PRINCETON Morven Museum and Garden “Hail Specimen of Female Art! New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860.” Through March 29. $5 and $6. Wednesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street. morven.org; 609-924-8144.

PRINCETON Princeton University Art Museum “Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan.” Through Feb. 1. “Kongo Across the Waters,” examining 500 years of cultural exchange between Congo, Europe, and the United States. Through Jan. 25. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University Campus. 609-258-3788; artmuseum.princeton.edu.

PRINCETON Princeton University Library “Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666-1888,” maps and atlases of a number of New Jersey counties. Through Jan. 25, 2015. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Firestone Library and Museum, Princeton University, 1 Washington Road. library.princeton.edu; 609-258-1470.

SOUTH ORANGE South Orange Performing Arts Center Precious Memories, photography, collage and constructs by Mansa K. Mussa. Through Feb. 15. South Orange Performing Arts Center, 1 Sopac Way. 973-313-2787; sopacnow.org.

SUMMIT Visual Arts Center of New Jersey “Doppler Shift,” international group show. Through Jan. 18. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street. artcenternj.org; 908-273-9121.

TRENTON Mala Polska “Reflections of Poland,” paintings and carved reliefs by Ewa Zeller and Jerzy Chojnowski. Through Nov. 10. Daily, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mala Polska, 1046 Brunswick Avenue. 609-937-2880.

TRENTON New Jersey State Museum “Drawn to Dinosaurs: Hadrosaurus Foulkii,” 25-foot cast of a dinosaur and a life-size illustration. Through Dec. 31. “New Jersey on Display: World’s Fairs and the Garden State,” stories of pioneering entrepreneurs like Thomas Edison. Through Jan. 4. Suggested donation, $5. “A Shadow Over the Earth: The Life and Death of the Passenger Pigeon,” through June 2015. Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street. 609-292-6464; statemuseum.nj.gov.