Story Archive

Story Archive

  • Museum’s Collections at the Core of Innovative Courses

    Museum’s Collections at the Core of Innovative Courses

    For more than a decade, the Art Museum—through an endowed fund established by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—has been offering grants to Princeton University professors to encourage the development of new courses that use the Museum’s collections in significant ways...
  • Benvenuti al Museo! (Welcome to the Museum!)

    Benvenuti al Museo! (Welcome to the Museum!)

    This past academic year, numerous Italian language and literature courses visited the Art Museum to discuss Italian style and culture while engaging with original works of art. The classes varied widely in scope and pedagogic approach, and the instructors and...
  • Art Matters Fall 2016

    Art Matters Fall 2016

    Art has the power and versatility to be a plethora of different things for different people. It can be inspirational, cathartic, and ennobling. For me, it has been life changing. Art has led and continues to lead me on the...
  • Artist Talks

    Artist Talks

    The Museum is excited to present a very special series of artists’ talks this fall. The season begins with Pat Steir—long one of the most important abstract painters on the New York scene—whose work is currently on view at the...
  • Freshmen Draw Inspiration from Museum Collection

    Freshmen Draw Inspiration from Museum Collection

    This spring, freshman students explored color in a new course offered by Anya Klepikov, a lecturer in Theater through the Lewis Arts Center, and a New York based set and costume designer for theater and opera.
  • Art Matters Summer 2016

    Art Matters Summer 2016

    What is it like to be a docent at the Princeton University Art Museum? We work in a treasure house of art and artifacts illustrating five thousand years of world history. Our job is to cherish these pieces and introduce...
  • Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

    Light and Lighting Design in the Museum

    When we first met to discuss her class “Lighting Design” (THR 318/VIS 318), it was immediately apparent that Jane’s passion for the performing arts is matched by her enthusiasm for her students and the visual arts.
  • 2016 Reunions Programming

    2016 Reunions Programming

    Welcome back, Princeton Tigers! Don't miss special Reunions programming organized by the Art Museum on May 26 and 27 and extended hours through May 30.
  • Film Series | Art on Screen

    Film Series | Art on Screen

    This spring a special film series at the Princeton Garden Theatre expands the investigation of the meanings of landscape in the exhibition Pastures Green and Dark Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape .