Princeton Attractions

Nassau Hall
Campus of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Tel: 609-258-8000
For several months during 1783 the hall served as the seat of American government, then being occupied by the Continental Congress. First built in 1756 it was damaged in the Battle of Princeton in 1777 and badly burnt in 1802 and 1855. Most of the rest of its life has been comparatively uneventful, the hall serving in its workaday function as a university institution and dignifying the campus with its handsome appearance.

Princeton Battlefield State Park
One and a half miles south of the University Campus
George Washington's defeat of British troops took place between this park and the campus of the university.

Princeton University Art Museum
Campus of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Tel.: (609) 258-3788
Fine sculptures from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, and touching paintings from medieval and renaissance Europe are the stars of these galleries. Intriguing and impressive collections of more recent African and Asian art, and long term loans of Impressionist and Post Impressionist painting also play their parts in making this one of the USA's most notable university collections.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Campus of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Tours of this laboratory may be made through prior arrangement with the university.

Drumthwacket
354 Stockton Street (Rt 206), Princeton.
Tel.: (609) 683-0057
Official residence of the Governor of New Jersey, first built in 1835.

Bainbridge House
158 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey
Tel: (609) 921-6748
Built in 1766 it now houses a museum.


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History has gifted Princeton with a number of pleasing sights.

The most compelling are those connected to the University; the small town also offers some diversions.