Newark Trip Idea: Newark Museum

The Newark Museum is New Jersey’s largest museum, featuring 80 galleries with collections of African, Asian, Latin, and American art. The facility underwent a $520 million renovation and expansion in 1989 that included the addition of 66 galleries designed by architect Michael Graves. Traveling exhibitions showcase the arts and natural sciences, while young museum-goers will enjoy the 100 live animals at the Mini Zoo (including marmosets, boa constrictors, dwarf mongooses, red bellied piranha, and an emperor scorpion). There’s also the Victorian Ballantine House, a sculpture garden, planetarium, and an 18th-century schoolhouse.

Photo credit: "Blackout: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez" at the Newark Museum, New Jersey (Newark Museum)

Trip Guide to Newark Liberty International Airport

Spare yourself the headaches of Manhattan traffic, not to mention a $50-$70 cab fare, by using Newark Liberty International Aiport’s AirTrain for your trip into the Big Apple. The service connects EWR terminals with connecting rail routes into Manhattan and other New York/New Jersey boroughs, as well as Amtrak service to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. to the south. When you buy a NJ TRANSIT or Amtrak ticket to or from Newark Liberty International Airport Station, that ticket includes the $5.50 AirTrain Newark fee. Children under age 5 ride for free. Journey time to Manhattan's Penn Station is approximately 30 minutes; one-way fare costs $15. AirTrain operates daily throughout the year, with trains departing every three minutes between 5 a.m. and midnight.

Photo credit: Newark Liberty International Airport's AirTrain (courtesy, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey)