Guided Adult Tours
The following docent-led tours are available for adult groups, and can be modified to accommodate special interests. We are able to accommodate 45 people in the museum at one time. If your group is larger than that, you will need to reserve more than one time slot. Tours are offered Tuesday through Friday at 10:00, 11:15, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30. We also offer tours on Thursday evenings at 5:00 and 7:00, Saturdays at 10:00, 1:00, and 3:00, and Sundays at 1:00 and 3:45. All groups of 6 or more must make advanced reservations. Guided tours need to be scheduled at least 3 weeks in advance. Please complete the online Group Visit Request Form to schedule a guided tour or self guided visit for your group.
Fees:
Guided Tours:
$45.00 for a group of 8-15 people
$75.00 for a group of 16-30 people
$100.00 for a group of 31-45 people
Self Guided Group Visits:
$20.00 for a group of 6-15 people
$40.00 for a group of 16-40 people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Outdoor Walking Tour: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the John B. Putnam, Jr., Collection
(March through October)
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.
The Figure in Art : Touchable Tour for Visitors who are Blind or Partially Sighted
Explore the theme of the figure in art through the use of four objects—two sculptures and two paintings using two and three dimensional props.
Cancellations
The Museum requires advance notification for canceled group appointments by calling 609-258-3043. The Museum reserves the right to retain the group fee. For emergency cancellations, call Museum Security 609- 258-2840.




