Strategies for Teaching with the Collections

The Princeton University Art Museum is committed to fostering a meaningful and inclusive environment for object-based learning with its expansive collections. The Museum welcomes teachers, professors, and students of all levels and interests. All educators can schedule visits in the Museum’s galleries and creativity labs. Researchers as well as college and university instructors are welcome to schedule visits for focused study or courses in the Museum’s object-study rooms, where works of art not currently on display can be examined with the help of staff members who have expertise in facilitating learning, teaching, and research across disciplines.

Princeton University’s distinctive collections offer unique opportunities to support the University’s mission to advance learning through scholarship, research, and teaching. The Princeton University Art Museum, the Library, and the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning welcome and encourage Princeton faculty to make use of these distinctive collections to enhance undergraduate and graduate-level teaching. This site provides collections-based resources and pedagogical guidance on teaching with art as well as archival and special collections materials.