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When I arrived at Princeton in Fall 2023, the space between
Whig-Clio and Brown Hall was a wide pit hidden behind
construction barriers. Someday, people said, it would
be an impressive art museum, housing a portion of
Princeton’s even more impressive collection. One day,
they promised, we would be able to see Andy Warhol’s
“Blue Marilyn” and Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies and
Japanese Bridge” between classes.
Over the last two years, I have watched the art museum slowly take form, starting with metal stakes in the ground, then grey concrete slabs, then cantilevers and ribbed exteriors. Years of students graduated — including the Class of 2025, who experienced a whole four years of construction, never seeing inside the museum — and years of students complained about its solemn grey exterior.
Now, finally, we get to look inside. On Oct. 31, 2025, the art museum re-opened with a 24-hour opening event. Students, professors, staff, town residents, alumni, and children flowed through. With nine pavilions, a restaurant, views of the old halls surrounding it, and almost 5,000 works of art, the museum is the centerpiece of campus and a node connecting the University to the outside world.
In this first-of-its-kind magazine from The Daily Princetonian, you’ll find reviews of each of the pavilions, the hallways and transition spaces, and the new Mosaic restaurant, and bundles of illuminating photos. To bring you this issue, our reporters spoke to curators, tried $13 matcha, and stayed in the art museum for every moment of its 24-hour opening.
Victoria Davies
Victoria Davies is a head News editor for the ‘Prince.’
Over the last two years, I have watched the art museum slowly take form, starting with metal stakes in the ground, then grey concrete slabs, then cantilevers and ribbed exteriors. Years of students graduated — including the Class of 2025, who experienced a whole four years of construction, never seeing inside the museum — and years of students complained about its solemn grey exterior.
Now, finally, we get to look inside. On Oct. 31, 2025, the art museum re-opened with a 24-hour opening event. Students, professors, staff, town residents, alumni, and children flowed through. With nine pavilions, a restaurant, views of the old halls surrounding it, and almost 5,000 works of art, the museum is the centerpiece of campus and a node connecting the University to the outside world.
In this first-of-its-kind magazine from The Daily Princetonian, you’ll find reviews of each of the pavilions, the hallways and transition spaces, and the new Mosaic restaurant, and bundles of illuminating photos. To bring you this issue, our reporters spoke to curators, tried $13 matcha, and stayed in the art museum for every moment of its 24-hour opening.
Victoria Davies
Victoria Davies is a head News editor for the ‘Prince.’
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