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Recent Acquisition | Perspective Picture of Whale Hunting in Kumano Bay

Recent Acquisition | Perspective Picture of Whale Hunting in Kumano Bay
Recent Acquisition | The Nativity of Christ

Recent Acquisition | The Nativity of Christ
New on View | Olmec style carved figure

New on View | Olmec style carved figure
Princeton University Art Museum Advance Exhibition Schedule 2019–2020<

Princeton University Art Museum Advance Exhibition Schedule 2019–2020
2019 Summer Interns

2019 Summer Interns

Meet the Museum's 2019 Summer Interns! This year's class includes students representing hometowns ranging from Beijing to Brasilia to Basking Ridge. The interns are assigned to departments across the Museum, where they work alongside staff on projects advancing our core...
Recent Acquisition | Pair of Earrings with Bull’s Heads

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.
Recent Acquisition | Our Home

Recent Acquisition | Our Home

The Museum has acquired Our Home , a relief carving by First Nations artist Rande Cook. Cook combines the tradition of graphic aesthetics of his home community, the Kwakwaka’wakw, inhabitants of the coastal areas of northeastern Vancouver Island and mainland...
Exhibition of Globe-spanning Art Celebrates the Collecting Eye of Curator and Scholar Gillett Griffin<

Exhibition of Globe-spanning Art Celebrates the Collecting Eye of Curator and Scholar Gillett Griffin

Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016) was not only a respected curator, scholar and collector but also a beloved teacher at Princeton University, where he taught and curated for 52 years. Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection celebrates Griffin’s eclectic...
Farewell to Lisa Arcomano, Manager of Campus Collections

Farewell to Lisa Arcomano, Manager of Campus Collections

Lisa Arcomano, the University's first Manager of Campus Collections, retired on June 28, 2019
Exhibition | Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Seven Types of Ambiguity

Exhibition | Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Seven Types of Ambiguity

One of the most influential American artists to emerge during the mid-twentieth century, Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) is best known for her innovative abstract paintings in which she poured washes of color over great expanses of raw canvas.