Social Activities
Information about social activities will be posted below as it is finalized.
Tours
Space on each tour is limited, so please sign up today! Tour location details and where to meet are on the sign-up sheet.
Firestone Library (3pm)
Where: Firestone Library lobby
When: Wednesday, December 3, 2025,
Sign Up (3pm)Firestone Library (4pm)
Where: Firestone Library lobby
When: Wednesday, December 3, 2025,
Sign Up (4pm)Newcomer Dinner
When: Monday, March 10, 2025, 6pm or later
The Newcomer Dinner is an opportunity for veterans of the code4lib conference to meet and welcome first-timers. Attendees sign up to join others for dinner as a gentle introduction to the code4lib conference.
Code4Lib 2025 Newcomer Dinner Information and Sign UpGame Night
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:30pm
Where: Frist Campus Center, A-Floor seating area
Join fellow Code4Libers at a BYO-Game and Snacks/Non-alcoholic drink Game Night!
Sign Up for Game NightDIY Activities
Interested in organizing your own social activity? Check out these local activities and meeting places:
Coffee
- On Campus:
- Chemistry CaFe (Frick Chemistry Laboratory)
- Princeton Coffee Club (Prospect Avenue)
- Witherspoon's at Frist (Frist Campus Center)
- Rojo's Roastery (Palmer Square)
- Sakrid Coffee Roasters (Nassau Street and Witherspoon Street)
- Small World Coffee (Nassau Street and Witherspoon Street)
- Starbucks (Nassau Street)
Ice Cream
- The Bent Spoon (Palmer Square)
- Halo Pub (Hulfish Street)
- Thomas Sweet (Nassau Street)
Bars
- The Alchemist & Barrister (aka "The A and B", Witherspoon Street)
- Dinky Bar and Kitchen (University Place)
- Ivy Inn (Nassau Street)
- Triumph Brewing (Palmer Square)
- The Yankee Doodle Tap Room (Palmer Square, in the Nassau Inn)
- Winberie's (Palmer Square)
Campus, Nature, and Outdoors
- Self-guided tours of Princeton's campus. (via Adora phone app).
- Discovering the secret gardens of Princeton
- Gratitude Yoga
- Kopp's Cycle
- Princeton Canoe and Kayak Rental
- Princeton U Store for Princeton swag
- Run Around Princeton (RAP)
History
- Morven Museum & Garden
- Princeton Battlefield
- Princeton Cemetery of Nassau Presbyterian Church. 29 Greenview Ave.
- Walking Tours of Princeton. Historical Society of Princeton. (Tickets are $10/Sunday afternoons only).
Art and Exhibitions
- Grounds for Sculpture
- The Princeton University Art Museum is currently closed for rennovation, but the Art@Bainbridge location on Nassau Street is open, featuring the Roberto Lugo / Orange and Black exhibit.
- Princeton University Library has several exhibitions open during the conference:
- The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors: The Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection & the Age of Reason (Firestone/Milberg Gallery)
- Be Happy: The work of Barbara Valenza (Firestone/Cotsen Children's Library)
- Credit Line, Please: Photographs by Elizabeth Menzies (Mudd Manuscript Library)
- Powering Up the U.S. Labor Force: Women in Industry During World War II (1940-1945) (Princeton University Industrial Relations Section, Louis A. Simpson International Building)
Shopping
- Labyrinth Books
- Princeton Farmers Market (Thursdays, 10am-3pm)
- Princeton Record Exchange
On Princeton Campus
- Self-guided campus tours
- Choose your own adventure by picking up a map at the Frist Campus Center welcome desk, or generate a customized plan of a self-guided tour. Our picks? Nassau Hall, where Princeton was briefly the nation's capital and seat of governance for the Continental Congress of 1783, and the public art on Cannon Green.
- Board Games and space to play in the Engineering Library
- Princeton University Library's Lewis Science and Engineering Library holds a collection of over 50 board and card games for use in the library space. The collection is located on the A floor of the Fine Hall Wing across from the circulation desk, and contains exciting options like Ticket To Ride, Catan, Lovelace & Babbage, and Terraforming Mars, as well as classics like chess, checkers, and Pictionary. The full list of games can be browsed here. Go browse the collection and unwind with your colleagues with a game.
- Visitors do not need to reserve the games through the LibCal link above, however games are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and need to remain in the Engineering Library.
- Gargoyles - a "grotesque" tour of campus
- Discover the historic and fun collection of "grotesque" gargoyles throughout Princeton University's campus through a self-guided tour with the Princetoniana Museum guide. Take your time, snap some photos, and view the gargoyle statues in a captivating glimpse into the campus's architecture. Be sure to bring your binoculars!
- The Horse-Head Conference Room
- This space was designed by noted architect Frank Gehry as an exploration for a house he designed for Peter B. Lewis, a 1955 graduate and trustee of the University. The house was never built, but the project gave Gehry the opportunity to explore a new language of architecture, one that would be developed fully in his designs for the Guggenheim Museum at Bilbao.
- Located in the atrium of the Icahn Laboratory.