Rhode Island Historical Society

Rhode Island Historical Society

Upcoming Events

John Brown House Museum Admission

Museum of Work & Culture Admission

Saturdays in the 1700s: Leatherworking Trades Demonstration

  • 4/5/2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Homeschool Program with Harris Public Library

  • 4/7/2025 10:00 AM + 1 more event

The Girl of My Dreams Exhibit Talk with Artist Stacy Morrison

  • 4/10/2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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

  • 4/16/2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Roots of Revolution Walking Tour with Scott Alexander

  • 4/19/2025 11:00 AM + 1 more event

Hands-On History: Young Historians Program

  • 4/19/2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tuesday Tea Time Talks: The Environment and Woonsocket

  • 4/22/2025 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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

  • 4/24/2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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

  • 5/3/2025 10:00 AM + 5 more events

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

  • 5/9/2025 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Fight for Voting Rights

  • 5/15/2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Laboring Mothers Book Talk with Ellen Ledoux

  • 5/29/2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

RI 250th Educator Workshop: From Revolution to Restoration

  • 6/5/2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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

  • 6/12/2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Dark Work Exhibit Lecture with Christy Clark-Pujara

  • 6/16/2025 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island Tour

  • 7/14/2025 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Salute to Spring ~ Bonjour Printemps

  • 3/30/2025 2:00 PM
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RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Rhode Island 1st Regiment- Pioneers of Equality

  • 3/26/2025 4:00 PM
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Virtual Tours of the Museum of Work and Culture

  • 3/25/2025 2:00 PM

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

  • 3/23/2025 1:30 PM
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HerStory: Historic Women of the East Side

  • 3/22/2025 11:00 AM
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"All-Things-French" Trivia

  • 3/20/2025 6:00 PM
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Fashion in the Times of Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander (1841-1925) - A Lecture with Rebecca Kelly

  • 3/13/2025 4:30 PM
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Celebrating the Women of Rhode Island Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow with the Junior League

  • 3/11/2025 6:00 PM
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VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: French-Canadian Quilts in Rhode Island with Professor Linda Welters

  • 3/9/2025 1:30 PM
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Ciné-Québec: Ru

  • 3/6/2025 6:00 PM
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Rhode Island History Day Workshop

  • 3/5/2025 3:00 PM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Brown Herbarium

  • 3/3/2025 10:00 AM
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Preparing for The Providence Tea Party: A Living History Event at the John Brown House Museum

  • 3/1/2025 3:00 PM
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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
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HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Steve Dunwell: With These Hands

  • 2/23/2025 1:30 PM
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Hands-On History: Interactions with the Colonial Period for Kids - Archived

  • 2/22/2025 2:00 PM
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The Precious Birthright Book Talk with CJ Martin

  • 2/19/2025 5:30 PM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Providence Art Club Tour with Michael Rose

  • 2/13/2025 5:30 PM
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VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: The Birth and Death of a Textile Mill with Bonnie Wade Mucia

  • 2/9/2025 1:30 PM
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Optics of Aging Film Screening

  • 2/4/2025 5:30 PM
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Harris Homeschool Program: Child Labor

  • 2/3/2025 11:00 AM
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"The Founding of the U.S. Navy, from London's Perspective" - A Lecture with Evan Wilson

  • 1/30/2025 4:30 PM
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RI 250th Educator Workshop: The Birthplace of Religious Freedom: How Far Have We Come?

  • 1/30/2025 4:00 PM
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VIRTUAL VALLEY TALK: Fleeced, with author Madelyn Shaw

  • 1/26/2025 1:30 PM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Natural History Museum Vault

  • 1/16/2025 5:30 PM
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HYBRID VALLEY TALK: The Photo Angel Project with Kate Kelley

  • 1/12/2025 1:30 PM
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VIRTUAL: A House Restored: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial with Lee McColgan

  • 1/8/2025 7:00 PM

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NHD Rights & Responsibilities Gallery Talk with Michelle Walker

  • 1/4/2025 2:00 PM
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History Day: Project Category Best Practices

  • 12/12/2024 4:00 PM

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Harris Homeschool Program: Global Holiday Traditions

  • 12/9/2024 11:00 AM
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Vintage Toy Show and Tell

  • 12/7/2024 1:30 PM
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Martha Jenkes Chase, Local Dollmaker and Entrepreneur, with Artist and Curator Brett Day Windham

  • 12/7/2024 11:00 AM
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Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery Book Talk with Seth Rockman

  • 12/5/2024 6:00 PM
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Research Skills and Resources Educator Workshop

  • 12/3/2024 4:00 PM
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Scratching the Surface: History on the Walls Artist talk with Wampanoag Artist Deborah Spears Moorehead

