The New Jersey State Museum, in partnership with the New Jersey State Archives, hosted a preview of  a new exhibition celebrating both the State of New Jersey’s and the United States’ 250th anniversary. An opening preview was held on April 27, 2025 hosted by the New Jersey State Museum Foundation with funding from Semiquincenntenial Sponsor, NJM.

Entitled The Power to Change: Revolutionary Stories from the New Jersey State Archives, the exhibition highlights rarely seen federal and state charters, along with other pivotal documents and artifacts, which illuminate the ideas established during the Revolutionary era. Visitors will explore how revolutionary ideals, fought for by our founders, influenced the newly established government and continue to allow for reinterpretation and adaptation today.

The exhibition will be on view at the New Jersey State Museum from April 28, 2026, through January 10, 2027. The exhibition, organized by guest curator Claudia Ocello, has been made possible, in part, by funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey State Museum Foundation, NJM Insurance Group, and New Jersey Society of Colonial Wars.