VISIT

Pouring Molten Glass

”Down in southern New Jersey they make glass. By day and by night, the fires burn on in Millville.” ~Carl Sandburg, 1904

 
The fires still burn here at WheatonArts! A national cultural treasure, WheatonArts is located on 45 wooded acres in southern New Jersey. WheatonArts is home to the Museum of American Glass, an international Creative Glass Fellowship Program, the largest Folklife program in the Garden State, a Hot Glass Studio, several traditional Craft Studios, Museum Stores, an Event Center, Nature Trail, and a beautiful pond-side picnic grove – a true Pineland Sanctuary! In addition to daily glassmaking and pottery demonstrations, WheatonArts features special exhibitions, programs, workshops, performances, and several weekend festivals (including the award-winning Festival of Fine Craft) throughout the year.

SEASONAL HOURS:

APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER
Open Thursday through Sunday
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine

Explore exhibits in the Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center, watch glass and pottery demonstrations in the Artist Studios, shop at the Museum Stores, and walk the Nature Trail. Please note that the GateHouse Café will not be reopening at this time. Light refreshments can be purchased in the General Store.

Admission tickets are needed to visit the Museum, Folklife Center, and Artist Studios. It is free to shop in the Museum Stores and to stroll the grounds and Nature Trail during our open hours, except during ticketed events. Please see our Events Calendar for event dates. Opening hours may vary on event days. 

WheatonArts is committed to practicing the proper precautions and protocol to help keep our community, staff, and artists safe and protected from COVID-19. Click here to learn more.

Closed: WheatonArts is closed January through March and on Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, & MARCH

The WheatonArts campus is CLOSED to the public. The Museum of American Glass, Folklife Center, Artist Studios, and Museum Stores are CLOSED to daily visitors during these three months for exhibition changes, inventory purposes, and repairs. The campus will reopen in April. Click Here to learn more about our Winter Schedule. 

Special Winter Hours: Open for the Mid-Winter Antique Show. 

ADMISSION

$12.00 Adults
$11.00 Senior Adults (62+)
$7.00 Students
Children 5 & under are free

Tickets are available online and at the front gate.

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Pet Policy: Visitors are NOT permitted to bring pets onto the WheatonArts campus. Only Service Dogs, as defined by the ADA, are welcome on the grounds.

Image of the WheatonArts Site Map. The map is white with light blue-gray sections that represent land, while the white represents the walkways. Some walkways have two small lines indicating employee only areas. Most of the sections have a dark blue square or rectangle with white text that represent the buildings or other WheatonArts attractions. From bottom to top, on the left side of the map, is red text that reads "Rain Garden", black text that reads "Parking Circle", a dark blue box with white text that reads "Main Entrance", another dark blue box that reads "Education Studio", a dark blue box that reads "General Store", a dark blue box that reads "Brownstone" with yellow text that reads "Closed", a dark blue box that reads "A.G. Paperweight Shop", a dark blue box that reads "Gallery of Fine Craft", a dark blue box that reads "Down Jersey Folklife Center", a dark blue circle, red text that reads "Discovery Garden", and a dark blue box that reads "1876 School House". From bottom to top, in the center of the map, is a dark blue box that reads "Admin", a dark blue box with a white and red Restroom symbol, a dark blue box that reads "Museum of American Glass", a dark blue box that reads "Paper Studio", and a dark blue box that reads "Employees Only (EO). From bottom to top, on the right side of the map, is a dark blue box that reads "Event Center", a dark blue box that reads "Glass Studio", a dark blue box that reads "Pottery & Flamework Studio", a dark blue box that reads "The Classroom", red text that reads "Nature Trail Entrance" with a red arrow pointing up towards another dark blue box next to an area marked with a dark blue box that reads "EO". There are small gold stars on the dark blue boxes representing the "Main Entrance", the "Glass Studio", the "Pottery & Flamework Studio", the "Down Jersey Folklife Center", the "Gallery of Fine Craft", the "A.G. Paperweight Shop", and the General Store. There are two other Restroom symbols at the "Museum of American Glass" and the "Pottery & Flamework Studio". There are small red and white First Aid symbols at "Admin", the "Museum of American Glass", and "Glass Studio". There are also three small black boxes with a white picnic table logo in between the "Main Entrance" and "Museum of American Glass". At the very top of the map over top of a blank light-blue gray section of land is red text that reads "WheatonArts" above black text that reads "Site Map".

WheatonArts participates in the following free/discount admission programs: 

 

  • WheatonArts Members receive FREE admission all year! Memberships can be purchased and used the same-day. To learn more about our membership benefits, Click Here.
  • WheatonArts is a Blue Star Museum, offering FREE admission to the nation’s
    active-duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families
    year-round. Learn More Here. 
  • As a participant in the Museums on Us® program, Bank of America Cardholders receive FREE admission the first full weekend of every month. To learn more, Click Here. 
  • The “WheatonArts Family Days! Presented by PNC Arts Alive!” program offers FREE
    admission on select days throughout the year. To see the full schedule, Click Here. 
  • We participate in the new “Families First Discovery Pass” program, offering $2 admission
    for card holding adults and free admission for household children. To learn more about this program, Click Here. 

WheatonArts is a proud
Blue Star Museum!

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer FREE admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. WheatonArts offers an extended program period with free admission from April through December. 

Who is eligible for free museum admission through Blue Star Museums? The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card(CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card, which includes active-duty U.S. military – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps – and up to five family members.

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Joe Mattson demonstrating glass blowing to veteran

WheatonArts is a participant in the Museums on Us® program and offers special benefits to Bank of America customers. Card holders visit for FREE during the first weekend of every month.

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