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This list of museums in Rhode Island encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Blackstone River State Park, Rhode Island: This park borders both the Blackstone River and Canal and contains bike paths, walking trails, and river access. The Wilbur Kelly Museum, built by former merchant ship's captain and mill owner Wilbur Kelly, is also within the park, and the museum tells the story of the region's transportation history ...
Tillinghast Factory ruins, 1915 photo [2]. The Tillinghast Mill Site is an historic industrial site in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.The site is the location of a cotton mill established in 1812 most likely by Allin Tillinghast and Joseph Joslyn Tillinghast. [3]
The Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, that features exhibits focusing on the city's textile manufacturing heritage. The museum is operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society and located at 42 South Main Street in Market Square in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor .
1876 – Rhode Island Women's Club established. [33] 1877 Rhode Island School of Design and museum established. Providence County Court House dedicated. [63] Grammar school built on Candace Street. [64] 1878 Providence Grays baseball team formed; Messer Street Grounds baseball stadium built; Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul completed. [2]
The Stedman & Fuller Manufacturing Company Complex also known as the Bourn Rubber Company, Philips-Baker Rubber Company Complex is a historical manufacturing complex at 49 Westfield Street in the West End neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The complex consists of three connected buildings constructed in three phases between 1885 and c. 1930
January 31, 1976 (RI 114 over Narragansett Bay: Portsmouth: Longest bridge in New England for over 40 years 8: Oak Glen: Oak Glen: March 29, 1978 (745 Union St. Portsmouth: 9: Pine Hill Archeological Site, RI-655
This 50-acre (20 ha) industrial area was developed in two phases, with a number of buildings surviving from both of these periods. The first, between 1870 and 1882, resulted in the construction of Mills 2 through 5, a series of large three- and four-story brick buildings which were used in textile manufacturing.