Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Embedded Objects Find a New Home in the New Museum

    Embedded Objects Find a New Home in the New Museum

    The first pieces to grace the interior of the new building include a number of works being physically embedded into the architecture of the facility. Their installation marks the culmination of years-long collaborations between teams of specialist conservators, art handlers,...
  • Major Stone Works Undergo Cleaning, Conservation

    Major Stone Works Undergo Cleaning, Conservation

    In 2020 and 2021, the removal of more than one hundred large-scale and embedded works from the old building was a particularly complicated task; installing these objects again in the new building will also be a massive undertaking. Since nearly...
  • 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...
  • Recent Acquisition | Pair of Earrings with Bull’s Heads
    Pair of earrings with bull's heads, 3rd century B.C.

    Recent Acquisition | Pair of Earrings with Bull’s Heads

    The Museum looks for opportunities to improve its collection of ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan jewelry, recently adding a pair of Hellenistic gold earrings from the third century BC.
  • Exhibition | Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection

    Exhibition | Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection

    This summer the Art Museum celebrates the life and career of one of its most renowned curators in Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection . The exhibition will feature a group of artworks and artifacts from among the...
  • Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Bequest
    Gillett G. Griffin in the galleries of the Art Museum

    Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Bequest

    Gillett G. Griffin, curator of Pre-Columbian and Native American art, emeritus, bequeathed more than 3,500 works of art to the Princeton University Art Museum in 2016. This story explores highlights of his bequest from several collecting areas.
  • A Fresh Look at the Art of the Ancient Mediterranean
    Hellenistic and Roman art in the Art of the Ancient Mediterranean gallery

    A Fresh Look at the Art of the Ancient Mediterranean

    The Art of the Ancient Mediterranean gallery, on the lower level of the Art Museum, has recently been redesigned--the culmination of a multiyear project.
  • New Acquisition | Black-figure band-cup
    Greek, Attic, Black-figure band-cup with the Battle of Gods and Giants, ca. 540–525 B.C.

    New Acquisition | Black-figure band-cup

    The Museum welcomes an extraordinary Athenian black-figure "band-cup" from the 6th century B.C. to its collections.
  • New Acquisition- Marble Peplophoros

    New Acquisition- Marble Peplophoros

    Acquired in 2016, this elegant sculpture in white marble is a notable addition to the Museum’s distinguished collection of ancient Greek art.