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The sightseeing trips webpage includes outings to places that are within an hour of the Institute. Many of the trips require a car.
Please let us know if you have visited a particular place of interest that you would like to share with others in the Institute Community (e-mail amias@ias.edu).
Area Attractions:
NJ Shore, Beaches and Attractions - see page 2 of TatI, May 2009 and May 2011
The Franklin Institute - Philadelphia, PA - 50 minutes from IAS
Grounds for Sculpture - Hamilton, NJ - 20 minutes from IAS
Howell Living History Farm - Only 25 minutes from IAS
Liberty Science Center - Jersey City, New Jersey - 50 minutes from IAS
Northlandz - miniature trains in Flemington, NJ
Old Barracks - Trenton, NJ - 15 minutes from IAS
Please Touch Museum for Younger Children - Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, PA
50 minutes from IAS
Terhune Orchards - 10 minutes from IAS
Historic Walnford, 78 Walnford Road, Allentown, NJ (609) 259-6275
Open every day from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Walnford runs special programs such as Walnford Day on Sunday, October 7 from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (free admission and parking). Gristmill demonstrations are given on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Visitors to Walnford may share in a tea, given by Ranger Sarah Bent, a former art historian, that includes 19th century treats like the Jenny Lind cake and sugar gingerbread. Bent has researched the history surrounding the Walns, including the life of Sallie Hendrickson, daughter of Nicholas Waln, who managed the estate for most of the 19th century.
The newspaper U.S. 1 featured Historic Walnford in their August 8, 2007 edition. The cover story written by E.E. Whiting, An Escape to an Old (circa 1734) Mill Stream, details the lives of the Walns and the history of the time period.
Directions from the Institute
Olden Lane to the light. Make a right on to Mercer Street/Princeton Pike. Make the second right on to Alexander. Go two lights and make a left at the second light on to Faculty Road. Follow Faculty Road to the first light and make a right on to Washington Road/Route 571. Take Washington Road/571 East across Route 1 and continue through Hightstown to Route 539 South. Follow 539 through Allentown taking the sharp left just past the Allentown Mill. Continue along until you see the Cream Ridge Winery on the right and bear a gentle right (not a sharp right) past Fair Winds Farm. Signs for Crosswick Creek and Historic Walnford are present. A final right turn at the first intersection leads to the parking lot at the farm.
Washington Crossing State Park - Only 20 minutes from IAS
"The estate is on the National Register of Historical Places and is the restored home of the Philadelphia Walns, a Quaker merchant shipping family who came over from England with William Penn." Walnford consists of the Waln home built in 1774, a working 19th century gristmill and farm buildings all located on 36 acres of field, woodland and wetlands.