| Trenton Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lafayette and
Barracks Street, 609-777-1770. Open seven days. E-mail:
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Walk This Way , guided walking tours on Sundays at 1 p.m. from April through October, at other times by reservation. Leaving from the Visitors Bureau at Lafayette and Barracks Streets. $7 at 609-396-9419 or
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New Jersey State Museum, www.state.nj.us
205 West State Street, Trenton. 609-292-6464. Tuesday to Saturday, 9 to 4:45 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Everything from American Indian artifacts and antique furniture to fine arts and a planetarium. Lectures, kids shows, a concert series.
Old Barracks Museum, www.barracks.org Capitol Complex, Trenton. 609-396-1776. Historical interpreters in period dress explore life in colonial and revolutionary New Jersey. Built in 1758, it housed British soldiers during the French and Indian war, and three Hessian regiments succumbed to George Washington's troops on December 26, 1776. Wonderful for children.
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New Jersey State Police Museum, 609-882-2000, extension 2557. See evidence from the Lindbergh case as well as trooper uniforms, weapons, and other exhibits, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Take Interstate 95 south to Exit 1. Drive south on Route 29 to the first light. Turn left on
Upper Ferry Roadand left again on
River Road
New Jersey State House ,
State Street, Trenton, 609-633-2709. The nation's second oldest state capitol in continuous operation offers free guided tours of the restored building on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m., and on Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m. www.njleg.state.nj.us/Default.asp.
Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. 609-989-1191. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 2 to 4, Free. www.ellarslie.org
William Trent House,
15 Market Street, 609-989-3027. A Georgian brick manor house built as a summer home in 1719 by Trenton's namesake, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, this mansion has an excellent collection of early colonial furniture. The Financial Times of London called it the finest William and Mary site in America. Open daily from 12:30 to 4 p.m., and for group tours by reservation from 9 a.m. to noon. www.williamtrenthouse.org
Douglass House, Mill Hill Park, Front and Montgomery Streets. General Washington called a council of war here on January 2, 1777, and decided to attack the British in Princeton.
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