The Rhode Island Historical Society is proud to present Bittersweet: Sugar’s Sticky Road to the Revolution, the newest exhibit at the John Brown House Museum. The exhibition opens Thursday, May 25, and will remain in the museum’s gallery until Saturday, December 30. Sugar and its derivative products (molasses and rum) were among the major commodities that drove […]
This tour held October 10th will focus on first-person oral histories found in the book Nuestras Raíces, which have inspired the play to be performed at Trinity Repertory in January 2024. NOTE: We will be walking on busy sidewalks and crossing a highway overpass. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes. Meet 15 minutes before the scheduled […]
Join The Battle of Rhode Island Association (BoRIA) and the Portsmouth Historical Society (PHS) Thursday October 26th at 6pm at the PHS Museum 870 East Main Rd in Portsmouth RI for a lecture on Conflict Archaeology and the Battle of Rhode Island. BoRIA is committed to researching, documenting, and sharing Rhode Island’s involvement in the […]
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) will open an exhibit of the archaeological study to find HMS Gaspee, the small Royal Navy ship that had been burned by Patriots in 1772. With generous local funding in 2021 the RIMAP study conducted a preliminary side scan study of the area south of Gaspee Point and in […]
This tour held on October 29th will focus on first-person oral histories found in the book Nuestras Raíces, which have inspired the play to be performed at Trinity Repertory in January 2024. Meet 15 minutes before the scheduled start time in the grass area of the Roger Williams Park @Broad Street entrance. The address you […]
Opera on The Great Swamp Massacre URI Canonchet Concert featuring music and poetry by Geoffrey Gibbs, will be given Sunday, October 29th at 7:00 pm. The concert will be held at the URI Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston RI. This event is free and open to the public, but Dr. […]
Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with Rhode Island Latino Arts at North Burial Ground in Providence! This all day event will be held on November 2nd, 2023!
Mark your calendars! Ed Shein discusses his groundbreaking work placing the paintings of Edward Mitchell Bannister, America's foremost Black artist, in the Smithsonian Institute. Register now at the Stages of Freedom website!
The Town of South Kingstown 300th Anniversary Speaker Series will host a talk by Richard Vangermeersch on The 1888 South Kingstown/Narragansett Split Lectures are free; refreshments provided.
Please join us for the opening of NHS’ fall exhibit Waves of Discovery: 18th and 19th Century Seafaring Science. Excellence in maritime navigation quickly became essential to the economic success of Newport’s early European settlers. The instruments and volumes showcased in this exhibit demonstrate how Newport’s seafaring residents navigated the tumultuous voyages back and forth across […]
