National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey

Sea Girt Museum is open May 4 & 5 from 10am-3pm

Discover NJ Military History

100 Camp Drive, Sea Girt, NJ 08750
Entrance to National Guard Training Center
Monday-Friday 10AM to 3PM
Closed state holidays

Lawrenceville Armory
151 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Monday-Friday 9AM to 3PM | Saturday 10AM to 3PM
Closed state holidays

Free Admission!

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

New Jersey's Preeminent Military Museum

The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey tells the story of the state’s Militia and National Guard beginning with Dutch, Swedish and British colonization through the War for Independence to the Civil War, World Wars I and II and up to the present day, paying particular attention to the diversity of the New Jersey citizen soldier and his or her experience. Notably, the museum has one of the largest collections of New Jersey related Civil War research material in the country, including copies of diaries, letters, newspaper clippings, memoirs, regimental histories and articles.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Oral Histories

The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey is the home of the Center for U.S. War Veterans’ Oral Histories. It is the Center’s mission to collect and preserve the memories of veterans through recorded oral history interviews.

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Membership

The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that supports the collections, exhibitions and educational programs of the museum through volunteerism, advocacy and fundraising. Memberships allow the museum to continue its important work and enable the museum to continue its excellent exhibits and programming. Please join today and support the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey.

NJ National Guard rifle team at Sea Girt, NJ in 1916.

USMC Sergeant John Basilone of Raritan, NJ. Medal of Honor.

2nd NJ Volunteer Infantry in Virginia in May 1863.

The first females join the NJ National Guard in January 1959.

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