As a Newport Art Museum visitor, member or supporter, your story is part of our story. Your hopes for the future will help guide us as we move into our second century. We’ve launched the Memories & Messages Project to help bring you into the picture. Part oral history, part archive, part birthday celebration, the project aims to compile Museum memories and anniversary messages from you – the Newport Art Museum community.
Send us your birthday greetings, Newport Art Museum memories, photos and videos about the Museum or your experiences here, or create a work of art to mark the Centennial. We’ll be posting your contributions all year on Facebook and YouTube, on our website, in print publications, archival albums and inside the Museum.
Memories & Messages Project Updates
Oral History
Interview a friend or family member, or record your own messages and memories in our digital studio. Call Mia Michelson-Bartlett at (401) 848-8200 x 7983 to arrange a recording session.
4th Friday, March 27: Sky Sabin performs
Stop by the art table during 4th Friday and make your own “Happy Birthday Newport Art Museum” postcard to add to the Memories & Messages Project.
Live music, art, conversation, cocktails
Friday, March 27, 6 – 9 pm
Museum members $5 / non-members $8
Cash bar
Your video message or film: Submit to tumblr.com
You can now submit videos to the Centennial Memories & Messages Project by visiting the Newport Art Museum at tumblr.com.
Formats: We suggest using a file with MP4 video and AAC audio. Size: 500 x 700 pixels or smaller; less than 100MB in size.
For longer videos, please send a DVD to:
The Memories & Messages Project
c/o
Gayle Hargreaves
Director of Marketing
Newport Art Museum
76 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
OR Contact us to arrange a recording session in our digital studio.
Mia Michelson-Bartlett
Education Associate
(401) 848-8200 x 7983
Email option: photos, text
Send photos (maximum size 1 MB) or written memories & messages anytime to info@newportartmuseum.org. Make sure to put “Memories & Messages” in the subject line of your email. (No videos please. News about video submissions coming soon.)
Check back here or follow us on Twitter, Facebook and tumblr for the latest news about how you can participate in the Memories & Messages Project.
Memories & Messages we've already collected
Happy 100th Anniversary Cards - A few of the many cards we have received
Sky Sabin's Video Memory about the "Newport Annual"
