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Dark Work Exhibit Lecture with Christy Clark-Pujara

Join the John Brown House Museum, a museum of the Rhode Island Historical Society, on Monday, June 16th, at 5:30pm, … Continue reading Dark Work Exhibit Lecture with Christy Clark-Pujara

Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers from the Karen Asher of the Wild Plant Society

Want to turn your backyard into a bio-diverse refuge for the plants, birds, pollinators and animals that share our planet? Come … Continue reading Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers from the Karen Asher of the Wild Plant Society

“Designing the Future Now” Goff Lecture from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum curator Cynthia E. Smith

The Rhode Island Historical Society will host its first Newell D. Goff Lecture of 2025 on Wednesday, May 7th, 6pm. … Continue reading “Designing the Future Now” Goff Lecture from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum curator Cynthia E. Smith

The Revolution’s Last Men The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Book Talk with Don Hagist

Join the John Brown House Museum, a museum of the Rhode Island Historical Society, on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30 … Continue reading The Revolution’s Last Men The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Book Talk with Don Hagist

Laboring Mothers Book Talk with Ellen Ledoux

Join the John Brown House Museum, a museum of the Rhode Island Historical Society, on Thursday, May 29, at 5:30 … Continue reading Laboring Mothers Book Talk with Ellen Ledoux

The Girl of My Dreams Exhibit Talk with Artist Stacy Morrison

Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander is the subject of the John Brown House Museum’s latest exhibit, The Girl of My Dreams, Sylvia: … Continue reading The Girl of My Dreams Exhibit Talk with Artist Stacy Morrison

Fashion in the Times of Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander (1841-1925)

Join the John Brown House Museum, a museum of the Rhode Island Historical Society, on Thursday, March 13, for Fashion … Continue reading Fashion in the Times of Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander (1841-1925)

Virtual Valley Talks: St. Ann’s: Towers of Faith of Family with Paul Bourget

Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures, concludes on Sunday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m. at the Museum of … Continue reading Virtual Valley Talks: St. Ann’s: Towers of Faith of Family with Paul Bourget

Virtual Valley Talks: French-Canadian Quilts in Rhode Island with Professor Linda Welters

Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures, continues Sunday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m. at the Museum of Work … Continue reading Virtual Valley Talks: French-Canadian Quilts in Rhode Island with Professor Linda Welters

Valley Talks: Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War with author and curator Madelyn Shaw

Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures, continues Sunday, January 26, at 1:30pm at the Museum of Work & … Continue reading Valley Talks: Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War with author and curator Madelyn Shaw

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