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Ask the Barracks!

Now booking in person field trips for Spring 2023!
To learn more about virtual field trip options, please click here.

Scroll down for answers to your questions!

We understand that learning from home can be a new kind of adventure.  The Old Barracks wants to help teachers and students learn about the history that happened right here in NJ while we are learning from our homes.  

We have created our Ask the Barracks program to help teachers and students by allowing students to write questions to our interpreters here at the museum. Our interpreters are ready to help keep history lessons engaging and fun! Just have your students write their questions and email them to  askthebarracks@barracks.org

Our interpreters will reply with answers to their questions about the Old Barracks and NJ's role in the Revolutionary War.  We'll choose a few lucky questions to be posted to our Ask the Barracks webpage and Facebook.  Keep an eye out to see which questions get picked!  Have a question about the Old Barracks? The soldiers? The people who were in Trenton at the time of Washington's crossing?  What people wore? What people ate? We're looking forward to hearing what the students are curious about.

We do understand that privacy is a main concern so we will only post the first name of a student and the school name.  If you would like that information withheld, please let us know.

We are happy to assist our educators as we navigate this new way of learning together.  Please let us know how we can help.
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A: Most combatants that died during the American Revolution died from diseases like dysentery, malaria, and smallpox - which is one of the deadliest diseases in history. It was a huge threat to the Continental Army as most soldiers in the army had never gotten the disease before. After smallpox immobilized the army twice, Washington ordered that the soldiers of the army be inoculated, meaning the soldiers would be given the disease on purpose so they would become immune. These inoculations took place right at the Old Barracks from 1777 until the end of the war.




The Old Barracks Museum | 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, NJ 08608 | 609-396-1776 | info@barracks.org
Open Wednesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM 
Closed Sundays, Mondays, Jan. 1, Thanksgiving, Dec. 24, Dec. 25
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  • Home
  • About
    • History >
      • About the Building
      • Bibliography
    • Contact
    • Space Rentals
    • Staff & Board
    • Supporters
    • Projects >
      • Bake Oven Rebuild
      • Operation: Restoration 2016 >
        • Officers' House Restoration
        • Barracks Restoration
      • French and Indian War Outfittings Project & Grant
    • Photo Gallery
  • Visit
    • Hours, Admission, Etc.
    • Special Events >
      • 4 Centuries of African American Soldiers
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • School and Group Tours
    • Plan Your Visit
  • Exhibits
    • Collection Highlights >
      • Sampler Collection
    • A Symbol of New Jersey to the World
    • When Women Vote: The Old Barracks and the Anti-Suffrage Movement
    • "Necessary and Proper for the Public Good" World War I Exhibit
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Donate
    • Volunteers & Interns
    • Email Sign Up
  • Shop