RISD Museum Winter Family Studio & Chace Center Art Galleries

About this adventure

Affiliated with the world-renowned Rhode Island School of Design, the RISD Museum houses an encyclopedic collection of more than 100,000 works of art spanning antiquity to the modern era. On winter weekends and Sunday Family Studios, the Chace Center and historic museum galleries welcome children and parents to engage with art through guided scavenger hunts, sketching kits, and hands-on artmaking workshops led by museum educators and visiting artists. Children can marvel at an authentic 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy and gold-leafed sarcophagus, medieval European armor, a towering 12th-century Japanese wooden Buddha, and rotating modern interactive installations that spark young imaginations. Family Experience & Accessibility: • Stroller Accessibility: Modern Chace Center entrance features flat street-level doors, spacious elevators connecting all five museum wings, and wide barrier-free galleries. • Nursing & Rest Spots: Bench seating throughout all exhibition halls, quiet cafe seating area, and accessible family restrooms with changing stations on levels 1 and 3. • Age Suitability: Welcomes art lovers of all ages; hands-on Family Studio workshops especially engaging for children ages 3 to 12. • Sensory Tips: Quiet, contemplative, and temperature-controlled gallery environments with gentle lighting; museum floor staff are welcoming to young explorers.