RI Historical Society -- Upcoming Events

The John Brown House Museum Winter Hours
January 2 through March 31:
Tours begin at 10:30am, 12 noon, 1:30pm, and 3:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays only.

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Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
January 21 through February 25, 2009
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Dan Santos
(401) 273-7507 x60 or dsantos@rihs.org
 
History Buffs, Walkers, and Talkers Needed… Tour Guide Training
The Rhode Island Historical Society is now recruiting energetic, inquisitive lovers of history to be volunteer museum guides and educators at its John Brown House Museum in Providence. The Society is also recruiting guides for its SummerWalks historical walking tour program, which presents tours of Benefit Street, College Hill, and RiverWalk. Formal training for SummerWalks will begin in March, but all interested individuals are welcome to attend John Brown House Museum training for an introduction to the Rhode Island Historical Society.

Training takes place at the John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence, RI. Pre-registration for training classes is required. For more information, please email dsantos@rihs.org or call (401) 273-7507 x60.

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January 11 to March 15
Gallery Exhibit
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
 
“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.

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Sunday, January 18, 1:30 p.m.
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: 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.