Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Gallery Exhibit: “Governors on Tour”
This exhibit commemorates the restoration of the Rhode Island Governors’ portraits by the Rhode Island State House Restoration Society through the Gallery of Governors Project. The exhibit will feature portraits of governors from northern Rhode Island.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Ranger Days
In conjunction with the John H. Chaffee Blackstone
River Valley National Heritage Corridor, the Museum of Work & Culture is pleased to host another year of Ranger Days. Today, URI Professor Scott Molloy will speak on his new book, Irish Titan, Irish Toilers: Joseph Banigan and 19th Century New England Labor, the story of Banigan’s rise as Rhode Island’s first Irish millionaire and founder of the U.S. Rubber Company.

Iona Dobbins, Director of the Gallery of Governors Project, will speak about the restoration of the Rhode Island Governors’ portraits in the State House, which are on display at the Museum of Work & Culture until March 15.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Ranger Days

First Unitarian Church
1 Benevolent Street, Providence
To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
401-331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

An Evening with Lincoln!

Join us in celebrating the 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth as we welcome Robb Dimmick to present his acclaimed performance of Lincoln. Dimmick is a local professional actor, director, and playwright. His remarkable portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, A. Lincoln Portrait, has toured the eastern seaboard since 1983. A reception sponsored by Decadent Catering of Ristorante Pizzico will follow. Admission is $5, members are free.

Sunday, February 15, 1:30 p.m.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Ranger Days

Valerie and William Paul, founders of the Blackstone Valley Sugaring Association, will present “Sugaring in the Blackstone Valley.” The organization and program are dedicated to educating the public about maple sugaring throughout the Blackstone Valley.

John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Barbara Barnest
401-273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org

Special Floral-Themed Tours at the John Brown House Museum

This weekend, the John Brown House Museum will be offering museum tours with a floral theme. These special tours will be offered in collaboration with the annual Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show held at the Rhode Island Convention Center the same weekend. Tours begin at 10:30 a.m., 12 noon, 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. Free for members; special tour price for non-members is $5.

Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

Exhibit Opening: Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln

The RIHS will continue celebrating the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth with an exhibit that takes a look at life in Rhode Island during the 1860s. Though Lincoln made only two stops in RI, they were widely attended and remembered. But what did the RI that Lincoln visited look like? Join us for the opening event and reception to see the exhibit and also to hear guest speakers share tales of people, places, and attitudes of the times. Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln will remain on exhibit Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through the spring. It will also be open during the Lincoln Symposium at Brown University on Friday, February 27 and Saturday, February 28.

Tour departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Buy tickets before February 13!
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

African-American History Bus Tour

In commemoration of Black History Month, this bus tour celebrates the history of African Americans who lived on College Hill from 1701 to the present. Ray Rickman, a well known community leader, will lead a lively discussion centered on the people and historic buildings of Providence’s oldest neighborhood. The tour lasts about 90 minutes.
Tickets are $25 and must be purchased before Friday, February 13. A 25 person minimum is required for this tour, and all money will be refunded if cancelled.

Sunday, March 1, 1:30 p.m.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Ranger Days

Park Ranger Ray Boswell will present “Voices from Worcester’s Past: Worcester’s Rural Cemetery.” Boswell will speak about the cemetery’s development, and also on the lives and contributions of some of those buried there. Boswell specializes in the Blackstone Canal and the City of Worcester. He also teaches courses on New England Industrial and Blackstone Valley history at Worcester State College.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Anne Conway
401-769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

Salute to Spring Celebration!

The Museum of Work & Culture is delighted to host its annual “Salute to Spring.” The event marks the end of the annual appeal and the raffle will be drawn. The grand prize is a 3 day/2 night trip to Montreal. Stay tuned for more details on this annual event!

Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Lee Teverow
(401) 273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org

Joseph K. Angell, Samuel Ames, and the First American Treatise on Corporate Law

Kevin Butterfield, Ph.D. candidate at Washington University, will give a brief look at the genesis and impact of the first treatise on corporate law in the United States, published by two Rhode Island lawyers. Butterfield received a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium award to continue work on his dissertation, “Unbound by Law: Association and Autonomy in the early American Republic,” which he is researching partly at the RIHS Library.

Tour departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Walk

Today’s walking tour celebrates the life and work of Providence native and author Howard Phillips Lovecraft to mark the anniversary of his death. Acknowledged genius of occult and horror fiction, Lovecraft’s “Providence stories” (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk. $12 per person; tour lasts ninety minutes.

Museum of Work & Culture
Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 to 4:00;
Saturday, 10:00 to 5:00; Sunday, 1:00 to 4 :00

John Brown House Museum
Winter Hours Start January 2, 2009
January 2 through March 31:

Tours begin at 10:30 am, 12:00 noon, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm on Fridays and Saturdays only.

Sunday, March 15, 1:30 p.m.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
401-769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org

Ranger Days

In conjunction with the John H. Chaffee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, the Museum of Work & Culture presents the last Ranger Days of the year. Today, URI Professor Scott Molloy will speak on his new book, Irish Titan, Irish Toilers: Joseph Banigan and 19^th Century New England Labor, the story of Banigan’s rise as Rhode Island ’s first Irish millionaire and founder of the U.S. Rubber Company.