Providence Attractions
Renoir at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
The small but comprehensive museum attached to the Rhode Island
design college features many changing exhibitions, particularly
relating to textiles. The museum's permanent collection includes
the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller collection of Japanese prints, Chinese
terracotta, Greek statuary and some French Impressionist paintings.
Highlights are works by masters such as Monet, Cézanne,
Rodin and Picasso. There is also an American section containing
paintings by Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley and John Singer
Sargent.
Address: 224 Benefit Street;
Website: www.risd.edu/museum_visit.cfm;
Telephone: (401) 454 6500;
Opening time: Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm; third Thursday monthly until 9pm. Guided tours on Saturdays and Sundays 2pm;
Admission: $10 (adults), $3 (children 5-18). Free on Sundays 10am to 1pm; Fridays 12pm to 1:30pm; the third Thursday monthly 5pm to 9pm; and last Saturday of every month
