Concerts are FREE for RIHS members and accompanying minor children. ONE guest allowed per membership.

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Adults $8; Children under 12, free

Call 401-331-8575 x33 for more information or visit the Concerts' web page

No Pets Allowed

Enjoy a free live performance by two Morris Dance teams this afternoon, when we will welcome the Ladies of the Rolling Pin from Rhode Island and The Wreckers from Cornwall, England. Morris Dancing is a form of English folk dance that originated in the late 15th century. The free performance begins at 3:30 p.m. on the museum's lawn facing Benefit Street. Both groups will perform at WaterFire later that same evening.

This walking tour celebrates the life and work of Providence native and author Howard Phillips Lovecraft to mark the anniversary of his birth. Acknowledged genius of occult and horror fiction, Lovecraft's "Providence stories" (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk.

Street Life: A Walk Through American Communities
This David Amaral and Emilie Dubois Gallery exhibit creates a “street level” experience reflecting both large and small New England communities.

Admission is free inside the Museum of Work & Culture and to all its events today! The museum’s new Treasury of Life exhibit will be featured.

Benefit Street: A Mile of  History
Tuesdays through  Saturdays, 11:00 am

Riverwalk: Before the Fires are Lit
Evenings of full WaterFire lightings, 5:30 pm

Downcity Alive!
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 4:00 pm

The Treasury of Life is a unique and innovative exhibit at the Museum of Work & Culture where families will be remember. Individuals and families have a chance to purchase a box, similar to a bank safe deposit box, where important memorabilia can be stored. A plaque bearing your family name will be placed on the box to be viewed by the thousands of visitors who tour the Museum each year. A key will be presented to your family at a special dedication ceremony.

Boxes are available in small, medium and large sizes for $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 respectively; an installment payment plan is available.

The Treasury of Life is presented by Navigant Credit Union.

In April 1861, when he was19, Elisha Hunt Rhodes enlisted in the newly-formed 2^nd Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry raised to fight the Confederate Army. In the course of the war, Rhodes was promoted from Corporal to Colonel and fought with the 2^nd Rhode Island in major battles from Bull Run to Gettysburg . Throughout the war, he kept a diary which was published by his great- grandson, Robert Hunt Rhodes. This small exhibition celebrates his life during and after the Civil War, when he was a well-known and beloved figure in Rhode Island .

The exhibit is open Monday- Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission is free.

John Brown House Museum

Summer Hours through Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tuesday through Friday, 1:00 to 4:00,

Tours at 1:30 and 3:00
Saturdays, 10:00 to 4:00,

Tours at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 and 3:00

When was the last time you visited the John Brown House Museum? If you haven't seen the house this spring, you're missing exciting changes and new displays! Come visit for a regularly scheduled tour or schedule a group or school tour by calling Dan Santos at (401) 273-7507 x60 or email dsantos@rihs.org.