“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
Valley Talks: With These Hands with photographer Steve Dunwell
This event is now postponed due to a water event at the museum. The new date is TBD. Valley Talks, … Continue reading Valley Talks: With These Hands with photographer Steve Dunwell
Valley Talks: The Birth and Death of a Textile Mill with genealogist Bonnie Wade Mucia
Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures, continues Sunday, February 9 at 1:30 p.m. at the Museum of Work … Continue reading Valley Talks: The Birth and Death of a Textile Mill with genealogist Bonnie Wade Mucia