lunchroom with a view of Manhattan. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission to the exhibits is $9.50 for adults; $7.50 for children ages 2 to 18, and seniors. Combination tickets include the IMAX movie and 3-D Theater. Parking $5.
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A Drive to the South

American Indian Museum , Powhatan Renape Nation Rankokus Indian Reservation, Rancocas Road, Burlington County. 609-261-4747. Events are staged throughout the year with authentic dancing, music, crafts, storytelling, and cuisine. www.powhatan.org.

Longwood Gardens , Route 1, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 610-388-1000. www.longwoodgardens.org. Admission $12 adults. Extensive gardens, fountains, and a myriad of special events. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings through September 4. www.princetoninfo.com/199909/90901p01.html

New Jersey State Aquarium , Camden, 856-365-3300. www.njaquarium.org. The 760,000-gallon Open Ocean Tank is one of the largest in the country. Interactivity is a part of each Aquarium exhibit, drawing in children and adults alike. The entry rotunda is adorned by a massive seven-foot-high open jaw of a Megalodon shark, extinct for 10,000 years; it leads to the Shark Zone, where other shark jaws are mounted in display cases around the Touch-a-Shark tank, its rim crowded by children.

Child Friendly

Cotsen Children's Library, Firestone Library, Princeton University, 609-258-1148.
www.princeton.edu/~cotsen/
    

At this mini-museum children can explore fantastic sites of three favorite authors (C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll, and E.B. White) by peeking through the fantasy wardrobe (as in C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"). Push a button in Wonderland to hear a voice recite "Jabberwocky," or use word magnets to write about the seasons in the barnyard of "Charlotte's Web." Among the high-tech attractions, a video studio where youngsters can act out an updated fairy tale and then watch themselves on screen. Funded by the Lloyd E. Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena Inc., this library is a wonderland for adults and children alike -- an excellent family destination. It is open weekdays from 9 to 5 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m, but closed on holidays, including from Friday, December 31 at 1 p.m. to Sunday, January 2 at 1 p.m.

    The Art Museum, McCormick Hall, Princeton University, 609-258-3787. Look for Picasso's "Head of a Woman" out front. Children's talks take place Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. during the school year.

    Thomas Clark House, 500 Mercer Street, in the 85-acre Princeton Battlefield State Park, 609-921-0074. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. After the Battle of Princeton, General Hugh Mercer died here; it is furnished as a Quaker farmhouse during the Revolutionary War. The expansive lawns by the Mercer Oak or by the Greek columns marking the common grave are open to picnickers.

    New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, College Farm Road and Route 1, North Brunswick, 732-249-2077.

    Permanent exhibits of equipment, technology, and handicrafts of New Jersey farm life. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays 12 to 5 p.m. Adults $4; seniors $3; children 4 through 12 $2.

    Hopewell Museum, 28 East Broad Street, 609-466-0103. Located in a Victorian house, the museum has antique dolls, toys, clothing, furniture, weapons and a particularly strong collection of Native American artifacts. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m.

    New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton. 609-292-6464. Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 4:45 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Everything from dinosaurs and American Indian artifacts and antique furniture to fine arts and a planetarium. Lectures, kids shows, a family laser concert series.

    Old Barracks Museum, Capitol Complex, Trenton, 609-396-1776. Historical interpreters in period dress explore life in colonial and revolutionary New Jersey. Built in 1758, the building housed British soldiers during the French and Indian War, and three Hessian regiments succumbed to George Washington's troops on December 26, 1776. Recently given a major makeover, this spot is rated wonderful for children.

    Liberty Science Center, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, 201-200-1000. Website: http://www.lsc.org.

    A three-story adventure palace for all ages, the Liberty Science Center features permanent and changing hands-on exhibits, movies, and a lunchroom with a view of Manhattan. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission to the exhibits is $9.50 for adults; $7.50 for children ages 2 to 18, and seniors. Combination tickets that include the IMAX movie (currently showing "Wolves") and 3-D Theater are $15.50 adult; $13.50 children and seniors. Parking in the state-operated lot is $5.

    New Jersey State Aquarium, Camden, 856-365-3300. http://www.njaquarium.org.

    The New Jersey State Aquarium -- a graceful, V-shaped domed building, its rooftop pennants flying above a riverside promenade with a remarkable view of Philadelphia's cityscape -- the crown jewel in the redevelopment of the Camden waterfront.

