Join us on Saturday, December 8th from 11am-5pm for our annual holiday celebration – Christmas in Roebling!
This is a FREE day of fun, happiness and seasonal cheer, in an historic location. We’ll have free tasty treats, hot cocoa and cider, crafts, games, tours and a special visit with Santa Claus, right here at the Roebling Museum. Stay tuned for more details, but MARK YOUR CALENDARS for some wonderful, FAMILY-FRIENDLY, holiday enjoyment! Let’s share the spirit of the season together!
Ready for more STEM/STEAM fun and learning?! Roebling Museum has got it! Join us on Saturday, 11/10/18 for Kids Create! Artbots and More… Build your own Artbot! Experiment with glitter-slime! Test out your engineering skills with bridges and towers made of non-conventional building materials. Explore the world of STEM/STEAM while learning about the Roebling history and legacy. 11am-4pm. This is a FAMILY-FRIENDLY event. Play, learn and make something awesome with us at the Roebling Museum!
Explore STEAM Learning at Kids Create @ Roebling Museum
The Roebling Museum, located in the historic village of Roebling, NJ, is ready to host another of its family-friendly programs. On Saturday, November 10, 2018, we will be exploring STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture/aesthetics and math!
Museum staff and volunteers will help children and their families experience a day of fun projects that teach STEAM concepts in new and interesting ways. More than fun and games, families that attend Kids Create can enjoy becoming junior engineers and designers as they learn, play, and turn STEAM ideas and concepts into tangible experiences. Kids Create will run throughout the day on November 10, from 11:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.
Admission is $5 dollars per person. Children age 5 and under get in for FREE. Pre-registration is encou
raged but not required.
Experience the Roebling legacy with your children, through STEAM learning and play!
It’s the return of the Roebling Museum’s vibrant and expansive exhibit about the majestic Golden Gate Bridges!
Stop in to see, “Spinning Gold: Roebling Cables and the Golden Gate Bridge.”
Open each Wednesday thru Sunday from 11am-4pm! See for yourself what American ingenuity, innovation, and the spirit of 
Independence looks like, as forged and built by and through the John A. Roebling’s Sons Company!
Location of bridge: San Francisco, California, USA
Bridge spans: Golden Gate Strait, North Bay
Construction Commenced: January 5, 1933
Construction Completed: May 27, 1937
Chief Engineer: Joseph B. Strauss
Bridge Constructor: Joseph b. Strauss
Wire Rope manufacturer: John A. Roebling Sons, Co.
Bridge Type: Suspension
Length of main span: 4,200 feet
Number of supporting cables: 2
Diameter of each cable: 36 3/8in
Status: Still in existence
See two of the videos submitted to the Roebling Museum by the Technology Education and iSTEM majors from TCNJ, The College of New Jersey. Students worked in teams to design and develop four different ideas for hands-on STEAM activities with an architecture or engineering focus. They also researched the contributions of women in STEAM careers and fields of study, to give our program participants a sense of how women throughout time have impacted science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture/aesthetics, and mathematics.
In honor of National Engineers Week (February 18-24, 2018) and in honor of national Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (February 22, 2018) TCNJ students visited the Roebling Museum for our Kids Create: Pillars, Rafters and Facades! STEM Saturdays event on Saturday, February 24th from 10am-4pm. We chose two of their cool activities for our visitors to participate in. They were a hit! The budding engineers and architects of the future who visited the museum for this program had an amazing time building their projects and learning STEAM concepts! Story-time with “Miss Rosie” (as in “the riveter”…) was also a huge success, as we shared stories written by author Andrea Beaty that encourage children to think and pursue STEAM!
We hope to see you and your junior engineers at the next Kids Create event on Saturday July 21, 2018! Stay tuned for project details and online preregistration.
Explore STEAM Learning at Kids Create: Pillars, Rafters and Facades! @ Roebling Museum
The Roebling Museum, located in the historic village of Roebling, NJ, is ready to kick-off its 2018 season with another family-friendly STEM program! On Saturday, February 24, 2018, come explore STEAM – science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture/
Kids and their families will have the chance to work with Technology Education and iSTEM majors from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). In honor of National Engineers Week, (February 18-24) the students, from the Architecture and Civil Engineering course designed some awesome hands-on activities to fit the themes of architecture and civil engineering, with a special focus on female architects and engineers in honor of national “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.”
Visitors to the Museum can also enjoy our fun-for-all-ages, hands-on Bridge Building Lab, make and test mini-catapults, and participate in story time with ‘Miss Rosie,” who will read, “Rosie Revere, Engineer,” “Iggy Peck, Architect” and “Ada Twist, Scientist,” all written by Andrea Beaty.
Museum staff and volunteers will help children and their families experience a day of fun projects that teach STEAM concepts in new and interesting ways. More than fun and games, families that attend Kids Create can enjoy becoming junior engineers, architects, and designers as they learn, play and turn STEAM ideas and concepts into tangible experiences.
Kids Create: Pillars, Rafters and Facades! will run throughout the day on February 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $5 dollars per person. Children age 5 and under get in for FREE. Pre-registration is encouraged. Just go to our events page to sign up. (Note: This is not a drop-off program, and all children must have be accompanied by a parent or guardian while onsite.) Experience the Roebling legacy with your children, through STEAM learning and play! Follow us on Facebook for more details, videos, photos and more…
Each year near the end of February, Roebling Museum celebrates Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!. This year, students, parents, teachers, STEAM professionals and Roebling Museum staff and volunteers spent a day sharing and exploring the incredible and diverse world of STEM/STEAM. Our annual celebration of National Engineers Week ad
ded a unique day of learning and fun this year – Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day! (IaGtED)
In the morning, children ages 3-7 explored author Andrea Beaty’s popular children’s book series that includes Rosie Revere, Engineer; Ada Twist, Scientist; and Iggy Peck, Architect. They also made their own “flying machines” and airplan
es, for a hands-on exploration of engineering and design techniques and concepts.
