Fresh eyes and minds are posing new questions that can lead us to discover that a beloved object isn’t quite what we thought it was, or equally that an object long relegated to storage is actually exemplary of its type...

The act of making a new museum at the heart of the nation’s fourth-oldest university is deeply important—a reaffirmation that a museum of objects and ideas can play a profound role in the University’s commitment to a liberal arts education.

Seeing the campus in a fresh light reminded me of how vivid the pleasures of rediscovering this beautiful place will be for so many alumni and other friends who have been away so long—and how vivid the surprise of seeing...

How do we do this without a proper museum during the next few years? Well, we start by working creatively. We shape gallery installations in two downtown Princeton venues, each of them with exhibitions chosen for their potential to forge...

My thoughts increasingly turn both to the opportunities afforded by the years of construction and to the vigorous efforts now fully underway to shape our new building curatorially.

It feels particularly important that we are offsetting the loss of the old with a lively investment in the new, not just for when construction is complete but right now.

The temporary closing of our galleries asks us to think expansively about the meaning and idea of the word campus .

Within the limits of this letter, let me note three multiyear collecting initiatives about which I am particularly excited.

How do we translate our values into action? How do we act intentionally and strategically in the face of quotidian stresses and fears?