Einstein Museum Idea In Princeton Gets Another Boost, Receives New Funding

PRINCETON, NJ – The proposed Einstein Museum in Princeton recently received another boost. The Stephen & Ann Jasperson Charitable Fund recently announced a major gift to help promote science and creative opportunities.

This is the second donation the museum received in recent months. In October, the museum received a gift of $20,000 from the McCutchen Foundation. More: Einstein Museum Princeton Could Become A Reality. Idea Gets Grant

According to a news release, the contribution to Einstein Museum honors the teaching and research legacies of Stephen Jasperson, who received his PhD in physics from Princeton University in 1968.

Jasperson taught physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts for 39 years and served as its physics department chair for a decade.

While his research focused on solid-state physics, Jasperson was a teacher and science advisor at both the college and secondary school levels. He was a recipient of the WPI Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Later in life, Jasperson developed an interest in cosmology and traveled to observatories in the western United States. He then developed and taught a course on astrophysics at WPI.

Jasperson died in 2016. The Stephen & Ann Jasperson Charitable Fund is a family fund established in Minnesota in 2017. The fund supports educational endeavors, human services, and health associations.

Established in 2021, the Princeton Einstein Museum aims to create a world-class boutique museum in downtown Princeton.

The space will be dedicated to the science, life, and legacy of Albert Einstein. It will feature hands-on science exhibits, a walk-in immersion theater, science-inspired overhead sculpture, and a history of Einstein’s life in Princeton.

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