Daughter: I’m a graduate student here. My mom’s visiting me. We went to the Congo exhibit, went to the Scream person. Classical Italian drawings. I come here a few times whenever my parents come to visit. My mom’s an art historian, a professor of Art History. Mother: I teach at Goucher College and Patterson as Read more about 500 years of wishes that survived[…]

“Do you come here a lot?” Woman 1: Yes, depends what’s on. “Do you guys always come together?” Woman 2: No, very rarely. This is maybe one of the first times we have come together. We do other places together. “What do you both do?” Woman 2: I’m a retired graphic designer, now I work Read more about It meant something to me at the time[…]

“So, what brings you to the museum? Are you a student here?” Yeah, I’m in Intro Painting. We have to come look at paintings, make a quick sketch, and answer a bunch of questions about the paintings. “Why this painting?” Because there is a chair (laughter) … last week I had to sit on the Read more about I’m learning how to look at things differently.[…]

“Have you looked at the new exhibit, The City Lost and Found?” Husband: Yeah – I grew up in New York, so during that time I saw it [as it was] in these pictures. “How was that?” Husband: They brought it back to a period where it wasn’t in its finest, is the main thing, Read more about I saw it [as it was] in these pictures[…]

Mom (to her children): Hold on, I’m doing an interview. I’m very popular. Boy: What? “Have you guys ever been here before? The museum?” Boy: No. “What’s your favorite part of the museum that you’ve seen so far?” Girl: The eggs. Boy: I like the coffin. Girl: And the book of the dead. “Are you Read more about I like the coffin. And the book of the dead.[…]

“What brings you to the Art Museum today?” Well I am a student tour guide at the Art Museum, and so since I have a tour tomorrow, I thought I would brush up on stuff that I plan to talk to people about especially since there are objects that have been removed or moved around.  Read more about Things always seem new when you present them as a tour guide[…]

“Do you have a favorite work or painting so far?” “I think it was a sculpture and it was a bunch of squares, or a stack, I don’t know…”  “Oh the metallic ones? Yeah, I love that one too.  In the contemporary gallery. What do you like about that sculpture?” “It just surprised me, I Read more about I was looking for something else, and it was different[…]

“What is your favorite part about the Princeton University Art Museum?” “I think that my favorite part is seeing exhibits come and go, and the variety of different types of art that we are around every day.  I think that it’s fair to say that my favorite John Singer Sargent is the one that we Read more about November 23, 2014[…]