TOURS & VISITING INFORMATION
The Peto Museum is open May 18, 2025 – December 2025
ADMISSION
Pricing for Tours/Exhibit viewing
Members: Free
Adults: $10
Seniors (62+) and Students: $8
Children 12 and Under: Free
Exhibitions are free with membership.
To become a member, visit our
Membership Page or contact us.
TOURS
Saturday: 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM
Sunday: 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM
All tours are Docent-guided and include
the permanent collection and the current exhibit on display. Walk-ins welcome.
Group Tours & Private Tours by Appointment.
Contact Us for More Information
LOCATION
John F. Peto Studio Museum
102 Cedar Ave
Island Heights, NJ 08732
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CONTACT DETAILS
PHONE: 732.929.4949
EMAIL: info@petomuseum.org
ACCESSIBILITY

The John F. Peto Studio Museum is a fully accessible site.
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Permanent Collection Tour
Join us at the historic home of the artist John F. Peto for a docent-led tour of the Museum’s permanent collection of the artist’s original paintings. A highlight of the tour is a visit to Peto’s studio, which looks exactly as it did when he painted there from 1880 until his death in 1907. Because the home was maintained for so many years by the Peto family, many of the artist’s (and his extended family’s) belongings and furnishings, and the objects used in the paintings, remain in the home and are displayed as historical artifacts of the Island Heights arts community from the 1800’s. Peto was not only a painter, but also a photographer, and he has left behind a priceless photographic record as well, which depicts the quiet life he made for himself and his family in Ocean County, New Jersey.
About The Artist
John Frederick Peto is recognized by the art world as an American master of the trompe l’oeil or “fool the eye” school of still-life painting. He was born in Philadelphia in 1854, went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1877 and exhibited there that same year. The artist created his works in Island Heights, NJ, in virtual obscurity during his lifetime. However, today, the work of this significant 19th-century American artist can be found on the walls of major art museums across the country