Museum Student Preview

Princeton students, it’s time to celebrate YOUR new Museum. Bring your TigerCard and enjoy performances, food and drink, dancing, film screenings, art making, and more!

Music and Mocktails 
Ongoing 
Mosaic Restaurant
Sip on seasonal mocktails while you enjoy live music by Princeton students in this artful and atmospheric space. 
7–8 p.m. Jacob Emerson
9–10 p.m. Daisy Yoo and Co.
10–11 p.m. Daisy Yoo and Co.

Gallery Activities 
Ongoing 
Museum Galleries
The galleries will be open for this special preview, meaning there’s a lot of art-filled spaces to explore! Wear your comfy shoes and wander wherever the art leads you—or try a self-guided gallery activity, including writing, puzzles, and sketching. 

Art Making 
Ongoing
Kathleen Compton Sherrerd Creativity Lab & Laporte Family Creativity Lab
Explore the Museum’s newest art-making spaces. Stop by the Creativity Labs anytime during the event to explore a work of art, play with materials, and exercise your imagination. Come for fifteen minutes or two hours—whatever you’re in the mood for.  

Sketching in the Galleries
Ongoing
Express yourself as you explore the Museum with this self-directed gallery activity. Stop by the Information Desk and choose between white paper and graphite pencil or black paper and white pencil—whatever your inner muse demands.

TigerTale Custom Pin Drop 
Don’t miss our TigerTale pin collab! 
This limited-edition pin commemorates the opening of the new Museum. 
Designed by Kellen Ducey ’26. First come, first served—while supplies last.  

Film Screening: Night at the Museum (2006) 
7 p.m. 
Malkin Amphitheater 
Enjoy some meta movie watching with Ben Stiller as a museum’s night watchman in the beloved supernatural adventure-comedy Night at the Museum (2006). 

Live Performance: Songline 
7:30 p.m. 
Tuttle Lecture Hall 
Join slam-poetry group Songline for a welcoming experience that promises connection, creativity, and community.

Live Performance: eXpressions 
7:30 p.m. 
Grand Hall
eXpressions Dance Company is the longest-running dance group on campus with a rich history of diverse dance styles, including contemporary, jazz, funk, experimental, and hip-hop. 

Live Performance: Tigressions  
8 p.m. 
Grand Hall 
Take in the fresh sounds of Princeton’s all-femme contemporary a capella group. 

Live Performance: Quipfire! 
8:30 p.m.
Tuttle Lecture Hall 
Anything goes at a Quipfire! show. The University’s first improv group is known for their unique blend of rapid-fire short-form games and “yes, and . . .” long-form styles. 

Live Performance: Princeton University Ballet 
8:30 p.m.
Grand Hall 
Princeton University Ballet is an innovative, evolving, and entirely student-led ballet company that showcases both student and guest choreography. 

Film Screening: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) 
9 p.m. 
Tuttle Lecture Hall
Stick around for Night at the Museum’s sequel as Ben Stiller’s night watchman and his crew of reanimated museum objects save the Smithsonian and the world. 

Silent Disco 
9–11 p.m.
Grand Hall
Dance to the beat of your own drum—literally! Grab a pair of headphones, choose your channel, and groove with other dancers to a soundtrack only you can hear.  

Headliner: DJ Jazzy Jeff 
9 p.m.
West Terrace
Grammy-winning producer, turntablist, and hip-hop superstar DJ Jazzy Jeff brings his legendary DJ skills to the evening’s not-to-be-missed headline performance.  

Cosponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies (ODUS)