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

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

A summer intern works with local artists to create an experimental audio project to be experienced in the galleries.

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

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

A summer intern explores the context of ceremonial objects significant to RISD’s past and present.

The history of the Gorham Manufacturing Company is intertwined with that of Providence and Rhode Island. This uniquely local story has provided the opportunity for the RISD Museum to learn from the experiences of community members who have intersected with Gorham's legacy.

Museum staff and partners have shared our Clinical Arts work at a variety of conferences, symposia, and scholarly publications.

During the Fall of 2015, Brown’s graduate students in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture undertook an investigation of the wood sculptures in the RISD Museum collections.

During the Fall of 2015, Sheila Bonde’s graduate students in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University undertook an investigation of the wood sculptures in the RISD Museum collections. This multi-author paper includes some of their findings.

A summer intern's short story/poem about a cat that investigates the spatial politics of Duchamp’s 'Boîte-en-valise' and also falls in love

The RISD Museum collection application program interface (API) lays out how our website’s search function operates, aiding discovery of the museum’s collection and allowing collection data to be used in innovative ways.

Digital Initiatives intern Ariel Hirschhorn explores the “Maker” field in the museum’s database to examine the collection from a programmer’s perspective

3-D technology expands the ways of seeing and studying RISD Museum's 12th century Dainichi Buddha.

Using a questionnaire, curator Peter Selz—and the artists he queried—helped define a movement.

How a project designed to enhance pain management was born and made possible by the collaboration between RISD Museum and the Brown Emergency Medicine Residency.

Collaborative reflections on the making and meaning of absences and erasures.

Inspired by Joachim Antonisz Wtewael's "The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis," Josephine Devanbu (RISD/Brown 2015) uses the painting's shapes and density in her newest work.

Full tgallery guide from the exhibition Kudzanai Chiurai: Iyeza

Gallery Guide for the exhibition Julien Prévieux: What Shall We Do Next and Patterns of Life