Upcoming Events

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"Trenton's Story Begins Here" Community Celebration 

​Saturday, June 6, 2026 - 12 noon to 6 pm

As part of Trenton's celebration of our nation's founding, the Trent House will hold its annual Ice Cream Social on June 6th, in partnership with Trenton Puerto Rican Community & Friends and the Old Mill Hill Society's Garden Tour.

Ice cream will be served between 12 noon and 3 pm accompanied by live cuatro and drumming performances. At 3 pm, students from The College of New Jersey will be joined by a Trenton couple whose story of the Great Migration from South Carolina to Trenton will be presented - "A Love Story that Traveled Time and Space." From 4 to 6 pm enjoy relaxing to the swing tunes of jazz group while walking the grounds and viewing the new interpretive signs. 

There is no admission fee and all are welcome. Free van service will be provided up to 5 pm, circulating among Artworks, Mill Hill neighborhood, Mercer Cemetery at Trenton, Trent House, and the Old Barracks.

For information on the Mill Hill Garden Tour and programs at Mercer Cemetery at Trenton and the Old Barracks, see the Seeds of Liberty page on the Trent House website.

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Freedoms Reframed: Art at the Edges of the Constitution
An Exhibition and Associated Programs

June 14, 2026 through July 26, 2026
Opening Reception: June 14, 2026, 3-5 pm

The Freedoms Reframed exhibition presents the work of artists and poets of different racial backgrounds, nationalities, and gender and gender expression, elevating voices historically underrepresented or ignored in constitutional and civic discourse.

Their work calls attention to the freedom to love without restriction, to pursue equitable educational opportunities, to enjoy personal and collective safety, to earn economic dignity and living wages, to access health care, and to self-definition and identity.

Placing contemporary creative expressions in art and poetry on the site of an early 18th century slave-holding plantation will encourage visitors to consider how America has expanded the rights and freedoms of citizens over the past 250 years and to imagine a more equitable and just future.

Organized by William Trent House Museum and Art Against Racism
 and curated by  Judith K. Brodsky and Rhinold L. Ponder.

Information on accompanying programs
will be available here soon.​

This exhibition is part of the Re-Visioning America: 1776–2026 initiative.

​Inspired by the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Re-visioning America is a community-based and collaborative initiative that invites contemplation of the past, present, and possible futures of the American nation through the lens of art. “America” refers to a specific geography, but it also reflects a diverse and sometimes contradictory cohort of ideas, myths, debates, experiences, identities, and aspirations.
 
Re-visioning America showcases how artists from a range of backgrounds grapple with the complexity of America and its histories, then and now, and invites audiences to do the same through a series of exhibitions and accompanying programming, including lectures, artist conversations, hands-on workshops, film screenings, and a gallery crawl.
 
Partners include the Arts Council of Princeton, Morven Museum & Garden, Princeton Public Library,
Historical Society of Princeton, William Trent House Museum, Garden Theatre,
Princeton University Art Museum, and the Princeton University Humanities Initiative.

Further information on Re-visioning America will be available soon
​on the Princeton University Humanities Initiative website.