- Website
- risdmuseum.org
- Hours
- Wed
10:00 am – 5:00 pm - Thu - Fri
12:00 pm – 7:00 pm - Sat - Sun
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Phone
- 401 454-6500
- museum@risd.edu
- Location
- Museum of Art
- 224 Benefit Street
The RISD Museum was founded on the belief that art, artists, and the institutions that support them play pivotal roles in promoting broad civic engagement and creating more open societies.
Events at the Museum
The Museum has a number of spaces available for use by the RISD community for meetings, presentations, and entertaining. If you are interested in reserving a museum space, including the Metcalf Auditorium, please complete the Internal RISD Museum Event Inquiry Form.
About the Museum
Established alongside the college in 1877 as part of RISD’s vibrant creative community, the RISD Museum stewards works of art representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present. We interpret our collection with focus on the maker and deeply engage with art and artists, presenting ideas and perspectives that can be inspiring and complex. We aspire to create an accessible and inclusive environment that builds meaningful relationships across all communities.
As one of the three largest university art museums in the U.S. and southeastern New England’s only comprehensive art museum, our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today including paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, costume and textiles, and furniture from all over the world. Of these objects, approximate 1,800 are on view at any given time. The RISD Museum provides free access to digital images of public domain materials in the collection for any purpose. We want our collection, scholarship, and interpretive content to be accessed, distributed, and reused.
Staff
Jennifer Bose Director of Museum Finance and Business Operations jbose@risd.eduJulie D'Amico Marketing & Public Relations Manager, Creative Services 401 709-8524 jdamico@risd.edu
Alex Dunwoodie Collection Information & Digital Resources Assistant ddunwood@risd.edu
Amanda Eckhardt Manager, Visitor Services 401 427-3133 aeckha01@risd.edu
Lauren Faria Assistant Director, Institutional Giving and Evaluation lfaria@risd.edu
Sarah Ganz Blythe Interim Director 401 454-6611 sganz@risd.edu
Tricia Hoffman Assistant to the Director 401 454-6686 thoffman@risd.edu
Jan Howard Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs 401 454-6519 jhoward@risd.edu
Marny Kindness Exhibitions Manager & Curatorial Administrator 401 454-6502 mkindnes@risd.edu
Joe Leduc Head Registrar 401 454-6523 jleduc@risd.edu
Phil Lessard Manager of Security, Safety, and Facilities 401 454-6508 plessard@risd.edu
Conor Moynihan Assistant Curator, Prints, Drawings and Photographs 401 454-6675 cmoyniha@risd.edu
Erika Namaka Registration Assistant 401 277-4943 enamaka@risd.edu
Kara Nandin Marketing Associate / Public Relations 401 709-8513 knandin@risd.edu
Haydee Naula Academic and K–12 Programs Coordinator hnaula@risd.edu
Amy Pickworth Assistant Director, Museum Publications & Senior Editor 401 454-6520 apickwor@risd.edu
Kajette Solomon Museum SEI Program Specialist 401 454-6531 ksolomon@risd.edu
Amee Spondike Senior Executive Director, Museum Development 401 454-6316 aspondik@risd.edu
Rachel Storey Museum Business Operations Coordinator 401 277-4967 rstorey@risd.edu
Access Control (Main Access Point, "Green Door") 401 454-6647
Events at the RISD Museum 401 427-3100 conference@risd.edu
Events at the Museum
The RISD Museum has a number of spaces available for use by RISD departments for meetings, presentations, and entertaining. Administrative fees may apply and will be communicated with your event confirmation. The Special Events Manager will respond within five business days of your submitted request. To submit a request please use the Internal RISD Museum Event Inquiry Form.
If you are interested in reserving the Metcalf Auditorium, specifically, please review these Metcalf Auditorium details.
The RISD Museum website provides details on all available spaces including: capacity, availability, usage fees, and guidelines for all museum spaces.
Metcalf Auditorium
The Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium in the Chace Center has a capacity of 200. It is ADA compliant, including access to the stage. Please see the auditorium spec sheet. Events in the auditorium include services of an Audio Visual technician; renters are not allowed to operate the equipment on their own. For weekend events, a technician fee may apply. For after hours events, the Museum will arrange for Museum security to be on duty.
For events taking place during the museum’s public hours, private use of the lobby is not possible. Refreshments and/or check in will be accommodated on a case by case basis. All catering arrangements must be approved in advance by the museum’s Special Events Office and must abide by the museum’s event and catering guidelines. Refreshments must be served by a licensed caterer carrying appropriate licenses and insurance in the Chace Center Lobby only. Food and drink are not allowed in Metcalf Auditorium.
Tickets may be sold at a reasonable fee to cover costs. Events may not be advertised as fundraisers.
Sales of retail items must be approved and are normally restricted to items directly related to the programming such as CDs of a performing musical group or books by a visiting lecturer.