An intern's hands-on exploration of antique photomechanical processes in the 21st century

For an interactive journey of the Nakasendō, explore the map below.

RISD Museum curators Jan Howard and Gina Borromeo share the RISD Museum’s process for deaccessioning a bronze head of an oba from Benin prior to its return to Nigeria

These resources provide additional context for dialogue and conversation around the case studies featured in this section and other ongoing work at the museum.

These past exhibitions interrogate institutional histories and reconsider conceptions of value.

A digital reinterpretation to Daniel Marot's clock print, merging old and new, exploring time's essence through evolving dimensions

RISD students in a Printmaking course are creating their own wallpaper designs in a collaborative course.

How was the object made? What materials and methods brought it to life? 

How did the object acquire meaning? How can we truly understand it? 

How did the object find its way to the museum, and why is it presented this way?