SILVER & SPINDLES

This spring, I had the pleasure of working with Director Carrie Taylor to help re-vamp and re-form the annual fundraising event for Lippitt House Museum. With the ongoing pandemic, museums have had to make many changes. For Lippitt House, part of this has been to realize the potential of outdoor spaces with events such as the upcoming Rosé Garden Party on July 10, 2022. Through creative local sponsorships, partnership, and plans for expanded marketing, this summer’s Rosé Gard

During the summer of 2019, I worked as an intern in the archives at the Lippitt House. I quite enjoyed the experience; through reading older documents and files about the museum, I gained a better understanding of how small house museums work. Lippitt House Museum was formed when the descendants of Henry Lippitt donated the house to Preserve Rhode Island. Lippitt House achieved financial sustainability to become a museum by creating and selling a condo and leasing two apartm