• Tour the Newark Museum (website: www.newarkmuseum.com), one of the nation's most comprehensive fine arts museums and the largest museum complex in the state, with 80 art and science galleries, a planetarium and a mini-zoo.

• Visit Branch Brook Park (website: www.branchbrookpark.org) in Newark, which plays host to the annual cherry blossom festival, and has more cherry blossoms than Washington, DC in the springtime.

• Explore the Liberty Science Center (website: www.lsc.org) in Liberty State Park, Jersey City. It offers a hands-on science museum with an IMAX Dome Theater, plus exhibits on inventions, technology, environment and health.

• See the Edison National Historic Site (website: www.nps.gov/edis) in West Orange, and take a tour of Thomas Edison's home, laboratory and library. See the equipment and chemicals with which Edison invented the first incandescent lightbulb, photograph and motion picture.

• Step back in time at the Old Barracks Museum (website: www.barracks.org) in Trenton, the site of the famous day-after-Christmas battle during the Revolutionary War. Walk through restored soldiers' quarters, 18th-century period rooms and antiques.

• Delve into New Jersey's history (dating back to 500BC) at the New Jersey State Planetarium and Museum (website: www.state.nj.us/state/museum) in Trenton.

• Climb aboard a battleship at the USS New Jersey Museum (website: www.battleshipnewjersey.org) in Camden. The USS New Jersey is one of the most decorated battleships in US naval history.

• See battle re-enactments at the Morristown National Historic Park (website: www.nps.gov/morr). This historic park is the site of George Washington's winter encampments, and the Ford Mansion is now a museum.

• Taste the grapes from one of the oldest vineyards in the USA - the Renault Winery (website: www.renaultwinery.com) in Egg Harbor. Visit the nearby Museum of American Glass (website: www.wheatonvillage.org) for a dazzling display of glass from talented artisans.

• Tour the charming, historic town of Princeton, home of the world-renowned Princeton University (website: www.princeton.edu). Enjoy a wonderful selection of art exhibitions, music, dance and theatre performances, exclusive shops and restaurants.

• Take a walking tour of Princeton University and the battlefield where Washington's army defeated the British in 1777 (website: www.visitprinceton.org).

• View the house where Einstein lived during the years he was a Princeton University lecturer, until his death in 1955 (website: www.princetonhistory.org/historic_sites.cfm).

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