点评:This is actually an extraordinary museum, both in the breadth and extent of its collection. To avoid the potential crowds of Sunday (when admission is free) , we went on a cold Saturday afternoon for $15 per head for seniors; this seemed to be a good call, since we never shared any gallery with any more than a handful of other patrons. This is a confusing collection of interconnected buildings; rather than detracting from the the experience, it allows wonderful transitions from one collection to the other. And that range indeed needs some transitions: Contemporary, colonial and modern American; ancient Egyptian, Greek, Asian, Egyptian; Textiles, sculpture, paintings. We kept a good pace throughout, and it still took us three hours, without taking a coffee break at the cafe. Having been to many of the majors: the Louvre, New York Metropolitan, Philadelphia, Smithsonian, I would still include this facility as a well worth the visit.
A tip re parking: the museum is within the RISD / Brown University campus area. It has no no parking area of its own and much of the surrounding street parking reserved for the schools, or is 2hr limit Monday thru Saturday. there are enough pay lots to the north and across the river to the northwest and west several blocks away. We found plentiful free street parking 8 minutes' walk to the southeast on Power street east of Benefit. Hills are steep in that area, and to avoid some challenging effort, If you park on the southeast side, you can enter the museum directly from Benefit street, through Cafe Pearl; though their map mentions this entrance clearly, there is virtually no signage indicating this as a museum entrance from the street; look for the cafe at 224.
翻译:这实际上是一个非凡的博物馆,无论是在藏品的广度还是范围上。为了避开周日潜在的人群(免费入场),我们在寒冷的周六下午去了,老年人票价为每人 15 美元;这似乎是一个很好的决定,因为我们从来没有与超过少数其他顾客共享任何画廊。这是一个令人困惑的相互连接的建筑物的集合;它不会影响体验,而是允许从一个系列到另一个系列的美妙过渡。这个范围确实需要一些转变:当代、殖民和现代美国;古埃及、希腊、亚洲、埃及;纺织品、雕塑、绘画。我们全程保持着良好的节奏,仍然花了三个小时,没有在咖啡馆喝咖啡休息。去过许多主要的博物馆:卢浮宫、纽约大都会博物馆、费城、史密森尼,我仍然认为这个设施非常值得参观。
停车提示:博物馆位于罗德岛设计学院/布朗大学校园区内。它没有自己的停车区,周围的大部分街道停车位都是为学校保留的,或者周一至周六限时 2 小时。北部和河对岸的西北和西部几个街区外有足够的收费地段。我们在 Benefit 东边的 Power 街上向东南步行 8 分钟,发现了充足的免费路边停车位。该地区山势陡峭,为了避免一些挑战性,如果你把车停在东南侧,你可以从Benefit街直接穿过Cafe Pearl进入博物馆;尽管他们的地图清楚地提到了这个入口,但实际上没有任何标志表明这是街道上的博物馆入口;寻找 224 的咖啡馆。