About InfoAge Science & History Museums

About InfoAge

InfoAge was incorporated in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) as The Information Age Learning Center, a nonprofit educational organization. We are located on the former 1912 Marconi Wireless Receiving Station and WWII-era signal corps army base of Camp Evans in Wall Township, a large suburb near the Jersey shore. InfoAge has evolved into a consortium of 20 science and history museums and exhibits that serve as a focal point for the preservation and interpretation of New Jersey’s rich technology and military history.

InfoAge’s Mission

Our mission is to preserve, honor and teach about scientific innovation and its history to inspire new generations of thinkers, dreamers, and visionaries.

Our mission is further detailed in three parts:

1. continue to develop an interactive hands-on LEARNING center focused on the evolution and applications of communications, electronics, and related technologies;
2. as a National Historic Landmark, to acquire, restore, preserve and share important artifacts and historic buildings on our campus as a way to INSPIRE people – especially children – to learn about and appreciate how technology can improve their lives and provide meaningful career opportunities;
3. and as New Jersey’s WWII Living Memorial, to HONOR the accomplishments and service of veterans, civilians, and military contractors by recognizing their contributions.

Our VISION is to become vital community resource for hands-on education in STEAM (the interface of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), to fill our parking lots with yellow school buses, and to motivate future generations in pursuing their passions to improve our world. 

STEAM Education

In addition to the study of each separate field, STEAM aims to foster inquiring minds, logical reasoning, critical thinking, creativity, expression, and collaboration skills. By visiting InfoAge, you can learn about the magic and mystery leading to the invention of wireless telegraphy and early radio, hear your voice bounce off the moon, program historic computers, and study electronic warfare. You can see artifacts from local shipwrecks, walk among historic military vehicles, and operate model trains. You can stand within a model Cold War-era nuclear fallout shelter, build a 3D printed model, and hear the sounds of wartime and peacetime over period radio.

History Happened Here

Our campus is different than other science centers. We are the stewards of 16 buildings on a historic campus which opened in the early 1900s as a Marconi wireless telegraph station, served as a Navy/RCA communications laboratory during World War I, and was known as the Camp Evans Signal Corps Research and Development laboratory from World War II until 1997. These events and others earned us designations by the U.S. Department of the Interior on the National Register of Historic Places and prestigious status as a National Historic Landmark. We also became a Save America’s Treasures site (Bill Clinton administration) and Preserve America Steward (George W. Bush administration). We are a World War II Living Memorial for the State of New Jersey.

The first InfoAge museum/exhibit spaces were opened in 2005 in the sprawling red brick Marconi Hotel.  Since then InfoAge has expanded its education and historical program offerings and display space across our 30 acre campus. We currently have over 40,000 square feet of space dedicated to our scientific, historical, and educational museums, exhibits, and programs.  As we work constantly to acquire additional funding, our over 100 volunteers are restoring and renovating an additional 42,000 square feet and filling them with artifacts, information, and expert guides.

Read more about our unique history here!