General Group Programs

Visit Princeton University for a tour of campus art, a visit to our downtown galleries, or let us bring the Museum’s collections to your community group. The Art Museum strives to tailor each program to meet your group’s interests and needs through a dynamic presentation and audience-centered engagement.

On-Campus Experiences

Plan a visit to Princeton University to explore art on campus, Art@Bainbridge, Art on Hulfish, or a combination of these experiences. Information about getting to campus and parking is available on the University’s Visit Us web page.

Campus Collections Outdoor Walking Tour

Ursula von Rydingsvard, American, born in Germany, 1942 URODA, 2015 Copper, steel, bronze h. 579.1 cm (228 in.) Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton University Art Museum. John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection © Ursula von Rydingsvard, 2013-2015, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York.”

Princeton University is home to one of the country’s most extraordinary collections of twentieth- and twenty-first-century public sculpture, located throughout campus. Schedule a guided walking tour of the campus collections and see a variety of works by modern and contemporary sculptors, from Henry Moore to Maya Lin. Learn about materials and techniques and explore elements of design and balance.

Choose from three campus neighborhoods to tour: Main Campus, Social Sciences and Engineering, or Residential Colleges.

Guided tours are available for groups of 8 or more. Each tour lasts approximately one hour.

Tours can be scheduled Monday through Sunday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with the last tour beginning at 3 p.m. Campus art tours are available March through November.

All tour routes are stair-free.

Fees for Guided Tours of Campus Collections:

$60 for 8 to 25 participants

$120 for 26 to 50 participants

$180 for 51 to 75 participants

10% discount for senior citizen groups

Groups are welcome to explore campus art on their own. Resources about the collections and artists, including audio descriptions of the sculptures, are available online at Campus Art Princeton.

Art@Bainbridge

Art@Bainbridge is a gallery project of the Art Museum in the carefully restored colonial-era Bainbridge House in downtown Princeton. Scheduled visits to Art@Bainbridge include an introduction to the space and the current exhibition, and may include a facilitated group activity.

As Art@Bainbridge is intimate in scale, this experience is available for groups of 8 to 15. For larger groups, please contact the visitor logistics coordinator. Visit length varies.

Learn more about Art@Bainbridge and the current exhibition on view.

Art on Hulfish

Art on Hulfish is the Museum’s newest gallery in downtown Princeton. It features exhibitions that consider questions and themes of significance to contemporary life. Scheduled visits to Art on Hulfish include an introduction to the space and the current exhibition, with optional hands-on art-making and a facilitated group activity.

This experience is available for groups of 8 to 30. For larger groups, please contact the visitor logistics coordinator. Visit length varies.

Learn more about Art on Hulfish and the current exhibition on view.

Local and Virtual Programs

Bring the Art Museum to your group with a docent presentation that dives into the Art Museum’s rich collections. Drawing upon 115,000 works of art spanning the world from antiquity to the present, our adult outreach programs explore the breadth and depth of the collections through chronological, geographical, and cross-disciplinary narratives.

Adult programs are approximately one hour in duration and can be planned as a series.

In-person programs can be planned at community locations—e.g., community centers, local libraries, care facilities—located within a 20-mile radius of Princeton University. Programs are available Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., with 12 p.m. being the latest program start time; dates should be reserved at least one month in advance.

Fee: $250

Virtual programs are available Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., with 3 p.m. being the latest program start time; dates should be reserved at least one month in advance. Groups are responsible for providing a Zoom link for the program.

Fee: $60

Select from the list of themes below and schedule a local or virtual program for your group today.