Later that day, thanks in great part to Parsons Company Civil Engineer, bridge builder and Roebling Museum supporter, Nicole Melendez, we welcomed high school students from York, PA ,as well as home-school tweens and teens, for an afternoon of hands-on engineering/STEAM labs and learning, and a chance to meet and talk with STEAM professionals.
It was a refreshing and candid day, including lunch, and conversations about how to encourage and mentor more youth, especially underrepresented girls, in the pursuit of science, technology, engineering, architecture and mathematics.
Come and visit the historic site, Museum and village named for the family of the world’s first known female field engineer – Emily Warren Roebling – who worked tirelessly to help her husband build the iconic and majestic Brooklyn Bridge. Help us encourage, engage and interest more girls in the wide world of “engineering”.
We’re already getting ready for 2019! Contact Caren Cronin, Roebling Museum’s Volunteer, Program & Visitor Experience Manager for more information or to book your group for an IaGtED 2019! Call 609-499-7200 or email caren.cronin@roeblingmuseum.org. Help more young women explore STEM/STEAM and shout the I am Gifted (IaGtED)!
Roebling Museum is proud to present another new and unique exhibit. “The Heritage Keepers” is an exhibit that tells the story behind the story of the hard fought and won battle to establish the Roebling Museum, and to capture and preserve the information and artifacts that stand as a testament to one of the most important little towns of the industrial age in America. The exhibit is NOW OPEN to the public, with an intriguing look at the past, present and future of this heritage site, set along the bank of the Delaware River.
Explore the World of Innovation & Engineering this Summer!
at the 5th Annual Emily Roebling STEAM Day Camp!
The Roebling Museum is excited to host its 5th annual summer camp, August 7 –11, 2017 from 10:00am – 3:00pm daily. The Emily Roebling STEAM Day Camp, will once again invite young minds to explore innovation, engineering, technology and history on the grounds of the Roebling Museum.
Named for Emily Warren Roebling, the courageous wife of Washington Roebling, who helped to build the Brooklyn Bridge and became the world’s first female Field Engineer, the Emily Roebling STEAM Day Camp is open to elementary and middle school girls and boys in 5th thru 8th grades. Guided by experienced STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and museum educators, students will discover the science of bridge, civil and structural engineering. These well-rounded junior engineers will also learn about the history of the Roebling factory, village, and workers. They will learn about the technology behind famous Roebling products like wire rope, and acquire the engineering skills needed to design and build their own structures.
In response to parent and student demand, this year’s camp has been extended to 5 days. As always, parents and guardians are invited and encouraged to arrive early for pick-up on the last day of camp, to see and enjoy the camp-goers’ final products, and to celebrate their accomplishments. Activities during the week will include a field trip, t-shirt-making, hands-on STEM labs and experiments, and opportunities to meet and work with experienced and emerging STEM/STEAM professionals.
Camp registration forms are available on the Museum’s website or at the museum. Tuition for the week includes daily lunch and snacks, and is $250 per camper for Non-Members, $230 per camper for Roebling Museum Members. Through the generosity of the New Jersey Historical Commission (a division of the Department of State), several regional foundations, corporate sponsors, and private donors, Roebling Museum makes camp tuition scholarships available for students eligible for free and reduced lunch. Parent(s)/guardian(s) seeking camp tuition support are asked to provide a written request, addressed to the camp director. Email Caren Cronin, Camp Director, at caren.cronin@roeblingmuseum.org for more information.
For more on this and other upcoming Roebling Museum programs, events, group tours, facility rentals and volunteer opportunities, please call the museum at 609-499-7200 or visit our website at www.roeblingmuseum.org. Follow us on Facebook: Roebling Museum and/or Roebling Museum Car Show, and on Twitter: @RoeblingMuseum. The Museum is located at 100 Second Avenue in Roebling, NJ. Ample parking is available in the Museum lot off Hornberger Avenue, adjacent to the Roebling River Line parking area.
Roebling Museum is hosting its first-ever Volunteer Recruitment Open House! We invite you to join us for a fun and an informational event! Come visit and find out how great it can be to volunteer and give back to your community! Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 12pm-3pm. FREE Admission for all prospective new volunteers!
Roebling Museum thrives because of the generosity and time of its faithful, hard working, and enthusiastic corps of volunteers. From docents and tour guides, to special event staff, we could not serve our public and provide the quality programs we offer without the involvement and support of volunteers:
provided, and volunteer hours are flexible. If you’re looking for a great place to share your time and talents, apply online or call today! http://roeblingmuseum.org/support/volunteer/
your team to develop just the right project to fit your team’s special skills and talents. Call us today and let’s get to work!
Still have questions? Contact the Roebling Museum’s Volunteer, Program & Visitor Experience Manager, Caren Cronin @ 609-499-7200, or email caren.cronin@roeblingmuseum.org.
Great News!!! Thanks to the generosity of the Investors Foundation and the Roma Bank Community Foundation, Roebling Museum has kicked off a new season filled with learning, discovery, enlightenment and fun!
Thank you, Mae Heminway, for coming to the museum to present us with funds to support Roebling Museum’s education and outreach programs. Board member, Kathie Lengel, and Executive Director, Varissa McMickens Blair were pleased to accept and receive these grant awards on behalf of the entire museum board, volunteers and staff!
