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Morris Museum & Bickford Theatre

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The Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Rd
Morristown NJ 07960
(973)971-3700
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City: Morristown County: Morris

Morris Museum
The Morris Museum was founded in 1913 and celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2003. The museum offers exhibitions, educational programs and theatre performances in the arts, sciences and history. The museum has rotating galleries as well as an extensive permanent collection. Highlights of the permanent collection include fine art, decorative art, costumes/textiles, dolls and toys, natural science, geology/paleontology and anthropology. The Morris Museum currently occupies the former Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen home, a historic structure designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White.

Watch the 2005 Christmas Tree Holiday Exhibit video

Bickford Theatre
Official Site
The Bickford Theatre is an intimate 312-seat proscenium theatre located within the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey. During the 2004-2005 production year they will be celebrating their 10th anniversary of professional theatre . The theater produces four plays each season augmented by an a la carte concert series, jazz showcase, and year-round children's theatre presentations.

The mission of the Bickford Theatre is to give second life to plays, following the Aristotelian theory that the theatre should both teach and please. In the fall of 2001, the Bickford Theatre became a professional theatre company associated with the Actors Equity Association. They are also a full senior member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.