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 […]
Early New Englanders’ understanding of arbitrary rule was central to their efforts to maintain self-government in the late 1600’s. In 1664, after King Charles II sent royal commissioners on warships to […]
“A Matter of Truth” Dives Into Rhode Island’s History of Discrimination The new State House exhibit presented by the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society explores the lives of African heritage […]
This lecture will attempt to shed light on at least a few of the stories of Indigenous people in Portsmouth, along with how some of the English colonists interacted with […]
Charting History is a traveling panel exhibition that tells one cohesive, chronological, and thematic narrative of Rhode Island's history. It follows the major threads of commerce, conflict, and conscience to […]
Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Saturday, December 2, from 1pm-5pm, at the Museum of Work & Culture for a Global Market celebrating Rhode Island makers with international connections […]
The Rhode Island Historical Society and the Battle of Rhode Island Association will welcome Dr. Friederike Baer on Wednesday, December 6th at 6pm for her talk, “I cannot call it a Conquest – […]
Thursday December 7, 2023 at 5:30pm; a cocktail reception immediately follows the talk Newport Historical Society Resource Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI It may surprise many to learn that on average Colonial Americans consumed twice the volume of alcohol than a modern American. They held fast to their belief that alcohol cured illness, lifted spirits, commemorated […]
The Battle of Rhode Island Association (BoRIA)Lecture Series sponsored by BankNewport continues with our partners the Varnum Memorial Armory on Thursday, December 7th at 6:00 PM at The Varnum Memorial Armory Museum, 6 Main St, East Greenwich As we present Author and historian Dr. Friederike Baer and her lecture: “I cannot call it a Conquest […]
For more than two centuries, all most Americans have ever known about Benedict Arnold is that he committed treason—yet he was more than a turncoat. He was a superb leader, a brilliant tactician, a supremely courageous soldier and one of the most successful military officers of the early years of the Revolutionary War. His capture […]
