Archive Remix Film Festival: Warwick Center for the Arts
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
Educational Program for Homeschool Families
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
Black Ink on Whtie Paper: The African American Press in Rhode Island
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
Archive Remix Film Festival Sunday (Registration No Longer Required)
The Rhode Island Historical Society, in partnership with LittleFire, is pleased to present its first annual Archive Remix Film Festival. … Continue reading Archive Remix Film Festival Sunday (Registration No Longer Required)
Archive Remix Film Festival Saturday (Registration No Longer Required)
The Rhode Island Historical Society, in partnership with LittleFire, is pleased to present its first annual Archive Remix Film Festival. … Continue reading Archive Remix Film Festival Saturday (Registration No Longer Required)
In Memoriam: William S. Simmons, 1938-2018
C. Morgan Grefe on William S. Simmons, who passed away on June 2: “He was a voice of reason, with a brilliant intellect and a sparkling sense of humor. His love of his work and his community was equaled by his tremendous compassion for humankind. He was so very kind and so very smart.”
RIHS Names Richard Ring Deputy Executive Director for Collections and Interpretation
Career Spanning Two Decades Includes Libraries, Exhibitions, Higher Education
“No MAN Ever Would Have Been Treated So”: Elleanor Eldridge
Celebrating Women’s History Month by way of an entrepreneur’s 233rd birthday
Woody Spring, Rhode Island Astronaut!
Space Shuttle missions began in 1981, a year after Rhode Island’s own Sherwood “Woody” Spring was selected as an astronaut. Spring, raised in Eden Park in Cranston and Harmony village, graduated from Ponaganset High School in 1963.
Object Thursday: Gorham Silver
The RIHS has a small but lovely collection of Gorham Manufacturing Company catalogs from the last quarter of the nineteenth … Continue reading Object Thursday: Gorham Silver