Monmouth Museum Holiday Exhibition: Fabulous Food

Family, Friends, Fun and Food! This year, the Monmouth Museum’s Annual Holiday Exhibition, Fabulous Food, celebrates the intersection of art and food. Regardless of country, religion, politics, socio-economic status, race, class and gender, creating and partaking in traditional meals and social activities during the holidays is a common thread present in all communities.

On November 18, 2018 this merry and mouth-watering juried art show, the popular Holiday Model Train Display and the Museum’s Artisans Holiday Gift Gallery all open with a reception from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Admission is free for this event and open to the public.

This is the Monmouth Museum’s 31st year presenting one of the most unique train exhibitions in the world. The trains have 6 lines on 3 levels, with over 1200 scale feet of track. The model train layout includes an airport and Jersey Shore seaside boardwalk amusement park. Much of the community is represented by the various real estate named for local businesses and families. Museum volunteers and the Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders assemble the holiday trains and create numerous upgrades and additions to this ever-expanding display. The exhibition is designed for kids of all ages, with interactive buttons accessible for their height. In addition, if you bring your children to see the trains, the Museum has two Children’s Wings with various interactive activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

During the holiday season and vacation breaks, the Museum offers a number of MMKIDS activities. There will be a Fabulous Food MMKIDS Craft in the Green Arts Studio everyday. Friday, November 30th at 6:00 pm, Steve the Magician will put on a Dinner Car Magic Show and on Saturday, December 9th at 10:00 am a S.T.E.A.M. holiday workshop How the Grinch Stole LEGO® for ages 5-10 in the Museum’s new Innovation Laboratory. Tickets for both special events can be purchased on the Museum website monmouthmuseum.org. On Sunday afternoons in December, the Museum offers free MMKIDS holiday activities with paid admission culminating on December 30th with a New Year Celebration for children of all ages starting at 12:00 pm. The MMKIDS will create noise makers, drums and hats in the Green Arts Studio of the Becker Children’s Wing. Then everyone will celebrate with a Happy New Year Parade through the Museum before gathering for a New Year’s Count Down at 2 pm to welcome in 2019 complete with a ginger ale toast!

This year’s Holiday Exhibition at the Museum will run through December 30, 2018. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Friday, 10:00 am – 9:00 pm and Sunday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm. Admission is $8 for visitors age 2 and over.

The Monmouth Museum, is an independent, non-profit museum. Founded in 1963 as a Museum of Ideas, it presents changing art, history, and science exhibitions to educate and entertain while providing a destination for creative expression and life-long learning to the diverse community it serves. For more information about the Monmouth Museum exhibits and programs their website is www.monmouthmuseum.org or call 732-747-2266. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The Museum is located on the Brookdale Community College campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Follow signs to parking lot #1, off Museum Drive.