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42 South Main St.
Woonsocket, RI 02895 United States Get Directions
(401) 769-WORK (9675)
https://www.rihs.org/museums/museum-of-work-and-culture/
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Oral History Workshop with Rhode Island Latino Arts Executive Director Marta V. Martínez

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society and Smithsonian Affiliate, invites the public to participate in an oral history workshop on Saturday, June 25 from 3-5 pm led by Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA)’s Nuestras Raíces Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island. RILA Executive Director Marta V. […]

Free

Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society and Smithsonian Affiliate, is excited to present “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” a bilingual poster exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution with images and interviews by documentary photographer Leonard Nadel. The exhibit will open on Friday, June 10, and will remain […]

Free

Cinema Saturday: Corbo

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

The Museum will be screening a full-length French language film produced in Québec each Saturday in March to celebrate Francophonie. Corbo Synopsis: A teenage Québecer in the 1960s evolves from pro-independence activist to radical terrorist, in this gripping chronicle of the origins of the FLQ in the decade preceding the 1970 October Crisis. Free with […]

Grants Information Workshop!

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

Have ideas for a new public humanities project? Join us for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities’ funding areas include public projects, documentary film, K-12 civic education, and individual research, […]