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Preparing for a New Museum Building: Conservation Assessments Underway

Preparing for a New Museum Building: Conservation Assessments Underway

As we prepare for the construction of the new Art Museum building, scheduled to begin in 2021, considerable planning is underway for the safe removal of all works of art currently on display in the Museum. For works that are...
In the Classroom: Summer Internships Go Virtual

In the Classroom: Summer Internships Go Virtual

This summer the Art Museum was able to quickly pivot in response to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 and offer its annual summer internship program as a virtual experience. Eleven interns from locations across the globe, including California, India, New Jersey,...
Art Matters by Deborah Prentice

Art Matters by Deborah Prentice

One of the most enjoyable aspects of my job as Princeton’s provost is overseeing the Princeton University Art Museum. The Museum, with its extraordinary collections, talented staff, and generous supporters, is a continual source of exciting new projects and creative...
Bwa and Wé Masks

Bwa and Wé Masks

Two significant additions have recently been made to the Art Museum’s noteworthy collection of African masks: a Bwa buffalo mask and a Wé mask, from Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast respectively, regions under French colonial rule from the late nineteenth...
Art Matters by Michele Minter, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity

Art Matters by Michele Minter, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity

What I love about museums is that museum experiences are not didactic. Objects and places are resonant and challenging; they don’t tell you what to think but rather invite you to explore and to feel.
Staying Connected to Art and Each Other

Staying Connected to Art and Each Other

In mid-March, just as the Art Museum’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) was diligently planning its spring programming, the University announced that all students were to leave campus for the remainder of the semester. SAB, which fosters student involvement with the...
Translating Object-Based Learning into Virtual Discussions

Translating Object-Based Learning into Virtual Discussions

When we all learned that University teaching was moving online, we quickly began exploring virtual formats that could most closely re-create the experience of discussing objects in person. A huge team effort led by the Museum’s communication and information department...
Art Matters by Eve Aschheim, Lecturer in Visual Arts

Art Matters by Eve Aschheim, Lecturer in Visual Arts

Artworks come to life when we see them freshly, beyond the received conventions. As a faculty member, I’ve been fortunate to experience the Museum at close range.
Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

Faculty Voices | Reflections: Illness of Time

Roaming through the luminously assembled States of Health , we faced the specter of death, scientific unknowns, and social tissues gone awry. And we learned that belonging to the kingdom of well-being is certainly not equally distributed.
Art Matters by Robbie LeDesma, PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Art Matters by Robbie LeDesma, PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Princeton University

After beginning my graduate studies at Princeton, I fell in love with the Art Museum’s collections, often spending my lunch breaks and free time wandering the galleries and attending the Museum’s educational lectures and programs. These events fostered a growing...