Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Graduate Voices for the New Museum

    Graduate Voices for the New Museum

    This past academic year Princeton students have orchestrated dialogues about the necessity of equity, collaboration, and transparency across campus and around the world. These conversations have shown that inclusive discourse, when combined with structural transformation, can result in meaningful institutional...
  • Art Matters by Ben Stout, Atelier Art Service

    Art Matters by Ben Stout, Atelier Art Service

    For the past nine months, I have been part of a team of art handlers and registrars occupied with the task of temporarily relocating nearly all of the artworks in the Princeton University Art Museum. . . . In the...
  • Art Matters by Shelby Kinch '22

    Art Matters by Shelby Kinch '22

    As a member of SAB over the past two years, I have seen firsthand the ways that art can bring us together, even in unprecedented circumstances.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Closed Captions, Open Opportunities: Real-time captioning now available in multiple languages

    Closed Captions, Open Opportunities: Real-time captioning now available in multiple languages

    The Art Museum’s online programs now include live closed captions in multiple languages. Made possible in part through the Princeton University Humanities Council Rapid Response Grants, this effort broadens the impact of our digital experiences by increasing access to Museum...
  • 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.