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About the Museum
The primary mission of the Princeton University Art Museum
is to effectively support and enhance the University’s
goals of teaching, research, and service. The museum does this
through the study, preservation, conservation, exhibition, and
development of its collections. Through direct and sustained
access to original works of art, and by collaborating with faculty,
students, and staff from the Department of Art and Archaeology
and many other disciplines, the museum contributes to the development
of critical thinking and visual literacy at Princeton.
As one of the richest cultural resources in the state of New
Jersey, the museum also has a clear commitment to serve the
local community, the region, and beyond. The museum encourages
the public to benefit from its collections and exhibitions and
to provide support for its principal activities through specific
programs and outreach initiatives. Scholarly exhibitions, publications,
symposia, and an active loan program extend the museum’s
reach to a national and international audience, assuring its
continuing vitality and its active participation in the University’s
primary commitment to advance and impart knowledge.
Related Links
Princeton University Art Museum Newsletter
American
Association of Museums
Art
Museum Network
Association of Art Museum Directors
College
Art Association
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Efut peoples, Cross River region, Nigeria
Headdress (detail), late 19th–20th
centuries
Animal skin, wood, natural fibers, and vegetable pigments, H.
56 cm.
Gift of the Friends of the Princeton University Art Museum on
the occasion of the 250th Anniversary of Princeton University
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