Princeton's Morven Museum Awarded $500K National Park Service Grant

PRINCETON, NJ — Morven Museum & Garden recently received a grant from the National Park Service, the Museum announced.

The $500,000 grant will be used to apply a historically accurate treatment of whitewash to the home-turned-museum from the Semiquincentennial Grant Program funded by the Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior.

The funds will also support an upgrade to Morven’s elevator to ensure ADA compliance and to help address site lighting needs ahead of the anticipated increase in attendance.

“We are delighted to receive the National Park Service funding to help prepare Morven for the 250th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence,” Morven’s Executive Director Jill M. Barry said in a statement. “This builds on the recently awarded NPS Save America’s Treasures grant, allowing us to address maintenance issues and provide an exceptional visitor experience at the only extant New Jersey home of a signer open to the public.”

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.