Rhode Tour is a free mobile app and website that tells stories by and about Rhode Islanders. A joint initiative of Rhode Island Humanities and the Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Tour brings mapping technology, sound, images, videos and well-told stories together to engage us in learning about the places we live, work, visit—or perhaps simply pass by—in Rhode Island.
With 36 tours and over 350 stories now available, Rhode Tour has been developed with statewide heritage and cultural producers as a premiere source for locally produced, place-based history tours that represent the flavor and diversity of Rhode Island. In telling Rhode Island stories, Rhode Tour is about the power of place, including archeology, the environment, race and ethnicity, manufacturing, and social issues.
Visit www.rhodetour.org to take a thematic tour sitting at your computer, or download the app for free from the Apple Store or Google Play to experience Rhode Island in a whole new way.
Note: Brown University’s former John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities was integral founding partner and we gratefully acknowledge the dedication of Ron Potvin and many students of the Public Humanities program for their contributions to Rhode Tour over the years.
RHODE TOUR AS A TOOL FOR CONNECTION:
Free statewide digital humanities app and website enhanced through nationwide United We Stand initiative.
Rhode Island Humanities is enhancing Rhode Tour, the free statewide digital humanities app, through the United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture nationwide initiative supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and focused on combatting hate-motivated violence . Rhode Island Humanities is developing tours on Rhode Tour to deepen public understanding of complex community, state, and national histories. New content will focus on LGBTQIA+ history in the state and on the history of Rhode Island as a place of refuge for diverse groups. Stay tuned for updates!
Featured: West Side of Providence Rhode Tour
Learn about two of the 23 stops on the West Side of Providence Rhode Tour:
Bell Street Chapel and the Kendrick-Prentice Tirocchi House (a.k.a. Wedding Cake House). Featuring West Side of Providence Rhode Tour curator Taylor M. Polites; Bell Street Chapel co-President Kate Gillis, and the founders of the Dirt Palace Xander Marro and Pippi Zornoza.
