FIELD TRIP DAY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH
Ellis Island Hard Hat Tour
Ellis Island Hospital Complex guided tour
The 90-minute tour takes you through select buildings and grounds of the hospital
Time: Leave Kean 8:30am; Meet at Wilkins Theatre
Faculty leader: Camille Sherrod
33 Max number of students
Bus and ferry transport and tickets included
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Morgan Library Museum
Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Time: Leave Kean 11:00am; Meet at Union Train Station
Arrival Time: 1:30pm; Tour: 2:30pm
Faculty leaders: Denise Anderson, Darion Washington
18 Max number of students
Train to Penn provided + MLM tickets
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Liberty Hall House Museum/
Kean Campus
Originally a fourteen-room Georgian-style house, it was built in 1772. Liberty Hall stands today as a fifty-room Victorian Italianate mansion
Meet in GLAB 1st floor Lobby at 1:45pm
Tour time: 2:00pm
Faculty leader: Deborah Ceballos
30 Max number of students (two groups)
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Michael Graves Residence, Princeton
Time: Arrive at the Michael Graves Residence at 10:30am
44 Patton Ave, Princeton, NJ 08540
Lunch provided
Faculty leader: Dean David Mohney
15 Max number of students
Carpool, transportation not provided; Train possible but long walk from station
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The Oculus, NYC, WTC
Sketch at this new architectural icon that is both a shopping mall and train station
Time: Leave Kean 10:00am; Meet at Union Train Station
Faculty leaders: MJ Divino, Christopher Navetta
15 Max number of students
Train to Newark, Penn (only) provided;
Drawing pads and sharpie marker provided
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Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, NYC
Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, and is the steward of one of the most diverse and comprehensive design collections in existence
Time: Leave Kean 9:00am; Meet at Union Train Station
Faculty leader: Craig Konyk
15 Max number of students
Train to New York, Penn provided
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Kean Campus Gallery Tour
Visit the exhibition galleries on campus. Learn how the exhibits are curated and designed
Time: 10:00am meet at GLAB 5th floor
Faculty leader: Linnette Zimmerman, Gallery Director
Unlimited students but registration required
Kean Campus Architectural Tour
Observe, critique, compare. Engage with Prof. Gabriel Fuentes in an architectural tour of the Kean campus. Compare construction documents to the original design. Informal discussion.
Time: 1:00pm meet at Hutchinson Hall 1st floor
Faculty leader: Gabriel Fuentes
Unlimited students but registration required
Theatre Behind The Scenes
Visit the costume shop, scene shop, and Black Box theater on campus to learn about what goes on behind the scenes; Be inspired to take an elective course in theater design!
Time: Meet on 5th floor, GLAB 10:30am
Walk to Vaughn-Eames, tour begins at promptly at 11am
Faculty leader: Professor Holly Logue (Dept of Theater)
16 Max number of students
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Newark Museum
The Newark Museum of Art holds major collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and the arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the ancient world
Time: Leave Kean 9:30am; Meet at Union Train Station
Faculty leaders: Linda O’Shea, Natalie Holmes-Mitchell and Fabio Castellanos
18 Max number of students
Transport provided: Train to Newark, Penn provided
Long walk to the museum (or subway)
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