Rhode Island Historical Society

Rhode Island Historical Society

Upcoming Events

John Brown House Museum Admission

Museum of Work & Culture Admission

Concerts Under the Elms Flex Passes 2026

Family Ties and Industrial Bonds: The Partnership of Brown, Almy, and Slater - A Lecture with Allison Horricks

1/29/2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Narragansett Tribal History Through the Revolution

1/30/2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Remembering Through Resilience and Grief with Vimala Phongsavanh

2/1/2026 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Moving Images: The Bicentennial in Motion with Dr. Morgan Grefe

2/8/2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Harris Homeschool Program: History Through the Camera's Lens

2/9/2026 10:00 AM + 1 more event

VIRTUAL: Call to Arms: The Making of an Exhibit

2/11/2026 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

(Bitter)sweet History: Exploring 18th Century Chocolate from Bean to Beverage with Michele Gabrielson

2/14/2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Heart Line of America: How Disney Became More than a Theme Park with the Smithsonian's Bethanee Bemis

2/18/2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Tour of the Varnum Armory

2/20/2026 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Black History on Providence's East Side - Walking Tour (Special Collaboration with Stages of Freedom)

2/21/2026 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Nathanael Greene - Forgotten Hero of the American Revolution with Paul Bourget

2/22/2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Neptune’s Fortune Book Talk with Julian Sancton

2/23/2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

RI History Day Student Workshop: Last Minute Submission Questions

2/24/2026 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

Liberty at Lunchtime | Dey Mansion, Washington's Headquarters

2/25/2026 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Black History During the American Revolution

2/26/2026 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Finding Black Voices in the Archive with Dr. Christopher West and Jennifer Galpern

2/26/2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Winter Life

2/28/2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Not Your Founding Father: Rhode Island's Genderless Minister

3/4/2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Tea in 18th Century Rhode Island

3/7/2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Rewoven: The Rise, Fall, and Future of American Textiles with artist Deborah Baronas

3/8/2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Ciné-Québec: La Bolduc

3/12/2026 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Women of the American Revolution

3/19/2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

HerStory: Historic Women of the East Side Walking Tour

3/21/2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Disparate Regimes of Citizenship Rights and Rhode Island History with author Brendan Shanahan

3/22/2026 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Mary Williams and 17th-Century Rhode Island: Exhibit Talk with Charlotte Carrington-Farmer

3/26/2026 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Salute to Spring ~ Bonjour Printemps

3/29/2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Loyalism During the American Revolution

4/10/2026 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Nathanael Greene

5/21/2026 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Teaching the Founding Documents

6/11/2026 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Liberty at Lunchtime | Delaware Historical Society

1/15/2026 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

RI History Day Student Workshop: Creating an Annotated Bibliography

1/14/2026 4:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

VIRTUAL: Cowboy Boots: From the Saddle to the Stage

1/13/2026 7:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Looking Back 50 Years: 1976 and the Bicentennial Celebration in Woonsocket

1/11/2026 1:30 PM

VIRTUAL: How the English Became Americans with Malcolm Gaskill

1/8/2026 12:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Blithewold Holiday Tour

12/17/2025 3:30 PM

America's Tapestry Stitch-A-Thon

12/13/2025 12:00 PM

VIRTUAL: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West with Paul Hutton

12/9/2025 7:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

A New England Noel: A Festive Adventure Featuring Dining, History & Holiday Cheer

12/7/2025 11:00 AM

LEGO Workshop with Andy Grover

12/6/2025 12:00 PM

Global Holiday Traditions Homeschool Program with Harris Library

12/1/2025 11:00 AM

Virtual Session for Prospective National History Day Teachers

11/19/2025 4:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

RI History Day Student Workshop: Research Skills & Best Practices

11/18/2025 4:30 PM

VIRTUAL: Deadwood, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane: The Birth of Three Legends

11/17/2025 7:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

Information Session for Prospective National History Day Teachers

11/13/2025 4:30 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: The Culinary Arts Museum Tour and Tasting