  • 11/14/2024 6:00 PM
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Tuesday Tea Time Talks: The Triple Decker

  • 11/12/2024 1:30 PM
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We Part to Meet Again: A History of Mourning Jewelry Talk with Sarah Nehama

  • 10/24/2024 6:00 PM
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Artist Talk with Welcome Blanket Founder Jayna Zweiman

  • 10/22/2024 6:30 PM
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Saturdays in the 1700s: Mourning Practices from the Past - Archived

  • 10/19/2024 2:00 PM
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The Providence Steam Roller: New England’s First NFL Team with author Greg D. Tranter

  • 10/10/2024 6:00 PM
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Homeschool Program with Harris Public Library - Archived

  • 10/7/2024 11:00 AM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Jamestown Windmill Tour and Hard-pressed Cider

  • 10/4/2024 11:00 AM
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The Making of "Scandalous Conduct" with Jason Tranchida and Matthew Lawrence

  • 10/1/2024 6:00 PM
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Saturdays in the 1700s: 18th Century Fun & Games

  • 9/28/2024 2:00 PM
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Providence During the Revolutionary War Walking Tour with Scott Alexander

  • 9/28/2024 10:00 AM
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They Promised Her the Moon at Barker Playhouse

  • 9/26/2024 6:45 PM
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Book Talk Series: The Long Walk Home with the Ceinture Fléchée

  • 9/25/2024 6:00 PM
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Tuesday Tea Time Talks: Chunky Blanket Knitting

  • 9/24/2024 1:30 PM
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Reading Roger Williams Book Talk

  • 9/22/2024 1:00 PM
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Special Talk featuring Executive Director of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, Kathy Cloutier

  • 9/19/2024 6:00 PM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Beautiful Day

  • 9/18/2024 2:00 PM
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Book Talk Series: The Way We Were

  • 9/11/2024 6:00 PM
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Grandparents' Day Baking Class with Wright's Dairy Farm

  • 9/7/2024 11:00 AM
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Saturdays in the 1700s: 18th Century Woodworking Demonstration

  • 9/7/2024 10:00 AM
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Labor Day Screening of Slatersville Episode 8 "The Power of Nostalgia"

  • 9/2/2024 1:30 PM
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Marquis de Lafayette Living Historian at the John Brown House Museum

  • 8/23/2024 11:45 AM
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The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots Goff Lecture with Jonathan Schroeder

  • 8/21/2024 5:30 PM
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Fortune and Fantasy: Canton in the Eyes of Providence in Early America research talk with Qiong Wu

  • 8/15/2024 12:00 PM
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Providence During the Revolutionary War Walking Tour with Scott Alexander - Archived

  • 8/10/2024 10:00 AM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Kenyon's Grist Mill

  • 7/17/2024 1:00 PM
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Event Test

  • 7/10/2024 5:30 PM
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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
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Footsteps to Freedom: A Walking Tour of Historic African American Life on College Hill with Ray Rickman

  • 6/22/2024 9:00 AM
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Hope & Main Behind-the-Scenes Tour

  • 6/12/2024 3:30 PM
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Sea Shanty Concert at the Museum of Work and Culture with Seán Dagher

  • 6/7/2024 7:00 PM
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Invention and Innovation in Asian Pacific America with Dr. Theodore Gonzalves

  • 6/5/2024 6:00 PM
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Run of the Mill IV: Longley Building Screening

  • 6/1/2024 2:00 PM
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American Girl Adult Tea Party featuring Dolls of Our Lives author & tea cocktails

  • 5/30/2024 6:00 PM
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MEMBERS ONLY: Sakonnet Garden Tour

  • 5/21/2024 9:30 AM
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Spring Forward: Drafts From the Past

  • 5/16/2024 6:30 PM
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Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut Documentary Screening with Q&A

  • 4/25/2024 6:00 PM
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Sir Henry Vane 1613-1662; Discovering an Extraordinary Life and Legacy

  • 4/16/2024 6:00 PM
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From Fiber to Fabric: An Exploration of Textiles

  • 4/15/2024 11:00 AM
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Journey Through Time with Hmong Pandau

  • 4/13/2024 2:00 PM
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North Burial Ground Walking Tour with Karin Sprague

  • 4/9/2024 4:30 PM
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MEMBERS ONLY: Mahogany Exhibit Preview

  • 4/1/2024 1:00 PM
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Mary Williams and Anne Hutchinson: From England to Rhode Island

  • 3/27/2024 6:00 PM
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Salute to Spring ~ Bonjour Printemps

  • 3/24/2024 1:30 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Roger Williams's Early Life in England Talk with John McNiff

