Join us for a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Lippitt House Museum, built for Rhode Island Governor Henry Lippitt, offers visitors a chance to hear the lesser known stories of servants living and working in the house. An exclusive tour led by the Museum Director shows how the ‘other half’ lived in this Victorian-era mansion. […]
The University of Rhode Island Libraries invite you to come explore current issues and challenges in diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries, archives, and museums with our diverse panel in order to further advance civic values in our society and profession. Moderator: • Bohyun Kim, Associate Professor and Scholarly Technology Librarian, University of Rhode Island […]
Join us for a lecture by maritime historian David Abulafia (Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge). In the fifteenth century, the Portuguese settled four separate archipelagoes, all of which were previously uninhabited, over a vast space of water in the eastern Atlantic. This meant that they created human societies from scratch on […]
Newport Contemporary Fine Arts located in the Brick Marketplace, Newport, Rhode Island will host our next Exhibition Gallery Opening Thursday November 30th between 7pm and 9pm. The exhibition will showcase new sculpture by SOWA artist Peter Bradley Cohen. Peter’s current work explores the dialogue between animals and humans. This body of work began this summer […]
Start the season with the Newport Historical Society’s annual Holiday Open House. Visit the 1739 Colony House on Washington Square Tour and hear hymns performed by costumed interpreters that were once sung in colonial Newport. A handout with lyrics will be provided, audience participation is encouraged. Admission is free, donations are welcome. Christmas in Newport’s […]