From 1982 through 1994, the Sistine Chapel ceiling was being restored and a Japanese team received permission from the Vatican to photograph the works. Those detailed, high-resolution photos have been transferred to special fabric webs and are now the traveling art exhibition, Michelangelo: A Different View, stopping in Providence for the next month.

From May 12 to June 12, visitors can visit this religious work of art at the convention center and see Michelangelo's interpretation of the history of creation displayed before them rather than towering above their heads.