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Hunt House Museum is located off Route 114A near the Rhode Island and Massachusetts border on the banks of the Ten Mile river, this house/museum is a repository for articles of significance to the city.

South County's oldest museum, founded in 1892, located in a picturesque stone building in the historic mill village of Peace Dale, RI. The museum is dedicated to commemorating the past while enriching the lives of people today. Free parking, picnic area and adjacent playground.

The General Nathanael Greene Homestead is a National Historic Landmark located in Coventry, Rhode Island. Known as Spell Hall, it was the home of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene from 1770 to 1783, and was owned afterwards by his brother Jacob Greene and his wife Margaret. The house is owned and operated by the General Nathanael Greene Homestead Association, a non-profit organization, and was opened as a museum.

A 265-acre property, a house built in 1796, which today is a working family farm. During open hours, take a self-guided walking tour, participate in an outdoor workshop, explore farm fields with grazing livestock, stroll along the shore, and view seasonal farm activities. Using innovative sustainable practices, the managers of Watson Farm continue the tradition of pastoral husbandry, grazing Heritage Red Devon cattle and sheep on the scenic seaside pastures. The farmers produce 100% grass-fed beef and lamb and wool blankets for local markets. The house, still used as the farmers’ residence, is not open to the public.

To preserve historically important engineering artifacts, books, and buildings; to honor great mechanical and electrical engineers; to urge the teaching of engineering and science by reason, not by rote; to promote enthusiasm for math and physics and to excite an urge to find out "Why?".

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization and is pleased to support many community organizations and schools each year by donating tickets or other items for fundraising purposes. Blithewold consider the community to be their most valuable partner and want to help out in whatever way they can.

The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) was founded in 1998 by Judy Goffman Cutler and Laurence S. Cutler to house their collection of primarily "Golden Age" American Illustration art, yet the museum also exhibits American illustration from all periods, styles and talents. The Museum venue is Vernon Court (1898), an interpretation of an 18th century French château from the "Gilded Age of Architecture," designed by Carrère & Hastings, architects for many notable landmark buildings such as the NY Public Library, the US Senate and House Office Buildings, Lord Duveen's New York Galleries, the Neue Gallery, The Flagler Museum, and The Frick Collection. The NMAI's goal is to present a venue for the public to appreciate the collection of American illustration art in perpetuity.

Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum is an Italianate mansion Victoria house museum and home of two Rhode Island governors. Superb interior; decorative details from the Victorian era. Built circa 1865, this mansion has been described by the New York Times as "one of the most complete, authentic and intact Victorian houses in the country". Tours: Guided tours start on the hour at 12:00PM, 1:00PM, 2:00PM, and 3:00PM. Guided tours last 45 minutes.

Services: Small, private institution that is an art and design school. Offers degrees in Fine Arts, Architecture. ** The RISD Museum of Art 224 Benefit Street, Providence 02903, 454-6500 / 454-6556 Fax Rhode Island's leading museum of fine and decorative art. Open to the public.

The birthplace of one of America's foremost portrait painters displays period furnishings, the first American snuff mill and a water wheel.

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, located on the ground floor of Manning Hall on Brown University's Main Green, presents a range of exhibitions showcasing the Museum's collections and the work of its staff and Brown students. The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology also hosts student-curated satellite exhibits on the Brown University campus. Call or visit for information regard these exhibits and their locations.

Through various programs and workshops, this handicapped accessible museum promotes the value of tolerance and diversity. Educating the public about the Holocaust, this small museum and library offers group tours and community programs such as lectures, exhibits and films.

The mission of Providence Children's Museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. Presenting hands-on, play-based exhibits and programs that explore arts, culture and science, technology, engineering and math. Fostering children’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. Embracing a wide range of abilities, learning styles and forms of creative expression. Creating safe and welcoming environments in which visitors and staff share with and learn from one another. Being accessible and responsive to all families – culturally, physically and economically. Working in partnership with other organizations to meet the needs of children and families. Increasing awareness and knowledge of the ways in which children and families learn.

More than 4,000 works of art, from the 16th to the 21st century, comprise the permanent collection. In addition, several major exhibitions are showcased each year.

A premier museum with a collection of over a half-million items dedicated to the preservation of the culinary and hospitality industries.

The Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization staffed entirely by volunteers. They exist and thrive due to the generous support of the many wonderful people who have given donations small and large. The goal is to preserve and to celebrate. They are here for the community today and for future generations. Families, school groups and scholars have found us a one-of-a-kind resource for the special history of Cape Verdeans.

Services: Completed in 1788, John Brown House is a fine example of Georgian-style architecture. John Brown was a patriot and an entrepreneur notorious for his involvement in slave trade.

Beavertail Lighthouse museum features a collection of information, artifacts, and conversation about the history and site of the third-oldest lighthouse in North America. Engages with lighthouse history and with interesting elements of Narragansett Bay’s maritime science, technology, art, and culture.

Built in 1793, Slater Mill is a living history museum depicting the early 19th century and the birth of the American Industrial Revolution. The Wilkinson Mill (1810) on the premises houses an authentic 19th century machine shop and a reconstructed 16,000 pound water wheel.

Linden Place Mansion & Museum is an 1810 Federal-style mansion, built in Bristol for the seafaring DeWolf family. Showcases the architectural jewel of of Rhode Island architect Russell Warren. Contains the country's only free-standing, four-story wooden spiral staircase in a private home.

A multi-venue resource, built between 1913 and 1917, that seeks to enrich the local community through the arts, education, research, and other civic and cultural endeavors. Contains the largest collection of fresco art in the nation. St Ann Arts and Cultural Center is a Nonprofit and Public Charity organization. The Center's mission is to develop multiple venues of adaptive reuse for this endangered and irreplaceable, artistic and historical asset, thereby ensuring its preservation while creating a wonderful resource for the surrounding communities.

The story of immigration and industrialization in the Blackstone River Valley unfolds at the museum. Group and school tours are available. Handicapped accessible.

Services: A fine federal mansion furnished with period furniture and magnificent paneling, built in 1773 by James Mitchell Varnum, one of George Washington's generals. Colonial garden.

The Mission of Tomaquag Museum is to educate the public and promote thoughtful dialogue regarding Indigenous history, culture, arts, and Mother Earth and connect to Native issues of today. Tomaquag Museum envisions its future as an Indigenous Cultural Education destination that engages visitors in thoughtful dialogue that promotes understanding and strives to create experiences that transform people's lives by broadening their perspectives, attitudes, and knowledge of Indigenous Cultures and the interrelationship with the wider world.

The museum collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets contemporary and historical art. Emphasis on works that reflect the heritage of Newport, the state of Rhode Island and southeastern New England.