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Faculty and Student Resources
The Princeton University Art Museum is a teaching institution
with a primary responsibility of providing Princeton faculty
and students with access to original works of art through its
outstanding collections and a variety of programs and services.
The museum encourages faculty from all disciplines to take advantage
of the following offerings. Museum staff members also are always
available to meet with faculty to create new connections between
course work and the permanent collections.
To schedule a self-guided group tour, please e-mail docent@princeton.edu.
For more information on all other programs or to schedule appointments,
please call the Department of Education (609) 258-7482.
Self-Guided Tours
The museum's permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions
are designed to engage students in an active dialogue with unique
works of art. One of the strengths of the collection
is its diversity, suggesting connections with course work in
many departments including writing, languages, history, anthropology,
cultural studies, the sciences, education, and the visual and
performing arts. In addition, the museum’s many special
exhibitions provide opportunities to explore current
topics in depth. Please call to make an appointment as early
in the semester as possible.
Teaching and Preceptorial Exhibitions
Each semester, museum galleries are made available to faculty
for teaching exhibitions organized around a particular issue
or course of study. The deadline for planning a fall exhibition
is April 15, and October 15 for the spring semester. If applications
exceed capacity, the exhibition committee will meet to prioritize
the requests and to address teaching needs. Recent exhibitions
have included: “Camera Women,” Carol Armstrong, Department
for the Study of Women and Gender, and “Seeing Double:
Copies and Copying in the Arts of China,” Robert E. Harrist
Jr., visiting professor, Department of Art and Archaeology
Special Exhibition Projects
The museum encourages faculty to present possible exhibition
topics relating to issues in their field. Exhibitions that create
opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange will be of particular
interest. Major exhibitions require at least two years of advance
planning. Such exhibitions include: “Anxious Omniscience:
Surveillance and Contemporary Cultural Practice” Thomas
Y. Levine, German Department, and “Structural Art and the
Educated Eye” David P. Billington, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
To View Objects from Storage
The museum’s collections include over 60,000 works of which
only 10% are on view at any given time. Princeton faculty are
welcome to schedule class visits to view specific objects from
storage. Please call to make an appointment as early in the
semester as possible.
Prints and Drawings
The department of Prints and Drawings is open by appointment
only, Monday through Friday. To schedule an appointment please
email Laura Giles
and Calvin Brown.
Paid Internships
Each summer the museum hires four undergraduate and graduate
interns for an eight-week program of work in a specific administrative
or curatorial department. The program includes weekly lectures
and discussions with museum staff on museum issues, policy,
and procedures. Preference is given to Princeton University
students.
Student Guides
A corps of undergraduate guides gives tours to the general public,
including K–12 groups, students, faculty, and the regional
community. Each fall new student guides are recruited and, after
a semester of training, begin giving tours in the spring. This
is an ideal program for students from all disciplines as the
training emphasizes the development of outstanding research
and presentation skills.
Volunteer Opportunities for Students
Volunteer opportunities in administrative and curatorial departments
are available throughout the academic year. Undergraduate and
graduate students should apply to the Department of Education.
Positions will be filled as museum needs arise.
Work Study
The museum provides work-study opportunities for Princeton undergraduate
and graduate students throughout the year. For more information
on student employment opportunities and to review job listings,
see the Princeton University student employment web page at
http://www.princeton.edu/se.
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Ugo Da Carpi
Italian, active ca. 1502–1532
Diogenes (detail), 1527
Chiaroscuro woodcut, 48.8 x 36.2 cm.
Museum purchase, gift of the Friends of the Princeton University
Art Museum in honor of Barbara T. Ross on her retirement
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