Sunday, February 18 | 2:00 PM
“Travels with Darley: Revolutionary Road Trip New Jersey”
Premiere Screening
Sunday, February 18 | 2:00 PM
This event is sold out!
Learn about destinations where you can combine travel with history and food in New Jersey and meet PBS TV host Darley Newman.
The Morris Museum will host a premiere screening of the Morristown and Princeton focused episodes of “Travels with Darley: Revolutionary Road Trip New Jersey” and a sneak preview of a third episode on Sunday, February 18 at 2 PM. This event is being supported by Morris Museum, Morris County Economic Development Alliance and Tourism Bureau’s 250th and Film Committees, and the American Battlefield Trust.
The PBS series “Travels with Darley” is debuting three new episodes filmed in New Jersey focused on “Revolutionary Road Trips,” sites related to the American Revolution. The screenings of the new episodes from the long-running PBS series will be followed by a Q&A discussion. Audience members will learn about hidden gems that they can visit in New Jersey and go behind the scenes on the filming with PBS television host and travel expert Darley Newman, Morris Museum’s Executive Director Tom Loughman, President & CEO of the MCEDA & Morris County Tourism Bureau, Craig Schlosser, and key experts. From Botswana to Belgium to Bowling Green, Kentucky, Newman has been traveling the world for the last 15 years, showcasing lesser-known destinations that travelers can experience.
Through the never-before-seen content, attendees will experience places in New Jersey, where Colonial history comes to life. Attendees will learn about historic pubs, restaurants and homes that famous figures George Washington and Alexander Hamilton visited, as well as key battlefields, parks, museums and encampment sites. Darley will also share local spots where you can taste history through unique New Jersey products like Revolutionary Beer and Laird’s Applejack, America’s oldest family of distillers.
“Revolutionary Road Trips” debuts this winter in the Emmy Award-nominated “Travels with Darley” series on NJ PBS and nationwide. The first season spotlights many key destinations in three half hour episodes on New Jersey, the Crossroads of the American Revolution. These sites include Morristown, Morris County, Monmouth Battlefield, Somerset, Middlesex Counties, Trenton, Washington Crossing and Princeton.
Watch “Travels with Darley’s” new season on NJ PBS now on Sundays at 12:30pm and mark your calendar to watch the first of three “Revolutionary Road Trips” episodes premiering on NJ PBS in primetime!
- “Travels with Darley: Revolutionary Road Trips Part I” Wednesday, March 6 at 8:30pm (Princeton, Trenton, Washington Crossing)
- “Travels with Darley: Revolutionary Road Trips Part II” Wednesday, March 13 at 8:30pm (Morristown, Monmouth Battlefield)
- “Travels with Darley: Revolutionary Road Trips Part III” Wednesday, March 20 at 8:30pm (Middlesex and Somerset Counties
About Darley Newman & Travels with Darley
Recognized in Forbes for her “PBS travel empire,” Darley Newman is an entrepreneur, TV host, writer, and producer of Emmy Award-winning “Equitrekking,” “Travels with Darley” and “Look Up” on PBS, Amazon Prime and networks in over 85 nations. Having led production teams in over 30 nations and 26 states, she’s been charged by an elephant in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, gone free diving in South Korea, taken on the world’s highest commercial bungee in China and explored by mountain bike the WWI ‘red zone’ of northeast France. In addition to seven Daytime Emmy Award nominations, she’s received the North American Travel Journalist Award, the Inspiring Woman Award from Women in Philanthropy and Leadership, two Telly Awards and was inducted into the Taste Awards Hall of Fame. Her longtime production team consists of 14-time Emmy award winning Producer/Writer Janice Selinger who was formerly Executive Director of NJN Public Television and Crossroads of the American Revolution, Yardville Resident Story Editor/Producer Bob Szuter who produced Morristown: Where America Survived while at NJN Public Television and multiple Emmy Award-winning Morris County Director of Photography Greg Barna. Learn more at Darley-Newman.com.
Ticket & Visitor Information
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