Discover the history of the Blackstone Valley by spending a week this summer with the Rhode Island Historical Society. Students … Continue reading History Camp: Adventures Along the Blackstone (for students grades 6-12)
The Rhode Island Historical Society will host veteran research and writer Christian McBurney on Wednesday, August 17th, at 6 p.m., … Continue reading Free Book Talk on Dark Voyage: An American Privateer’s War on Britain’s African Slave Trade with Christian McBurney
The Rhode Island Historical Society will kick off the 25th season of its beloved Concerts Under the Elms series on … Continue reading Concerts Under the Elms: Atwater-Donnelly with Cathy Clasper-Torch and Erin Lobb Mason
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Thursday, August 25, for the third of its Bicentennial Jubilees, a 1922 Jubilee … Continue reading 1922 Jubilee Gala
Join the Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, … Continue reading Labor Day at the Museum of Work & Culture
Museum Day returns on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Museum Day brings together museums, zoos, and cultural centers from all 50 … Continue reading Smithsonian Museum Day
Join Stages of Freedom and the RIHS as they unveil their newest exhibit; "Black Ink on Whtie Paper: The African … Continue reading Black Ink on Whtie Paper: The African American Press in Rhode Island
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society and Sowams Cider Works, on Saturday, September 24 at 1 p.m. for the continuation … Continue reading SOLD OUT Drink in the History: Sowams Cider Works
The Rhode Island Historical Society continues its free Inside the Archives series Wednesday, September 28, 7 p.m. with a virtual … Continue reading Inside the Archives: The Art of Then with What Cheer Writers Group
The Rhode Island Historical Society will premiere its 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival on Saturday, October 1 at 7pm … Continue reading 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival Premiere
On Monday, October 3, the Museum of Work and Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and the … Continue reading Educational Program for Homeschool Families
The Rhode Island Historical Society will screen its 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 … Continue reading Archive Remix Film Festival: Warwick Center for the Arts
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society for an exploration of how the events we see on the news and in … Continue reading Then & Now: The Relevance of History in Today’s World – weekly after-school program for teens
Join AARP Rhode Island, the Providence Public Library and the Rhode Island Historical Society on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at … Continue reading Virtual Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Archival Film Screening
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society for an exploration of how the events we see on the news and in … Continue reading Then & Now: The Relevance of History in Today’s World – weekly after-school program for teens
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society and Hard Pressed Cider Company on Sunday, October 30 at 4 p.m. at Windmist … Continue reading SOLD OUT: Drink in the History with Hard-Pressed Cider
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society for an exploration of how the events we see on the news and in … Continue reading Then & Now: The Relevance of History in Today’s World – weekly after-school program for teens
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society for an exploration of how the events we see on the news and in … Continue reading Then & Now: The Relevance of History in Today’s World – weekly after-school program for teens
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at … Continue reading The Color of Care Documentary Screening
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Thursday, December 1, for Austen-inspired holiday cheer with Barker Playhouse’s production of The … Continue reading The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Saturday, Dec. 3, for its 1972 Jubilee, the final of its quarterly Bicentennial … Continue reading 1972 Jubilee
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m., for the conclusion of Drink in the … Continue reading Drink in the History: Milk and Cookies with Wright’s Dairy Farm
The Rhode Island Historical Society will conclude its free Inside the Archives series on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m., … Continue reading Inside the Archives: New Acquisitions
Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode … Continue reading Valley Talks: Worldly Rhode Island
Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode … Continue reading Valley Talks: International Scholars in RI – Immigration & the Shaping of a Life
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