11/13/2025 10:00 AM

Black Joy in Revolutionary-Era Providence - A Lecture with Tara Bynum

11/6/2025 5:30 PM

Special Presentation for Cowboy Country Tour with Colette Travel

11/4/2025 6:00 PM

RI History Day Student Workshop: Making a Historical Argument

10/29/2025 4:30 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tour Of Downtown Westerly

10/28/2025 4:00 PM

An Artist Amongst the Mills

10/25/2025 1:00 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Mourning Traditions

10/25/2025 10:00 AM

Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America Conversation with Karin Wulf and Morgan Grefe

10/22/2025 5:30 PM

Test Event

10/15/2025 8:00 AM

Spark of Independence Book Talk with Michael Cecere

10/14/2025 5:30 PM

Black History on Providence's East Side Walking Tour

10/11/2025 11:00 AM

Tales from Rhode Island Taverns with Robert Geake

10/7/2025 6:00 PM

Ecology of the Blackstone River Homeschool Program

10/6/2025 11:00 AM

The Revolution in Rhode Island - Walking Tour with Scott Alexander

10/4/2025 10:30 AM

Dancing at Lughnasa at Barker Playhouse

9/25/2025 7:30 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Guided Walk of Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge with Audubon RI

9/16/2025 10:00 AM

Special Constitution Day Concert with the American Band

9/13/2025 1:00 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Colonial Classroom

9/13/2025 10:00 AM

Grandparent's Day Baking Workshop with Wright's Dairy Farm

9/6/2025 11:00 AM

Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Female Academy Book Talk with Jennifer Rycenga

9/3/2025 5:30 PM

Labor Day Screening of Slatersville Episode 9 "Exodus"

9/1/2025 1:30 PM

Murder, Memory, and Methodology at the Rhode Island Historical Society with Arranne Rispoli

8/27/2025 12:00 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Acquisitions 101 with Senior Director of Collections & Interpretation Richard Ring

8/26/2025 5:00 PM

Roots of Revolution Walking Tour with Scott Alexander

8/9/2025 10:30 AM

Revolutionary Types: How the Press Began the American War for Independence

8/9/2025 10:00 AM

From Bullrakes to Clambakes with Dune Brothers and Dr. Michael Bell

8/4/2025 6:00 PM

Living the Dream: Everyday Life in Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander’s New England

7/26/2025 10:00 AM

SHEAR: Ten Things to Know About the Revolution

7/18/2025 1:00 PM

SHEAR's K-12 Teacher Professional Development Workshops

7/17/2025 1:00 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island Tour

7/14/2025 4:30 PM

Juneteenth Special Walking Tour: Black History on Providence's East Side

6/21/2025 10:30 AM

Sea Shanty Concert at the Museum of Work and Culture Featuring Seán Dagher

6/20/2025 7:00 PM

Dark Work Exhibit Lecture with Christy Clark-Pujara

6/16/2025 5:30 PM

The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs Book Talk with Don Hagist

6/12/2025 5:30 PM

Laboring Mothers Book Talk with Ellen Ledoux

5/29/2025 5:30 PM

Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers from the Karen Asher of the Wild Plant Society

5/20/2025 5:30 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Fight for Voting Rights

5/15/2025 4:00 PM

The Fate of the Day Book Talk with Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Rick Atkinson

5/9/2025 11:00 AM

"Designing the Future Now" Goff Lecture from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum curator Cynthia E. Smith

5/7/2025 6:00 PM

Alarming Intelligence: A Living History Event about Rhode Island’s Reactions to Lexington & Concord

5/3/2025 3:00 PM

Tuesday Tea Time Talks: The Environment and Woonsocket with EcoRI News

5/1/2025 2:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: A Legacy of Innovation- Rhode Island’s Economic History

4/24/2025 4:00 PM

Hands-On History: Young Historians Program

4/19/2025 2:00 PM

Hands-On History: Interactions with the Colonial Period for Kids

4/16/2025 2:00 PM

The Girl of My Dreams Exhibit Talk with Artist Stacy Morrison

4/10/2025 5:30 PM

Homeschool Program with Harris Public Library

4/7/2025 11:00 AM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Leatherworking Trades Demonstration

