Scott Miller

Scott Miller is the assistant curator of European art at the Princeton University Art Museum. At the Museum, he conducts research initiatives related to object provenance, decorative arts and medieval art, and the Museum’s large collection of stained glass. 

Before coming to Princeton, Miller was as a research associate (2022–24) and the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial and Research Fellow (2020–22) in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the Met, he researched and catalogued the museum’s collection of medieval European bone and ivory carvings and premodern European wood furniture. He also served as a research fellow at the Art Institute of Chicago (2018–19).  

Miller is a specialist in the art of medieval and early modern European courts, with an interest in the interplay between artworks, the built environment, and productive and symbolic landscapes. His dissertation, “Royal Nomadism and the Valois Castle” (Northwestern University, 2020), comprised an extensive archival and archaeological investigation to account for the impact of itinerant court lifestyle on the design, construction, and decoration of late medieval French castles.  

Miller received his BA in Archaeology from SUNY Potsdam, an MA in Medieval Studies from Fordham University, and an MA and PhD from Northwestern University. His research and curatorial work have been supported by the Chicago Object Study Initiative, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chateaubriand Fellowship (Ambassade de France aux Étas Unis).