Art Making, Film & Performance

Nassau Street Sampler

Four young women take a selfie in front of a glass case filled with ancient ceramic works of art.
Museum
September 3, 2026 5–8 p.m.

This Princeton community favorite is back with food, fun, music, and dance at the Museum!

Celebrate the beginning of the fall semester and kick off an exciting new year of Museum programs at the seventeenth-annual Nassau Street Sampler—hosted for the first time in the new building. Enjoy local bites from Princeton eateries, art making and gallery activities, prizes, and a variety of student performances by dance, music, and a cappella groups as well as DJs.

Thanks to our participating businesses:

  • The Bent Spoon
  • Efes Mediterranean Grill
  • Fruity Yogurt
  • Jammin’ Crêpes
  • Mosaic
  • Olives
  • Small World Coffee
  • Tipple + Rose
  • Triumph Restaurant & Brewery

Event Schedule

Local Bites from Princeton Eateries

Ongoing while supplies last
West Terraces and Grand Hall 

Gallery Activity

Complete the gallery activity and receive a Nassau Street Sampler T-shirt! 
Ongoing while supplies last 
Pick up your activity in the Susan & John Diekman Gallery 

Art Raffle

Win a print of an artwork from the Museum’s collections! 
Ongoing with winners announced at 7 p.m. 
Education Commons 

Student Performances

Ongoing 
Malkin Amphitheater 

Art Making

Ongoing 
Creativity Labs 

Student Piano Performances

Ongoing 
John Cecil & Celia Felsher Viewing Room 

WPRB Student DJs Monty Oxman and Lillian Paterson

5–7 p.m.
West Terraces 

Student Acapella Group Performances

7–8 p.m.
North Entrance

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