4/5/2025 10:00 AM

Salute to Spring ~ Bonjour Printemps

3/30/2025 2:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Rhode Island 1st Regiment- Pioneers of Equality

3/26/2025 4:00 PM

Virtual Tours of the Museum of Work and Culture

3/25/2025 2:00 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: St. Ann’s: Towers of Faith of Family with Paul Bourget

3/23/2025 1:30 PM

HerStory: Historic Women of the East Side - Archived

3/22/2025 11:00 AM

"All-Things-French" Trivia

3/20/2025 6:00 PM

Fashion in the Times of Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander (1841-1925) - A Lecture with Rebecca Kelly

3/13/2025 4:30 PM

Celebrating the Women of Rhode Island Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow with the Junior League

3/11/2025 6:00 PM

VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: French-Canadian Quilts in Rhode Island with Professor Linda Welters

3/9/2025 1:30 PM

Ciné-Québec: Ru

3/6/2025 6:00 PM

Rhode Island History Day Workshop

3/5/2025 3:00 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Brown Herbarium

3/3/2025 10:00 AM

Preparing for The Providence Tea Party: A Living History Event at the John Brown House Museum

3/1/2025 3:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary Spirit- From the Burning of the Gaspee to the Battle of Rhode Island

2/27/2025 4:00 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Steve Dunwell: With These Hands

2/23/2025 1:30 PM

Hands-On History: Interactions with the Colonial Period for Kids - Archived

2/22/2025 2:00 PM

The Precious Birthright Book Talk with CJ Martin

2/19/2025 5:30 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Providence Art Club Tour with Michael Rose

2/13/2025 5:30 PM

VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: The Birth and Death of a Textile Mill with Bonnie Wade Mucia

2/9/2025 1:30 PM

Optics of Aging Film Screening

2/4/2025 5:30 PM

Harris Homeschool Program: Child Labor

2/3/2025 11:00 AM

"The Founding of the U.S. Navy, from London's Perspective" - A Lecture with Evan Wilson

1/30/2025 4:30 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Birthplace of Religious Freedom: How Far Have We Come?

1/30/2025 4:00 PM

VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: Fleeced, with author Madelyn Shaw

1/26/2025 1:30 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Natural History Museum Vault

1/16/2025 5:30 PM

HYBRID VALLEY TALK: The Photo Angel Project with Kate Kelley

1/12/2025 1:30 PM

VIRTUAL: A House Restored: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial with Lee McColgan

1/8/2025 7:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

NHD Rights & Responsibilities Gallery Talk with Michelle Walker

1/4/2025 2:00 PM

History Day: Project Category Best Practices

12/12/2024 4:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time

Harris Homeschool Program: Global Holiday Traditions

12/9/2024 11:00 AM

Vintage Toy Show and Tell

12/7/2024 1:30 PM

Martha Jenkes Chase, Local Dollmaker and Entrepreneur, with Artist and Curator Brett Day Windham

12/7/2024 11:00 AM

Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery Book Talk with Seth Rockman

12/5/2024 6:00 PM

Research Skills and Resources Educator Workshop

12/3/2024 4:00 PM

Scratching the Surface: History on the Walls Artist talk with Wampanoag Artist Deborah Spears Moorehead

11/14/2024 6:00 PM

Tuesday Tea Time Talks: The Triple Decker

11/12/2024 1:30 PM

We Part to Meet Again: A History of Mourning Jewelry Talk with Sarah Nehama

10/24/2024 6:00 PM

Artist Talk with Welcome Blanket Founder Jayna Zweiman

10/22/2024 6:30 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: Mourning Practices from the Past - Archived

10/19/2024 2:00 PM

The Providence Steam Roller: New England’s First NFL Team with author Greg D. Tranter

10/10/2024 6:00 PM

Homeschool Program with Harris Public Library - Archived

10/7/2024 11:00 AM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Jamestown Windmill Tour and Hard-pressed Cider

