Rhode Island Historical Society

Special note: due to anticipated rain on Oct 1, the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival will be moving indoors! Join us at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center starting at 7 p.m. 🎥🎞🎬 Presented by @RIHistory.

Inside the Archives: The Art of Then happens on Weds 9/28 and we can’t wait to hear from these archivists and experts on the best ways to use archives as creative inspiration 😍 Featuring: Anthony Belz Ashley Selima Mev Miller Rick Ring & Theresa Guzmán Stokes

Awesome to be highlighted in @SmithsonianMag! Check out this article on our restoration of America's oldest theater curtain! smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithson…

@nicolerusso @RyanWelchPhotog @AnitaBaffoni @wpri12 Same energy as LBJ giving the pope a bust of... LBJ.

@RyanWelchPhotog @RIHistory @AnitaBaffoni @wpri12 Imagine if Buddy gave her some of his pasta sauce?

With the news of the passing of the Queen, here is some archived footage from 1976 of the her visit to Rhode Island. Greeted by Buddy Cianci at TF Green Airport, she then made her way to Newport. Shot by WPRI cameras, archived by @RIHistory. More with @AnitaBaffoni on @wpri12

Thank you to everyone who came to the Museum of Work & Culture's Labor Day open house!

Check it out at the Museum of Work & Culture!

#OTD August 30, 1979, Cindy Miller, a news reporter for @rhodeislandpbs, interviewed customers of Misquamicut's newest summertime attraction-- Water Wizz-- the state's largest water slide. It was dismantled in 2021. Watch the video here, from the @RIHistory video archives.

Latino Cultural Preservation is one of our mail pillars. Listen to this piece on @ThePublicsRadio about a pop-up exhibit featuring Nuestras Raíces and the Café Recuerdos art installation. @RILatinoStories thepublicsradio.org/episode/new-ex…

@IanDon We made this last month but this is our casting idea: @DannyDeVito

We still need a Buddy movie

The Bracero program brought Mexican workers mostly to agricultural jobs in the Southwest. But it also brought 60 men to work on the railroad in RI. An @RIHistory exhibit in Woonsocket tells their story and more. thepublicsradio.org/episode/new-ex…

Kelvis Hernandez, manager of the John Brown House Museum, was recently interviewed for the @atlasobscura podcast to dive into the history of one of Rhode Island's favorite pieces of folklore, the Roger Williams Root. Check it out!

It is your last chance to sign up for the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival with @LittleFireLF! Create your own films using at least 75% of RIHS archival footage! Sign up for the festival here: forms.gle/JyRCKmScoT6nNN…

@_KennyUong_ You're right nearby!

The Crook Point Bascule Bridge! #PVD #Providence

Hot, hot, hot! And - "Timeless" - a truly unique group at a truly unique summertime spot - the John Brown House Bring a blanket and some food - water - a little hand fan - and enjoy - at Under The Elms! #Providence #JohnBrownHouse @RIHistory #EastSide rinewstoday.com/timeless-under…

@LindaBVan Thank you for coming!

@_KennyUong_ @boothy443

@RIHistory @boothy443 I love squirrels!!!

Aaaw!! The @RIHistory logo has a squirrel in it!! 🤗🐿️

You can learn more about @MatunuckOyster's aquaculture when Perry Raso speaks at tomorrow's Drink in the History at Isco! Find out more and get tickets here: rihs.org/buy-tickets-2/

Kicking off our #RevIdeals Teacher Institute with an amazing talk from John McNiff, a Park Ranger, at the Roger Williams National Memorial. #NHD