Providence Rhode Island Attractions

Amusements

• Providence Children's Museum
  100 South Street • Providence, RI 02903
  Located in the Jewelry District
  401-273-5437
  The Providence Children's Museum offers hands-on exhibits and programs relating to the arts,... more...  map

• WaterFire Providence
  101 Regent Avenue • Providence, RI 02903
  401-273-1155
  This award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans has been internationally praised as a powerful work... more...  map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Aldrich House, The (circa 1822)
  110 Benevolent Street • Providence, RI 02906
  401-331-8575
  Home to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, this National Historic Landmark is the headquarters... more...  map

• Cathedral of St. John
  271 North Main Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-331-4622
  Established in 1722, this colonial parish was one of the four original parishes in Rhode Island. more...  map

• First Baptist Church in America, The
  75 North Main Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-454-3418
  On College Hill in downtown Providence since 1638, the First Baptist Church in America allows... more...  map

• First Universalist Church
  250 Washington Street • Providence, RI 02903
  Downtown at Corner of Washington & Greene Streets
  401-751-1821
  Established in 1821, the First Universalist Society's Church gathered on August 18, 1823 in... more...  map

• Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum (circa 1865)
  199 Hope Street • Providence, RI 02906
  401-453-0688
  This National Historic Landmark, a three-story, 20-room Renaissance Revival with Italian Palazzo... more...  map

• Governor Stephen Hopkins House
  15 Hopkins Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-247-4755 or 401-751-1758
  Tours of the Georgian-style home of Stephen Hopkins, one of the two Rhode Island Signers of the... more...  map

• Jeremiah Dexter House (circa 1754)
  957 North Main Street • Providence, RI 02904
  Corner of Rochambeau Avenue and North Main Street
  401-272-5101
  The Jeremiah Dexter House is "a rare example of an early Providence farmhouse which has survived... more...

• John Brown House Museum (circa 1788)
  52 Power Street • Providence, RI 02906
  401-273-7507
  Before becoming the winter residence of the elegant Gammell family during the second half of the... more...  map

• Old State House
  150 Benefit Street • Providence, RI 02906
  College Hill Historic Landmark District
  401-222-2678
  Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Old State House is "one of five former... more...  map

• Providence Athenaeum (circa 1838)
  251 Benefit Street • Providence, RI 02903
  College Hill Historic Landmark District
  401-421-6970
  An independent membership library founded in 1753, the Greek Revival-style Providence Athenaeum is... more...  map

• Providence City Hall (circa 1878)
  25 Dorrance Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-421-7740
  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the restored Providence City Hall has been host... more...

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Roger Williams National Memorial
  282 North Main Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-521-7266
  Located on the site of Roger Williams's original settlement in Providence, this memorial offers a... more...

Libraries & Research Centers

• John Carter Brown Library
  94 George Street • Providence, RI 02906
  401-863-2725
  Founded in 1846, the John Carter Brown Library has been located at Brown University since 1901. ... more...  map

• John Hay Library
  20 Prospect Street • Providence, RI 02912
  Brown University
  401-863-3723
  Open to the public Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays during the academic... more...  map

• Rhode Island Historical Society Library
  121 Hope Street • Providence, RI 02906
  401-273-8107
  The Rhode Island Historical Society Library contains around 5,000 manuscripts, 100,000 books and... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Annmary Brown Memorial (circa 1907)
  21 Brown Street • Providence, RI 02912
  401-863-2942
  Built by Christopher Rush Hawkins as a library, art gallery and a mausoleum, this Memorial designed... more...

• AS220
  115 Empire Street • Providence, RI 02903
  Located in Downtown Providence
  401-831-9327
  AS220 is a non-profit community arts space, consisting of the Performance Space, galleries, Broad... more...  map

• Culinary Arts Museum
  315 Harborside Boulevard • Providence, RI 02905
  401-598-2805
  Known as the Smithsonian Institution of the Food Service Industry, this museum at Johnson & Wales... more...  map

• David Winton Bell Gallery
  64 College Street • Providence, RI 02912
  Located in the List Art Center at Brown University
  401-863-2932
  The David Winton Bell Gallery presents six to eight major exhibitions each academic year. The... more...

• Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
  224 Benefit Street • Providence, RI 02903
  401-454-6500
  Composed of five buildings between Main and Benefit Streets, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island... more...  map

• Museum of Natural History & Planetarium
  1000 Elmwood Avenue • Providence, RI 02907
  Roger Williams Park
  401-785-9457 x 221
  Rhode Island's only natural history museum, the Museum of Natural History & Planetarium is home to... more...

• Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame
  110 Benevolent Street • Providence, RI 02906
  Located at the Aldrich House
  401-331-8575
  Portraits of inductees, "contributions of those whose efforts, in any line of endeavor, have added... more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Roger Williams Park Zoo
  1000 Elmwood Avenue • Providence, RI 02907
  401-785-3510
  The award-winning Roger Williams Park Zoo is home to 130 species of rare and fascinating animals... more...  map