"The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) in New Jersey is opening a new, 146,000-sq.-ft facility at the heart of the college campus on 31 October, doubling the size of its former exhibition and art-education spaces. The original building was constructed in the 1880s and saw multiple additions and renovations over the years before being demolished in 2021. The vision for a comprehensive new museum began years ago, following the completion of the previous museum's last wing in 1980."
""It was apparent the cobbled-together building was inadequate and didn't account for the diversity of collections we care for, nor for the realities of Modern and contemporary art, especially works in new media or large-scale installations that weren't imaginable in earlier decades," Steward says. "As a museum that aspires to be globe-spanning-if not encyclopaedic-one key design issue was how the collections could be in better dialogue with each other, rather than isolated in silos."
Princeton University Art Museum opens a 146,000-square-foot facility on 31 October that doubles former exhibition and art-education space. The original museum, built in the 1880s, experienced multiple additions and was demolished in 2021 to allow a comprehensive replacement. The prior building could display roughly 2% of Princeton's 117,000-object collection, limiting access for students, scholars and the public and privileging Western art spatially. The new design addresses diversity of collections and the needs of modern and contemporary works, spanning three floors with nine interlocking pavilions, multiple entrances, and architecture emphasizing openness and permeability.
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