2024 SEASON AT SHIPPEN MANOR

Interior tours of Shippen Manor are scheduled for the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May until December (unless a federal holiday or otherwise announced).

As of 9/30/2024, the driveway and back parking lot at Shippen Manor will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians. Off-site parking, with exception to the small Belvidere Avenue lot at our upper drive, is suggested. There is limited handicap parking closest to the boardwalk (Belvidere Ave. lot).

10/11: Museum is temporarily closed. Updates will be provided regarding future programming.

11/3 & 11/10: Museum open with strict parking & pedestrian restrictions (see events below). We ask that all visitors refrain from crossing barricades and/or cones to access the closed area. 

11/1: Victorian tour free reservations open today (12/1 and 12/8 at 11, 12, or 1pm). If we have inclement weather or the driveway work continues and I need to close the museum, all visitors who have made reservations will be contacted.

11/6: Open for Sun., 11/10 (Museum Tours, Veterans Recognition). Parking restrictions (driveways closed to the public, limited parking in small Belvidere Ave. lot, back parking closed).

11/15: Sun., Dec 1 and Dec 8-- 1pm reservation slot is filled. There is still space for 11am and 12pm. This is contingent on the weather and the driveway work. 

Programming is rain or shine unless otherwise noted.
If outside programming is cancelled or modified, the museum's main floor will still be open for tours unless otherwise noted.

For outdoor programming (only):

If an outdoor event is cancelled due to severe weather, particularly lightning, or severe storms, extreme heat, etc., this is where we will post that information:

• If cancelled during office hours (weekdays), Warren200.com (calendar, programming schedule) will be updated along with our Facebook (@ShippenManor) and WarrenParks.com. 
• If cancelled on the Saturday evening or early Sunday morning of the scheduled event, it will only be posted on Facebook (@ShippenManor), which will then upload to Shippen Manor News (warrenparks.com) for those who do not have that social media account.

Please read important information below this schedule regarding parking, entrances, ADA accessibility, etc.

We are a family-friendly site. Admission is always free. The Friends of Shippen do accept donations. All monies are used for the museum.

Events may be added or removed from the schedule. Please check before visiting.
Cancellations over the weekend or day of the programming will be posted on Facebook (Shippen Manor) or at Warren Parks.

Shippen Manor is a part of the Warren County Parks System.
We adhere to all rules and regulations set forth by the County.

PARKING & ACCESSIBILITY: 

On-Site Parking-- as of October 2024, on-site parking is limited to only those with handicap plates & tags (small Belvidere Ave parking lot), both driveways and back parking are closed to visitors. All other visitors are asked to park in town and walk over (see map below).

We have two parking areas, both with limitations. Please park in designated spaces and not in areas that are marked as "fire lane" or "no parking".

Belvidere Avenue  parking lot

• Small lot with limited parking
• Two handicap accessible parking spaces (sign) nearest the boardwalk entrance
• Please do not block entrance or driveway

Back Lot (limited open parking spaces) 

• Medium-sized parking lot with limited spaces (6-8), please do not exceed existing parking
  • Please do not block upper or lower driveway
  • All vehicles to park their vehicles with the nose or tail of their vehicle towards Route 31
  • Please do not park in areas with cones, these are delicate historic areas
  • Please do not park alongside or adjacent to the porta-john in the back 
  • Please do not move cones. They are there to mark delicate historical features.
• Regular museum days (1-4 p.m.), back lot will be open to the public
• Special event days (10 or 11-4 p.m.), back lot will be closed to the public
• Driveway is one-way only, please follow signs off of site
• Please drive slowly and use caution and yield to all pedestrians

Off-Site Parking (in town). Please look for signage before parking your vehicle. 

Parking areas with limited to no restriction:

• Washington Avenue (on street past the Colonial Methodist Church), town lot on Kent Street (municipal lot).

Parking areas with restrictions:

• Wall Street (in town), some parts of Washington Avenue (past the Methodist Church).

No parking:

• Belvidere Avenue, Washington Avenue at the bottom of our property (both ways), Cinder Street, Kent Street (on-street parking), residential driveways and accesses, and elsewhere that has "no parking" sign.

ENTRANCES TO MUSEUM

 There are two entrances to the museum (main floor).

1. Main Entrance ("Robeson Study"): first entrance along the boardwalk from the Belvidere Ave. parking area, which has one (1) step up into building. 
2. ADA Entrance/Regular Exit ("Reception Room"): second entrance from Belvidere Ave, is our ADA entrance, which has no step up into the building. 

Signs (brown & white) clearly mark the entrances. Please knock on the door and wait for a volunteer or staff member to open the door. If you need further assistance, please speak with one of our volunteers or staff.

For "On the Daily", the east-facing door on lower porch (along lower drive) or lower kitchen (south door) will be open between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on designated dates. 

For "Shippen Talks", the east-facing door on the lower porch (along lower drive) will be open 10 minutes before the presentations begin (2pm). There are a 4 to 5 steps to get onto the porch from the lower driveway.

If individuals prefer speech or hearing assistance, please email Gina Rosseland to request assistance at least two weeks prior to scheduled programming. If the individual would like to call Gina (908-453-4381, x 223), please use the relay service at 711.

• 711 Relay Service is a TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Service that permits a person with hearing or speech disabilities to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device that is used to call persons with or without such disabilities.
• 711 Relay Service does not work for Video Relay Service (VRS), Internet Protocol Relay (IP Relay), or IP Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) calls because such calls are initiated through the Internet, nor does it work for Captioned Telephone Service (CTS).

More information regarding 711 Relay Services.

If additional ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accommodations are required, all requests must be submitted in writing up to two (2) weeks prior to the programming event and we will do our best to accommodate. Please send all ADA accommodation requests to Gina Rosseland or send a letter to our offices at Shippen Manor (8 Belvidere Ave., Oxford, NJ 07863).

EXTERIOR BORDER & DRIVEWAY WALLS: Our walls are delicate and fragile due to age and in order to avoid any potential injuries to you or damage to the site, we ask that visitors (children in particular) not climb, walk, sit, or jump off of any of our walls. (This also includes the old stone stairs on our neighbors' property near the Belvidere Ave. parking area and the ruins in the woods.)

REFUSE: We are a "pack in/pack out" site, for both museum days and concerts. We do not have any garbage receptacles on site. Please do not leave any garbage or discarded items behind. Thank you for helping keep our site clean.

SITE HOURS: The site is a part of the Warren County Parks and therefore the site itself is open daily for visitors to walk around (open at dawn; closed at dusk). The museum itself is only open the hours listed in our programming schedule, on the 1st and 2nd Sundays from May to December, except on holidays.

SERVICE ANIMALS: The only animals permitted inside County buildings are licensed service animals, which, as defined by the ADA are, "dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities." All other pets will have to remain outside and leashed with a responsible adult attending to them. Please clean up after all pets.

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Thank you for your patronage.

Updated 7/1/2024