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Since the middle of the eighteenth century the Babcock-Smith House has stood amid an ever-changing area atop Granite Street in Westerly, RI. One of Rhode Island’s important architectural and historical landmarks, the house as it now stands clearly...

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Bristol Art Museum

Museum

The Bristol Art Museum (BAM) offers a variety of art exhibits each year in its new home, a renovated 1860s carriage house on the grounds of the historic Linden Place mansion. The conversion of the interior space has created three galleries on the...

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Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

The house at Clouds Hill was built as a wedding gift for Elizabeth Ives Slater on her marriage to Alfred Augustus Reed, Jr. The home passed from Elizabeth to her daughter, Helen, on to Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Anne, and finally to her...

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Coggeshall Farm Museum

Farm ; Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum ; Theater

Coggeshall Farm Museum is a living history farm set on 48 acres in Bristol, Rhode Island. The museum depicts Bristol's agrarian life in the year 1799 through live interpretation, historic structures, and heirloom plants and animals. Museum History:...

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Cranston Historical Society

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

The Governor Sprague Mansion is home to the Cranston Historical Society. Founded in 1949, the Society was created to revive and maintain a lively interest in the history of Cranston; to collect, store, and on occasion exhibit books, papers,...

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Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson and Wales

Museum ; School

The Culinary Arts Museum is an educational resource for Johnson & Wales University, the community at-large, food scholars, and the food service industry. The Culinary Arts Museum seeks to both preserve and interpret the broad culinary and...

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Elijah Angell House

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Elijah Angell, a local stonecutter, built this two-story farmhouse around 1825. Elijah was the son of Olney and Sarah Angell, whose fifty-acre farm was located just to the northwest. Elijah’s house was later lived in by the Collins and Farnum...

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Frosty Drew Nature Center & Observatory

Museum

The Frosty Drew Nature Center and Observatory are dedicated to environmental stewardship and delivering environmental education to people of all ages, with primary focus on marine and aquatic habitats and the night sky.

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General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Built by Nathanael in 1770, the “Homestead” as it historically has been known, was originally called “Spell Hall” as it was indicated in one of Nathanael’s letters. Constructed on the hillside, the site chosen for the Homestead was well sheltered on...

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Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

Museum

The Haffenreffer Museum houses a fascinating collection of artifacts from the Native peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. The Museum is recognized as one of the leading anthropological teaching museums in the Northeast. The...

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Hearthside House Museum

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Considered one of Rhode Island's finest examples of Federal style architecture, this stately stone mansion sits at the heart of the Great Road Historic District. Costumed docents provide guided tours on a frequent basis along with a schedule of...

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Herreshoff Marine Museum / America's Cup Hall of Fame

Museum

Dedicated to the education and inspiration of the public through presentations of the history and innovative work of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company and the America's Cup competition. The Museum, bordering beautiful Narragansett Bay, in...

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John Brown House

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

One of America’s grandest mansions when completed in 1788, the house at 52 Power Street was home first to John Brown, a businessman, patriot, politician, China Trade pioneer and slave trader who participated in the debates and practices that shaped...

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Lippitt House Museum

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Step into Providence’s Golden Age at Lippitt House Museum! A remarkable example of Victorian design and craftsmanship, the museum focuses on the stories of people who lived and worked in the house. Docents use these stories and the objects at...

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Museum and Shop at Brick Market

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Located in the 1762 Brick Market (designed by Peter Harrison) our award-winning Museum is the perfect place to begin a visit to Newport. The Museum provides the whole family with an engaging introduction to the area’s rich history and the beauty of...

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Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Welcome to the “People’s University”, Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI Founded: June 1896 Our mission is to steward and interpret natural and cultural collections through exhibits, education and research to inspire people of all ages and...

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Museum of Natural History and Planetarium

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

When did the Museum open? The Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, opened in 1896. It was founded by the city of Providence, which owns and operates it. Its founding was precipitated by a donation of privately amassed mammal...

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Museum of Newport History

Museum

It is the mission of the Newport Historical Society to collect and preserve the artifacts, photographs, documents, publications and genealogical records that relate to the history of Newport County, Rhode Island; to make these materials readily...

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Museum of Newport Irish History

Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

In the heart of Newport’s best known Irish-American neighborhood, visitors will learn about Irish immigration to Newport County from the 1600s to the present and of the many contributions made to our community by individuals of Irish descent. ...

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Museum of Work and Culture

Museum

An interactive Museum operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society that presents the compelling story of the French Canadians who left the farms of Quebec for the factories of the New England area. It showcases the remarkable story of a...

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National Museum of American Illustration

Gallery ; Museum

The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) was founded in 1998 by Judy Goffman Cutler and Laurence S. Cutler to house their art collection primarily from the ‘Golden Age of American Illustration,’ yet the museum exhibits American...

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Providence Art Club

Gallery ; Historic Building/Landmark ; Museum

Founded in 1880 to stimulate the appreciation of art in the community, the Club has long been a place for artists and art patrons to congregate, create, display and circulate works of art. Located along Thomas Street, in the shadow of the First...

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Providence Children's Museum

Museum

In the mid 1970s, the Pawtucket JayCees and other community leaders began exploring the idea of opening Rhode Island’s first (and still its only) children’s museum in Pawtucket. They envisioned a lively learning center modeled on the established...

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RISD Museum

Gallery ; Museum

The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, also known as the RISD Museum, is Rhode Island’s leading museum of fine and decorative art, housing a collection of 84,000 objects of international significance. It is southeastern New England’s...

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