The 5th Annual New Jersey Makers Day is scheduled for March 22-23, 2019 at participating locations throughout New Jersey. This statewide event is a celebration of maker culture, and offers hands-on opportunities for creating, crafting, programming, tinkering and a large variety of STEM-based learning.
In 2018, events were featured at over 290 participating locations in 20 counties in New Jersey, with a reported attendance of 110,000! Over 180 of these locations were public libraries, who have been a leader in developing this innovative statewide event.
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) provided a recorded message to participants in 2017, congratulating makers for being engaged in this proud New Jersey tradition of entrepreneurship and discovery.
“This is an important part of our economy,” said Sen. Booker, “an important part of job creation, an important part of innovation, and pushing the envelope of humanity. This is a day truly to celebrate, and I love that we, in New Jersey, are keeping it going.”
New Jersey Makers Day began in 2015 to enhance community engagement and develop connections among New Jersey residents by collaborating with multi-type libraries, museums, small businesses and others to promote and explore new opportunities for entrepreneurship, innovation and hands-on learning experiences.
In 2016, New Jersey Makers Day was expanded to be a two-day event, which allowed sites not able to host events during the weekend (like schools, colleges and universities, manufacturers, local businesses, etc.) to still be able to provide programs, demonstrations and other events for their communities.
New Jersey Makers Day is now an independent 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and a registered New Jersey Charity thereby able to accept tax-deductible donations to grow the event across the state.
This event is made possible due in part to generous sponsorship from the PSEG Foundation and the New Jersey State Library. For more information and a complete listing of participating locations, including hundreds of libraries throughout the state, visit njmakersday.org.