NEW! We have added a guided tour of Newark’s historic landmarks including the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred heart, the Forest Hills Historic District and Gutzum Borglum’s “Seated Lincoln”sculpture in front of the Essex County Courthouse built by Cass Gilbert in 1904.
EXCURSIONS FROM THE SQUARE
Cultural Tours since 1992
215 738 4500, 215 732 8487 
THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022
The extraordinary NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART is NEW JERSEY’S largest museum and considered one of the most forward-looking cultural institutions in the country. Established in 1909 by John Cotton Dana at the Newark Public Library, it now houses collections of American Art, decorative Arts, contemporary art, and the arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas and the ancient world in eighty galleries.


We will have the opportunity to see CARLOS VILLA: WORLDS IN COLLISION, the first major museum retrospective of the California based Filipino artist before the exhibit travels to the ASIAN ART MUSEUM in San Francisco in June; and the WARMTH OF OTHER SONS, a work created for the NEWARK MUSEUM by painter and quilt maker BISA BUTLER.
COST: $115 per person. Payment is by check only. Please make your check payable to EXCURSIONS FROM THE SQUARE, and mail it to P.O. Box 2189, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. Credit may be applied from any trip cancelled by EXCURSIONS FROM THE SQUARE in 2020. All sales are final. Dates may not be changed. Please include your land line, cell phone number and email address with your payment.

The price includes round trip transportation from CITY LINE AVENUE or RITTENHOUSE SQUARE to NEWARK and admission to the NEWARK MUSEUM. Lunch is not included. Suggestions will be provided at restaurants near the museum or in the IRONBOUND area of Newark, best known for its Portuguese and Brazilian restaurants and shops.


Ardhanarishvarda. Unknown artisit c 1780. Jaipur. India
Purchase 1978 The Members Fund
OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES
Space will be limited to 42 passengers on a 52 passenger coach. Until further notice, masks will still be required at all times while on the motor coach. It will be necessary to follow protocols of the NEWARK MUSEUM. For your protection and that of your fellow travelers, all tour members must show proof of full vaccination as well as booster shots.
 

For more information, please contact Ellen Kay Coleman at 215 738 4500 or 215 732 8487 or [email protected] / www.squaretrips.com
 
Charlotte Angus, Amish Children, ca. 1941 Lithograph on cream paper, 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U. S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects,