Becoming the Museum of Today
The house that William Trent had built more than 300 years ago has undergone many changes in its architecture and interior design. The thousand acre plantation on which it stood is now a City park of about two acres, surrounded by highways, parking lots, and office buildings.
The museum itself has also changed the scope of its research, interpretation, and programming from a focus primarily on William Trent to one that encompasses human history on the land that became Trenton from the native peoples of many millennia ago to the rich diversity of peoples of today's city. Today's mission statement reflects this:
The museum itself has also changed the scope of its research, interpretation, and programming from a focus primarily on William Trent to one that encompasses human history on the land that became Trenton from the native peoples of many millennia ago to the rich diversity of peoples of today's city. Today's mission statement reflects this:
To share the authentic history of the house, property, and people with our communities,
connecting the past with today and tomorrow.
connecting the past with today and tomorrow.
