• Reenatctors try to stay warm outside soldier huts in Jockey Hollow

    Morristown

    National Historical Park New Jersey

Things To Know Before You Come

Headquarters Museum

The 1930s Washington Headquarters Museum is presently open while still undergoing a rehabilitation and expansion project.

Currently there are three new exhibit galleries, a documentary film, and the bookstore open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Ford Mansion - Washington's Headquarters
Tours of the mansion that was owned by Jacob Ford Jr. and was the winter Headquarters of General George Washington during the Winter of 1779-1780 are provided daily. Tours begin at the Washington's Headquarters Museum, just down the hill from the mansion.

Tour size will be limited to no more than 20 visitors on each tour with a single tour guide. Spaces for each tour will be on a first come first served basis.
Tickets for each tour are available at the contact desk inside the museum. Tours will be made available at 10 and 11am and at 1, 2, 3 and 4pm.

For additional information, please call (973) 539-2016 x210. Group of 15 or more must make reservations. Please call 973-539-2016 x 210

Jockey Hollow Unit

Visitors hiking along our White/ Grand Loop Trail that borders Lewis Morris County Park should be aware Lewis Morris will be closed for the controlled hunts onset date throughout the winter.

For more information on Morris County deer hunts call 973-326-7600.

Wick House
The Wick House may closed to the general public due to a reserved school or group visit, limited staff availability or weather conditions pleas check at Visitor Center desk for winter availability.

Did You Know?

Benidict Arnold

That Benidict Arnold's court-martial proceedings occurred in Morristown