We’re getting off New Jersey’s iconic highway and onto lesser-known byways to explore the Garden State’s rich cultural traditions. From sporting events in Jersey City to agricultural history in the Pinelands, from our very own “Music City” in Orange to the maritime folkways of Tuckerton, join partners across the state for a series of exhibitions, interviews, and performances as vibrant and diverse as New Jersey itself.

Prime Time Family Reading is a national program serving 6- to 10-year-old kids and their families. Participating families build early literacy skills, engage in critical thinking, and connect with each other through literature and discussion.

NJCH offers an opportunity to connect communities with renowned speakers on environmental humanities topics.

Community History participants work closely with their communities to learn about and share their untold stories. Participants receive instruction on public history practices, develop projects in a collaborative environment, and receive funding from NJCH to launch projects in their communities.

Funding, creating, and amplifying humanities-grounded programming that raises media literacy and expands support for local journalism—particularly in communities and places that are seldom covered by traditional media outlets.

NJCH offers a free college course in the humanities in partnership with Rutgers University-Newark and the national Clemente Course initiative. The 16-week course, open to Newark-area veterans and military-connected civilians, offers an opportunity for adult learners to explore themes of war and reconciliation through literature, art, history, and philosophy.

Via both an online form and "ballot boxes" located at partner sites throughout the state, NJCH collected hundreds of responses from New Jerseyans in response to pressing questions about our democracy. Responses and creative works based on them can be explored here.

In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program, NJCH brought the exhibit "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" to six community colleges around New Jersey and supported a host of democracy-related public humanities programs at nonprofit organizations.