Student Guides' Top Picks

Discover the Museum’s galleries by viewing our student tour guides’ favorite objects. View the objects from the comfort of your home or dorm room by clicking on each image below.

Mosaic pavement: drinking contest of Herakles and Dionysos
Mosaic pavement: drinking contest of Herakles and Dionysos, early 3rd century A.D.
Roman
Pair of painted tomb guardians
Pair of painted tomb guardians, ca. mid–8th century
Tang dynasty, 618–907
Chinese
The Princeton Vase
The Princeton Vase, A.D. 670–750
Late Classic
Maya ('Codex' style)
Portrait of Sarah Harrop (Mrs. Bates) as a Muse
Portrait of Sarah Harrop (Mrs. Bates) as a Muse, 1780–81
Mount Adams, Washington
Mount Adams, Washington, 1875
Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge
Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge, 1899
Friends
Friends, 1944
Figure (ikenga)
Figure (ikenga), first half of the 20th century
Blue Marilyn
Blue Marilyn, 1962
Untitled
Untitled, 1990
Narcissus
Narcissus, 2005
Rain Catcher, from the portfolio Asian Contemporary Art in Print
Rain Catcher, from the portfolio Asian Contemporary Art in Print, 2006