At the Point of a Cutlass

July 17, 2014

Thursday October 30, 2014 at 5:30pm Colony House, Washington Square $5 per person, $1 NHS members RSVP to 401-841-8770 Just right for mischief night, ...

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NHS Photos Featured in Collaborative Exhibit “Many Faces: Photographs of Rhode Island African Americans”

July 17, 2014

The images below and above offer a preview of the new exhibit Many Faces: Photographs of Rhode Island African Americans presented by the Rhode ...

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Meet the 2014 Buchanan/Burnham Interns

July 16, 2014

Jasmine Souza, a senior studying Textiles, Merchandising and Design at the University of Rhode Island, is working on textiles collections projects including rehousing, conserving ...

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Meet the 2014 Buchanan/Burnham Fellows

July 10, 2014

Kate Duffy, a PhD student at Brown University, is researching the curious world of natural history collecting in late nineteenth century Newport. Her focus ...

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History Bytes: Marble House Suffrage Rally

July 10, 2014

One hundred years ago this week, preparations were underway for Alva Belmont’s Women’s Suffrage meeting at Marble House. Daughter Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, was ...

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“Fifty Objects That Shaped Rhode Island History”

July 7, 2014

“Rhode Island, founded by an immigrant in 1636, has a rich, complicated history,” explains Kirsten Hammerstrom, Director of Collections at the Rhode Island Historical ...

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