About the Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum seeks to bring the visual arts to the heart of the Princeton University experience for students, scholars, and visitors of all kinds as one of the world’s greatest comprehensive museums in an academic setting. By fostering critical thinking, visual literacy, dialogue, and empathy, the Museum aspires to enrich human experience and to strengthen citizenship.

Mission Statement

The Princeton University Art Museum educates, challenges, and inspires the students of Princeton University and members of a diverse local, national, and international public through exposure to the world of art. Uniting fresh, object-based scholarship with broad accessibility, the Museum soothes and provokes, affirms accepted meanings and suggests new ones, excites the imagination, and affords encounters of both clarity and uncertainty. Intimate in scale yet expansive in scope, the Museum presents opportunities to delve deeply into the study of art and culture, offers a revitalizing experience of extraordinary works of art, and acts as a library of the visual and a gateway to the University’s intellectual resources.

Director’s Welcome

Director’s Welcome

Welcome and quarterly director’s letter

A New Museum for Princeton
Architect's illustration of the New Princeton University Art Museum

A New Museum for Princeton

History

History

The Museum's history since the dawn of art collecting at Princeton in 1755

Press Room

Press Room

Press releases, announcements, and Museum news.

Museum Store

Museum Store

Make art a part of your daily life by visiting the Museum Store.

Employment Opportunities

Employment Opportunities

Opportunities to become part of the Art Museum staff

Staff Directory

Staff Directory

Contact an Art Museum staff member.

Leadership

Leadership

Annual Reports

Annual Reports