2022-04-09 to 2023-01-08 - Mercer County - Trenton - Jaw-Dropping World of Sharks

Jaw-Dropping World of Sharks

Opening April 9, 2022

2nd floor Riverside Gallery

Sharks and their relatives share a 400-million-year history and have a diverse family tree. They inhabit the world’s oceans, rivers and estuaries evoking fear and mystery. But much this fear comes from a lack of understanding about sharks and their habitats. This exhibition dispels some of the myths and misunderstandings about sharks and their relatives by exploring their biology, fossil record, conservation and cultural significance. Specimens and artifacts from the New Jersey State Museum collections will be on display to demonstrate the truly jaw-dropping world of sharks!

New Jersey State Museum will feature sharks in new exhibition Sharks are one of the most feared animals throughout the world, even though the odds of ever encountering one are highly unlikely. “Jaw Dropping World of Sharks,” a new exhibition from the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, aims to dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings about sharks and their relatives by exploring their biology, fossil record, conservation and cultural significance, according to a press release. The exhibition opens April 9 in the Riverside Gallery on the museum’s second floor. On display will be specimens and artifacts from the museum’s collections that demonstrate the world of sharks. As part of the opening, Dr. Dana Ehret, the museum’s assistant curator of natural history and a fossil shark expert, will present a free lecture about the largest shark that has ever lived, Megalodon, at 2 p.m. in the museum’s Riverview gallery. The “Jaw Dropping World of Sharks,” will be on view through Jan. 8, 2023. 205 West State Street, Trenton.

Museum Hours:

Tuesday – Sunday 

9 am to 4:45 pm 

Galleries begin closing 

at 4:30 pm