Free and Open to the Public. 21+. Donations Welcome.
Narragansett Brewery Tap Room, 271 Tockwotton Street, Providence, RI 02903.
OPEN opens in September of 2025, and in addition to our first exhibit, we’re hosting a special celebration at the Narragansett Brewery called Public Disclosure. A dozen-or-so local collectors and amateur archivists will be showing off their stuff throughout the taproom—an idea we directly took from Brooklyn’s City Reliquary, who host Collectors’ Night. It’s not a market or night of talks, more just time to mingle and enjoy delicious brews while gazing upon tables full of stuff. Collectors will be present to answer your most pressing Qs.
What?
Do you have an interesting collection to share with your neighbors? Send us an email and tell us a bit about you and your precious goods. Selected participants will get table space for their setups, and there’s no cost to participate. No live animals, small fires, or piles of broken glass, please. Space is limited and filling up fast!
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What’s On View?
Public Disclosure is delighted to share local town ephemera, insulators, erotic and celestial cookbooks, vintage computer game ephemera, currencies, k-pop and BTS ephemera, vintage items, obsolete cameras, found rope, Garfield items, security envelopes, advertising hangers, and more!
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OPEN will be exhibiting selections from Seekonk Museum, an in progress collection of items from Seekonk, Massachusetts that will get a wider show in 2026.
Zac Mirecki is bringing Glass and Porcelain Insulators & Ephemera. This is a modest collection of glass and porcelain insulators, including a selection made by the Hartford Faience Company.
Elizabeth Goodspeed’s got Erotic and celestial cookbooks. Ever wondered which cocktail to serve your Aquarius lover? How about the best way to present oysters in the nude, or what soup to make during Mercury retrograde? These books have the answer.
Patrick May’s showing off his Vintage Computer Game Ephemera including boxes, maps, manuals, diskettes, and copyright wheels.
Alana Deluty’s traveling the world, collecting currencies. She’ll have paper bills from around 50 countries to compare and contrast.
Louise Sutton’s Magic Shop is a celebration of K-pop group BTS’ global impact, and the culture that connects millions of Army (their fans). Stop by to learn what a cup sleeve event is, why everything is so purple, why Louise treasures a greasy McDonald’s bag, and who her bias is.
Chris and Jennifer of What Cheer Records + Vintage are bringing items from their personal collections. Long time leaders in local thrift and vintage, there’s sure to be treasure in there.
Aaron McLaughlin’s got cameras and rope. The cameras are mostly deemed obsolete due to unavailable media production. The rope’s been found on the beaches of Rhode Island, washed up in things resembling large hairballs. Lovingly untangled by the collector.
Ryan Pfeiffer’s Gathered Garfield Goods is a collection of Garfield memorabilia dating from the early 80s to the present day! Much of the collection was acquired from other collectors at the bi-annual Garfield Gathering fan conventions held throughout the country.
Anonymization Archive is Pablo Cazares’ collection of motifs designed to obscure personal information. Think security envelope patterns, self-inking stamps of garbled text, etc. Bring a photo and redact yourself to become truly incomprehensible!
Julie Miller, proprietor of Gold Dust Vintage, will be in house showing off her collection of vintage hangers. You can usually catch Julie downtown at The Vault Collective, and up at the Salem Flea Marketplace, too.
More coming soon!
Public Disclosure. Thursday September 18, 2025. 6:00-9:00pm. Free. 21+
Narragansett Brewery Tap Room, 271 Tockwotton Street, Providence, RI 02903.