    Operated by the New Jersey Academy of Aquatic Sciences, its 760,000-gallon Open Ocean Tank is one of the largest in the country. Interactivity is a part of each Aquarium exhibit, drawing in children and adults alike. The entry rotunda is adorned by a massive seven-foot-high open jaw of a Megalodon shark, extinct for 10,000 years; it leads to the Shark Zone, where other shark jaws are mounted in display cases around the Touch-a-Shark tank, its rim crowded by children.

    The Aquarium's fish population numbers more than 4,000, and its recent tenants include a delightful colony of aquatic birds, joined last year by African penguins in a 6,000 square-foot exhibit called Inguza (an African word for "penguin") Island, complete with a 17,000-gallon, 8-foot pool. Winter hours: Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for 12 and over cost $11.95; and $8.95 for children 3 to 11; under 3 free.

    Please Touch Museum, 210 North 21st Street, Philadelphia, 215-963-0667. Website: http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org.

    The holiday season kicks off Friday, November 26, with a holiday exhibit, "The Gift of Reading, featuring four interactive gift boxes that focus on classic children's stories marking the winter holidays of different faiths.

    The Wonder Museum, 385 Route 130, East Windsor, 609-371-6150. Website: http://www.wondermuseum.com.

    This interactive children's museum boasts a pumper fire truck, an ambulance, a castle fortress, a 1948 Gunther Biplane, a 1926 black Ford Model T roadster, a log cabin complete with pot-belly stove, half-size model of Columbus' ship, the Pinta, a teepee, a dance studio complete with ballet barre, a television station, a bank of computers -- and more.

    It is open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $7.99 plus tax per person; children under 2 are free. It will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

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    Outdoor

    Princeton University, http://www.princeton.edu 609-258-3603. Let school-age kids run around the campus -- treasure hunt fashion -- finding the outdoor sculpture from the Putnam collection. Equip them with a $1 guidebook -- with a map and pictures -- from Maclean House, the University Store, or the Art Museum. Another option: the $1 gargoyle book, but to really appreciate the gargoyles, bring opera glasses or binoculars.

    Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609-586-0616. Another great place to stretch their legs -- a 22-acre landscaped sculpture park on the former state fairgrounds site, with indoor exhibitions in the glass-walled, 10,000 square foot museum, and the newly-renovated Domestic Arts Building., open Friday s and Saturdays, 10 to 4 p.m., and by appointment. In the Museum and Domestic Arts Building, "Beverly Pepper," one-artist show to April 16, 2000. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Pine Creek Miniature Golf , 394 Route 31 North, West Amwell. 609-466-3803. Two large 18-hole courses with a clubhouse to warm up in. Home page: http://www.pinecreekgolf.com.

    Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association, Titus Mill Road, Pennington. 609-737-3735. A working organic farm and weekend nature programs for all ages.

    Marquand Park, Lover's Lane between Mercer Street and Route 206. Extensive arboretum with playground equipment and picnic tables, no public bathrooms.

    Princeton Airport, Route 206, 609-921-3100. Watch the copters and fixed wings land, browse in the pilot store, ask to see the antique airplane.

    Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville, 609-737-3299. Website: http://livinghistory.com/howellfarm. Experience 19th-century agricultural life on this working and teaching farm. Thanksgiving program on Saturday, November 27, features free horsedrawn hayrides, a wreath and sleighbell sale, and a children's craft program. Rides are free, but donations of canned goods are being collected for area food banks. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Mondays. Free.

    Mercer County Park Ice Rink, West Windsor, 609-371-1669. Opens Saturday, November 20. Public skating hours: weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesday & Friday evenings 8 to 10 p.m. Saturdays 1 to 4 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.; family's with small children only, 5 to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.

    Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. 609-924-2310. There are farm animals for children to feed and pet. Open daily. http://www.terhuneorchards.com


    Explorations, 4095 Route 1 South, South Brunswick Square, 732-438-1212. A fun and fitness entertainment center.

    RompAround, Route 1 and Texas Avenue, Lawrence Shopping Center, 609-895-6677; fax, 609-895-2929. Play center.

    Laser Park, 45 Everett Drive, Building C, Princeton Junction, 609-936-1800. A recreation complex with a laser tag game.

    Lazer 587 Zone, 825 Route 33, Trenton. 609-587-9663. New place for laser tag gaming.

    The Fun House, 278 Monmouth Street, Suite C, Hightstown 08520. Rich Ganeles, owner. 888-266-4386. Http://www.thefunhouse.net. Sixty boardwalk arcade games, available by reservation to groups of adults, children, or mixed ages on an "unlimited free play" basis.

    Skaters Alliance, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton 08540. Jim Cloer, owner. 609-924-6276. In-store 15-foot practice ramp for skateboarders.

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