Watch, Listen, Read

Explore these links to watch, hear, and read more about the ideas informing the new Museum.

Watch

• “The Redemptive Power of Architecture,” a program with Sir David Adjaye in conversation with Museum Director James Steward recorded on April 30, 2020.
•  “The Politics and Poetics of Museum Design and Display,” a richly illustrated talk by Museum Director James Steward analyzing key moments in modern museum design and the ways in which architectural and display decisions shape the experience of art.
• "Designing a New Art Museum for Princeton with Architect Sir David Adjaye and Museum Director James Steward," Sir David Adjaye and Museum Director James Steward reveal the design for the new Museum, slated to open in 2024.

Listen

• Museum Director James Steward discuss art museum design on the Policy Punchline Podcast.
• Museum Director James Steward discuss the challenges and opportunities facing museums today in the We Roar podcast.

Read

• Embedded Objects Find a New Home in the New Museum, Winter 2025

• The Light Inside, Summer 2024

• Two Firms, One Team: From Outlets to Exteriors, Adjaye Associates and Cooper Robertson Partner to Shape Princeton’s New Museum, Summer 2023

• Designing the Future Galleries, Fall 2022

• Preparing for a New Building: Art Evacuation, Spring 2021

• "Inside David Adjaye's Design for the New Princeton University Art Museum," Architecture Digest, October 8, 2020
• "Stone, bronze, glass, pathways: Princeton University Art Museum unveils David Adjaye's design," The Art Newspaper, September 23, 2020
• “Sir David Adjaye to Design the Museum’s New Home” 
• “Architects Selected for New Princeton University Art Museum”
• “Director's Letter: Shaping a New Facility for the Princeton University Art Museum”
• “New Princeton University Art Museum Envisioned as ‘Cultural Gateway’; Architects Selected”
• “Advancing Designs for a New Museum”
• Press Release: Design for New Princeton University Art Museum