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Video description: A digital screen in the lobby presents information about the museum's offerings, while visitors listen to audio at smaller screens inside the galleries.

Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum’s bold new building is a once-in-a-generation transformation that offered a chance to rethink how digital could serve the Museum’s renewed commitments to accessibility and equity. Bluecadet led strategy, design, production, and original content creation for a suite of in-gallery films and digital signage that invite visitors in with clarity and care.

Project Details

Services

  • Media Design & Development
  • UX & Visual Design
  • Content Strategy

An audience-centered content strategy

Built on a longstanding partnership with Princeton, this collaboration reflects a shared commitment to communicating complex ideas with warmth, precision, and respect for audience needs. For the Art Museum, Bluecadet served as a strategic and creative partner, shaping not just the execution, but the narrative and experience across platforms. In parallel, we redesigned the Museum's website to support pre-visit planning, deeper exploration, and ongoing engagement beyond the galleries.

An interactive touch screen display with headphones sits on a pedestal next to a display case filled with small items in the museum.

An agile approach to expand storytelling

Bluecadet began by identifying where new storytelling would make the greatest impact. We then produced a set of films spanning multiple production approaches, from new original footage of artist processes and interviews to stories built from archival media shaped with new narration, and adaptations of licensed long-form works. The Museum is equipped to continue producing new in-gallery media that scales to different schedules, budgets, and curatorial needs. Audio cups keep sound intimate and contained, while clear captions ensure accessibility.

A small touch screen device sits in the corner of a museum gallery, where multiple paintings hang on a dark wall.

An informative and inviting introduction

In the lobby, large digital signage serves as a welcoming first experience in the Museum, showcases the richness of the collection, communicates brand values, and displays information about exhibitions, storytelling, wayfinding, and operational needs. Flexible templates allow Museum staff to create and update content easily. Text is intentionally brief and readable at a distance, capturing attention without overwhelming.

Children skip through a lobby filled with adults while behind them a large digital screen shows exhibition information for Toshiko Takaezu and an image of a large fire-glazed ceramic vessel

A bridge between onsite and online

Across every format, Bluecadet produced the stories, scripts, media, and guiding narratives that shape these screens, serving as a trusted partner throughout content, design, and experience. Our work created a cohesive digital ecosystem across physical and online experiences. The result is a digital layer that adds context without competing with the art, offering new entry points for learning while preserving the authenticity of the gallery experience.

A man walks through a museum gallery with various sculptures. A video is seen playing in the corner of the room.
A touch screen in a pedestal is display below a decorative pattern made from tile in a museum gallery

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