10/4/2024 11:00 AM

The Making of "Scandalous Conduct" with Jason Tranchida and Matthew Lawrence

10/1/2024 6:00 PM

Saturdays in the 1700s: 18th Century Fun & Games

9/28/2024 2:00 PM

Providence During the Revolutionary War Walking Tour with Scott Alexander

9/28/2024 10:00 AM

They Promised Her the Moon at Barker Playhouse

9/26/2024 6:45 PM

Book Talk Series: The Long Walk Home with the Ceinture Fléchée

9/25/2024 6:00 PM

Tuesday Tea Time Talks: Chunky Blanket Knitting

9/24/2024 1:30 PM

Reading Roger Williams Book Talk

9/22/2024 1:00 PM

Special Talk featuring Executive Director of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, Kathy Cloutier

9/19/2024 6:00 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Beautiful Day

9/18/2024 2:00 PM

Book Talk Series: The Way We Were

9/11/2024 6:00 PM

Grandparents' Day Baking Class with Wright's Dairy Farm

9/7/2024 11:00 AM

Saturdays in the 1700s: 18th Century Woodworking Demonstration

9/7/2024 10:00 AM

Labor Day Screening of Slatersville Episode 8 "The Power of Nostalgia"

9/2/2024 1:30 PM

Marquis de Lafayette Living Historian at the John Brown House Museum

8/23/2024 11:45 AM

The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots Goff Lecture with Jonathan Schroeder

8/21/2024 5:30 PM

Fortune and Fantasy: Canton in the Eyes of Providence in Early America research talk with Qiong Wu

8/15/2024 12:00 PM

Providence During the Revolutionary War Walking Tour with Scott Alexander - Archived

8/10/2024 10:00 AM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Kenyon's Grist Mill

7/17/2024 1:00 PM

From Forest to Foyer: Rhode Island and the Mahogany Trade in the 18th Century exhibit talk with Jennifer Anderson

7/9/2024 5:30 PM

Footsteps to Freedom: A Walking Tour of Historic African American Life on College Hill with Ray Rickman

6/22/2024 9:00 AM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Hope & Main Behind-the-Scenes Tour

6/12/2024 3:30 PM

Sea Shanty Concert at the Museum of Work and Culture with Seán Dagher

6/7/2024 7:00 PM

Invention and Innovation in Asian Pacific America with Dr. Theodore Gonzalves

6/5/2024 6:00 PM

Run of the Mill IV: Longley Building Screening

6/1/2024 2:00 PM

American Girl Adult Tea Party featuring Dolls of Our Lives author & tea cocktails

5/30/2024 6:00 PM

MEMBERS ONLY: Sakonnet Garden Tour

5/21/2024 9:30 AM

Spring Forward: Drafts From the Past

5/16/2024 6:30 PM

Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut Documentary Screening with Q&A

4/25/2024 6:00 PM

Sir Henry Vane 1613-1662; Discovering an Extraordinary Life and Legacy

4/16/2024 6:00 PM

From Fiber to Fabric: An Exploration of Textiles

4/15/2024 11:00 AM

Journey Through Time with Hmong Pandau

4/13/2024 2:00 PM

North Burial Ground Walking Tour with Karin Sprague

4/9/2024 4:30 PM

MEMBERS ONLY: Mahogany Exhibit Preview

4/1/2024 1:00 PM

Mary Williams and Anne Hutchinson: From England to Rhode Island

3/27/2024 6:00 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Roger Williams's Early Life in England Talk with John McNiff

3/19/2024 6:00 PM

Rhode Island Heritage Quilt: Celebrating the Legacy of Black Women

3/12/2024 7:00 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

Revolutionary Roots: Genealogy with the RIDAR

3/9/2024 10:00 AM

HYBRID VALLEY TALKS: Mille après mille and Making a New Franco-American Identity

3/3/2024 1:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time

Extra and Ordinary: Overlooked Stories of Extraordinary Women Smithsonian Traveling Trunk Activity

2/21/2024 11:00 AM

VIRTUAL: Special Presentation for British Landscapes Tour with Collette Travel

2/13/2024 6:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time