Free Admission Weekend At RISD Museum And Providence Children's Museum

Free admission weekend at the RISD Museum and the Providence Children's Museum is this Saturday and Sunday.

Admission to the museums is free for anyone with a Bank of America card.

Subscribe

See also: Popular Retailer Plans RI Comeback After Closing All Stores

The Providence Children's Museum is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This week the museum is featuring Filipino painter Alfonso Ossorio.

See also: New Seafood Restaurant Opening In TF Green Airport

The RISD Museum features the exhibit Indigenous Artists Honor the Seal.

See also: 6 Rabid Animals Found In Providence County

"Organized by guest curators Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi (Alutiiq), Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich (Inupiaq), and Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag), this exhibition highlights seals as a cultural connector for Native communities in Alaska and Inuit Nunangat, showcasing works from the early 1900s to the present," according to a media release.

See also: Popular Retailer Plans RI Comeback After Closing All Stores

"Inuit prints, drawings, and carvings from Kinngait and Labrador, Canada, are presented in conversation with contemporary textiles, photographs, and installations by Alaska Native and Inuit artists, exploring new and traditional technologies and personal narratives," the release said.

See also: Backyard Egg Producers Invited To University Of Rhode Island Survey