Video from: Around New York City Princeton is nestled in the heart of New Jersey, spanning 18 square miles of history and natural beauty, 51 miles southwest of New York City.

It draws almost two million visitors each year. Top attractions include:
Battlefield State Park
Graduate Princeton
Institute for Advanced Study
Morven Museum & Garden
Princeton Public Library
Princeton University
Shopping that includes Alo, Brandy Melville, Hermes, Lululemon, Polo Ralph Lauren, Rhone and many more.
Bars include Triumph Brewing, Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Ye Tavern.

Princeton University Art Museum:
John Singer Sargent, Elizabeth Allen Marquand, 1887. Oil on canvas.
Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, after 1787. Oil on canvas.
Willem de Kooning, Woman II, 1961. Oil on paper mounted on canvas.
Richard Diebenkorn, Blond Girl in Black Slip, 1960-64. Oil on canvas.
George Segal, The Dancers, 1971, cast 1982. Bronze with white patina.
Charles Willson Peale, George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, 1783-84. Oil on canvas.
Winslow Homer, At the Window, 1872. Oil on canvas.
Childe Hassam, Rainy Day on Fifth Avenue, 1916. Oil on canvas.
Claude Monet, Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge, 1899. Oil on canvas.
Edgar Degas, Dancers, ca. 1899. Oil on canvas.
Sebastian Erard, Art-case parlor grand piano, 1909. Wood with inlay and ormolu.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Saint Cecilia, 1900. Stained glass.

Public art:
Ai WeiWei, Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, 2010. Bronze.
Ik-Joong Kang, Happy World, 2004. 3,700 individual 3-by 3-inch tiles mural.
Robert Berks, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Monument, 2005.
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, The Little Vintner of Colmar, 1988 (bronze replica).
Seward Johnson, Jr., Newspaper Reader, 1975. Bronze.
Seward Johnson, Jr., Out to Lunch, 1979. Bronze.

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