The museum emphasizes that it is a "center for art, craft & design" and presents exhibitions featuring both local and national artists.

With funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Ann Douglass was hired as the first executive director in 1970.

[4] Artists represented in the collection of prints include Mark di Suvero, Philip Guston, Alex Katz, and Ad Reinhardt.

[6] In early 2002, the works of the sculptor Jim Toia were displayed in an exhibition entitled "Groundwork" and featuring mushrooms as both source and subject.

In The New York Times, art critic William Zimmer described it as the "most charming and picturesque" museum in the state.