Teaching and Research Information
The Princeton University Art Museum is committed to providing an accessible environment for teaching, learning, and research in a participatory, immersive, and dynamic atmosphere.
Museum Course Visit Requests
Reservations for academic classes, programs, and research visits to the Museum galleries must be submitted in advance.
Princeton University faculty
To schedule a class visit to the Museum, Art@Bainbridge, or the Campus Art Collections, please submit a request.
All other college and university faculty and instructors
To schedule a class visit to the Museum, Art@Bainbridge, or the Campus Art Collections, please contact Janna Israel and Veronica White.
Teaching Assistance
For information about the Museum’s teaching resources and strategies, please contact the Mellon Curator of Academic Engagement, Janna Israel, and the Curator of Teaching and Learning, Veronica White. Instructors may request teaching assistance from a member of the Museum’s curatorial or academic teaching staff. Self-guided/teacher-led visits are welcome.
Museum Study Rooms
Study room reservations and object requests (15 objects max.) should be submitted at least eight weeks in advance.
Teaching & Space Descriptions
Object Study Rooms (five)
- Researchers and academic courses may examine works of art from storage in the object study rooms.
- Appointments are subject to availability upon request; room visits fill quickly.
- Three object study rooms accommodate up to 16 people.
- Two object study rooms accommodate up to 20 people.
- Each room has audiovisual capabilities, including wall-mounted monitors.
- Each room is outfitted with a system of wooden wall slats and table easels to streamline the secure display of artwork during visits. In addition, there are built-in cabinets with a display surface that run the full length of one of walls in each room.
Conservation Study Room (one)
- Researchers and academic courses may reserve this room for conservation assessments or technical analysis.
- The conservation study room has a maximum capacity of 16 people.
- The room has audiovisual capabilities, including a wall-mounted monitor.
- The room is outfitted with a system of wooden wall slats and table easels to streamline the secure display of artwork during visits. In addition, there are built-in cabinets with a display surface that run the full length of one of the room's walls.
- Maker spaces in the Museum, open to all visitors and classes.
- Classes at all levels may reserve these spaces to participate in hands-on activities with wet or dry materials.
- Each lab can accommodate up to 24 people.
- Each lab has supplies for art making. Please specify interests and requests on the reservation form.
- The Creativity Labs cannot accommodate works of art from the Museum’s collections.
Collections Galleries
Course instructors and researchers are required to schedule visits to the Museum’s galleries to avoid conflicting visits to the same space.
Temporary Exhibitions
Please see the complete list of current exhibitions on view in the main Museum building as well as Art@Bainbridge, a gallery project of the Museum located in downtown Princeton.
Learn more about Campus Art and where to find it.