  • 3/19/2024 6:00 PM
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Ciné-Québec: Niagara

  • 3/14/2024 6:00 PM
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Rhode Island Heritage Quilt: Celebrating the Legacy of Black Women

  • 3/12/2024 7:00 PM

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Revolutionary Roots: Genealogy with the RIDAR

  • 3/9/2024 10:00 AM
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Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence with Shirley Green

  • 3/7/2024 6:00 PM
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Musique at the Triple Decker

  • 3/3/2024 4:00 PM
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HYBRID VALLEY TALKS: Mille après mille and Making a New Franco-American Identity

  • 3/3/2024 1:30 PM

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Love Our Collections: Depositing History: The Old Stone Bank Digitization Project

  • 2/29/2024 12:00 PM

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Hands-on History

  • 2/22/2024 1:00 PM
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Love Our Collections: Traveling Treasures from the Rhode Island Historical Society

  • 2/22/2024 12:00 PM

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

  • 2/21/2024 11:00 AM
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Extra and Ordinary: Overlooked Stories of Extraordinary Women Smithsonian Traveling Trunk Activity

  • 2/21/2024 11:00 AM
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VALLEY TALKS: Making History Alive: The Work of Historical Re-Enactors

  • 2/18/2024 1:30 PM
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Love Our Collections: Silk Threads and Love Tokens

  • 2/15/2024 12:00 PM

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VIRTUAL: Special Presentation for British Landscapes Tour with Collette Travel

  • 2/13/2024 6:00 PM

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Dr. Ira Reid: Haverford College’s Unsung Scholar Activist Documentary Screening

  • 2/10/2024 2:00 PM
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Love Our Collections: Film at the RIHS

  • 2/8/2024 12:00 PM

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A Purposeful Life: Charles Thomas and the Struggle for Racial Equality in Sports with Robert Cvornyek

  • 2/7/2024 7:00 PM

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VALLEY TALKS: Making Art History

  • 2/4/2024 1:30 PM
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Love Our Collections - RIHS Collections: Acquisitions in the 21st Century

  • 2/1/2024 12:00 PM

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

  • 1/30/2024 6:00 PM
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MEMBERS ONLY: Matter of Truth Exhibit Tour

  • 1/24/2024 1:00 PM
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VALLEY TALKS: Village Shaker, Puzzle Maker: Creating the Documentary Series Slatersville

  • 1/21/2024 1:30 PM
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A & L Tirocchi, Dressmakers to the Rhode Island Elite, 1915-1947 with Madelyn Shaw

  • 1/18/2024 5:30 PM
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VIRTUAL VALLEY TALKS: Making the French Connection: Industrial Architectural Heritages of Woonsocket, Roubaix, and Tourcoing

  • 1/7/2024 1:30 PM

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Smithsonian Traveling Trunks: Flights of Friction: Fact or Fiction?

  • 12/27/2023 11:00 AM
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History of History of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas with Pamela McColl

  • 12/14/2023 6:00 PM
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas with Pamela McColl & Providence Ballet

  • 12/14/2023 6:00 PM
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German Soldiers in Rhode Island, 1776 to 1779 Talk with Dr. Friederike Baer

  • 12/6/2023 6:00 PM
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John Brown House Museum Open House

  • 12/2/2023 10:00 AM
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Tuesday Tea Time Talks: The Mill Floor

  • 11/28/2023 1:30 PM
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Tuesday Tea Time Talks: Church of the Precious Blood

  • 11/14/2023 1:30 PM
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Veterans Day Screening of Slatersville Episode 7: "The War Years"

  • 11/11/2023 1:30 PM
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In Person Educator Workshop: Primary Source Analysis

  • 11/2/2023 4:00 PM
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Witch Craft Market

  • 10/28/2023 11:00 AM
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Worksop, Witches and a Place in American History: the Life of Richard Bernard with Adrian Gray

  • 10/24/2023 7:00 PM

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Virtual Educator Workshop: Turning Points in History

  • 10/23/2023 4:00 PM

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Murder in a Mill Town: Sex, Faith, and the Crime that Captivated a Nation with Dr. Bruce Dorsey

  • 10/19/2023 6:00 PM
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MEMBERS ONLY: North Burial Ground Tour

  • 10/17/2023 4:30 PM
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Ghostly Sightings, Unexplained Occurrences, and Tales Both Tall and True from Early New England with Robert Geake

  • 10/12/2023 6:00 PM
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As American As Pumpkin Pie: The Global Origins of Halloween

  • 10/5/2023 6:00 PM
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Goff Concert with Lily Henley

  • 9/28/2023 7:00 PM