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Adult Tours
The following docent-led tours are available for adult
groups, and can be modified to accommodate special interests.
For further information regarding scheduling and tour fees,
please call the docent tour desk (609) 258-3043, Tuesday through
Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tours must be scheduled
at least three weeks in advance.
- Highlights of the Museum
The Museum offers an impressive range of art from ancient
to modern times. See Greek vases and Roman mosaics, Chinese
tomb figurines and wall hangings, and remarkable pre-Columbian
sculpture and ceramics. Enjoy selections of American and
Western European painting and sculpture as well as the growing
collection of twentieth-century art.
- Gallery Presentations
Sit with your group in one of the Museum galleries, while
a docent gives a stimulating, half-hour discussion of gallery
highlights. Spend the rest of your visit exploring other
areas of the Museum on your own.
Suggested galleries:
a. Portraits: American Gallery
(limited to twenty participants)
Become familiar with portraits by such great American artists
as John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Thomas
Sully, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent.
Learn how styles and techniques in portraiture changed from
the Colonial period to World War I.
b. Impressionism: Nineteenth-Century Gallery
(limited to twenty participants)
Visit the nineteenth-century French world of Cézanne, Degas,
Gauguin, Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro, and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Learn about the artists, observe their innovative painting
techniques, and enjoy the beauty of their work.
Other galleries are available upon request.
- World Cultures: Ancient Mediterranean, Pre-Columbian,
Northwest Coast, African, and Asian Cultures
Choose one or more of the above cultures, or choose all
in a highlights tour of the lower galleries
Discover what art reveals about the life, traditions, and
beliefs of earlier cultures in such objects as an Egyptian
mummy coffin, Roman mosaic floors, an ancient Olmec shaman,
a Northwest Coast totem pole, African ceremonial masks,
and early Chinese bronze vessels.
- Continuity and Change in Western Art
Survey developments in the history of Western art and culture
from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century, or focus
on two or more of the following periods: Medieval, Renaissance,
Baroque, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
- Egg Tempera to Oil: Techniques of Painting
(limited to 30 participants)
Join a docent around the Painting Cart in the Renaissance
gallery, and learn how early European artists used egg yolk
on wood panel. See samples of artists' materials, tools,
and brushes. Visit other European galleries to observe how
painting changed as technique developed from egg to oil.
- How Sculpture is Created
(limited to 30 participants)
Learn about techniques used by sculptors: modeling, casting,
carving, and construction. See materials and tools on the
Sculpture Cart. Tour the galleries to see how various techniques
have been used by artists through the centuries.
- Outdoor Walking Tour: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in
the John B. Putnam, Jr., Collection
Walk through the beautiful campus of Princeton University
and see a variety of contemporary sculpture from Picasso
to Henry Moore. Learn about the artists and their techniques,
and discuss elements of design and balance.
Cancellations
The museum requires advance notification for canceled group
appointments: telephone (609) 258-3043. The museum reserves
the right to retain the group fee.
For emergency cancellations, call Museum Security (609) 258-2840.
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Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
Eastern Point Light (detail), ca.
1880
Watercolor, 24.5 x 34.0 cm.
Gift of Alastair B. Martin, Class of 1938
x1957-116 |
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