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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, culture, history and science for children 1 to 11. These exhibits include Water Ways, Play Power, Bone Zone, Littlewoods and Shape Space. more... mapWaterFire 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 of art and a symbol of Providence's renaissance. more... map
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 of Rhode Island Historical Society, the fourth oldest state historical society in the United States. more... mapCathedral 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. mapFirst 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 guided and self-guided tours of the Meeting House, the oldest congregation in Rhode Island and the first Baptist Church in America; June through Columbus Day, Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Saturdays 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. There is also a guided tour each Sunday following the worship service, which takes place at 11:00 a.m. the second Sunday in September through June and at 10:00 a.m., July through Labor Day. Self-guided tours of the Meeting House are also available October through May during the week. more... mapFirst 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 downtown Providence. A founding member of the Universalist Church of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island State Council of Churches, First Universalist Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Their Sunday worship service is normally scheduled for 10:30 a.m. more... mapGovernor 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 elements; was for textile merchant Henry Lippitt, his wife and their six children. Several generations of the Lippitt family called this home for over 110 years. The majority of their furnishings still exist in the house. The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum is open May through October on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Private tours are welcome by appointment throughout the week. The Lippitt House is available for small wedding, events, and meetings. more... mapGovernor 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 Declaration of Independence; are available from April to December on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment. Hopkins' own possessions on display include two Queen Anne chairs, his silver porringer, shoe buckles, baby bonnet, and shoes. mapJeremiah 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 almost without alteration, except for a two-room ell added in 1850." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this home is located on the site of the French Army's encampment in November 1782. The Jeremiah Dexter House has served as the headquarters of Preserve Rhode Island since 2001. 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 19th century and early 20th century home of Providence utility, real estate and trolley mogul, Marsden Perry, this was home to John Brown, a businessman, patriot, politician, China Trade pioneer and slave trader, and later his daughters and their families. This three-story mansion is filled with period furnishings and decorative arts. Many original Brown family pieces are in the mansion, including a nine-shell desk and bookcase, considered to be one of the finest pieces of American Colonial furniture in existence. more... mapOld 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 Rhode Island state houses that survive today." Important events that have taken place here. The General Assembly repealed a previous act of allegiance to the crown, known as Rhode Island Independence Day; in 1776. The Assembly passed the first act in the United States providing for the gradual emancipation of slaves in 1784. In 1781, George Washington attended a dinner and ball given here in his honor. He returned as President in 1790, to attend a banquet commemorating Rhode Island's ratification of the federal Constitution. This landmark serves as headquarters of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission. more... mapProvidence 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 the only New England building designed by Philadelphia architect, William Strickland. A National Historic Landmark, the Athenaeum's circulating collection features more 150,000 books, including contemporary fiction, mysteries, dramas, poetry and biographies; recorded books on tape and CD, periodicals, movies on video and DVD, and other materials. more... mapProvidence 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 to Abraham Lincoln, President Teddy Roosevelt and then-Senator John F. Kennedy. The fifth floor housed Providence City Hall's archives. more...
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 visitor center with exhibits and videos on Williams's contributions to the principles of freedom in this country. more...
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. The John Carter Brown Library's "internationally renowned, constantly growing collection of primary historical sources pertaining to the Americas, both North and South, before ca. 1825," is restricted to use by qualified scholars, engaged in productive research. The MacMillan Reading Room's exhibitions are available to the public 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and on Saturdays 9:00 a.m. until noon. mapJohn 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 year from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., the John Hay Library houses the University Library’s collections of rare books and manuscripts, archives and many special collections. more... mapRhode 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 printed items, 400,000 photographs and maps and nine million feet of motion-picture film. The Library offers a printed collection, manuscript collections and graphics collections. more... map
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 by Norman Isham is home to the Programs in Ancient Studies, Medieval Studies and Early Modern Studies. The Annmary Brown Memorial houses exhibits of European and American paintings from the 17th through the 20th centuries, the Cyril and Harriet Mazansky British Sword Collection and personal mementos of its founder, General Rush C. Hawkins, and the Brown family. 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 Street Studio, studios, and Perishable Theatre; that provides unjuried galleries and stages for Rhode Island artists to display their works and offers a variety of programs. There is also a darkroom and computer lab open to the public. more... mapCulinary 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 University is dedicated to the preservation of the culinary arts and hospitality history. more... mapDavid 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 Gallery's permanent collection of more than 4,000 works of art consists of pieces, primarily contemporary art and works on paper; from the 16th century to the present. Significant prints and drawings by Rembrandt, Tiepolo, Goya, Daumier, Piccasso and Matisse, major works by Frank Stella, Lee Bontecou, Anthony Caro, Diego Rivera, Alice Neel, Richard Serra, and Joseph Cornell, and photography by Walker Evans, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, and Larry Clark are found here. 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 School of Design is Rhode Island’s leading museum of fine and decorative art and southeastern New England’s only comprehensive art museum. Its collection of 84,000 objects of international significance includes American decorative arts, Egyptian and Ancient art, contemporary art and much more. more... mapMuseum 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 Rhode Island's only public planetarium. "The Museum houses collections containing over one quarter million objects pertaining to natural and cultural history assembled from sites around the world. The natural history collections include fossils, mollusks, minerals, rocks, mounted flora and fauna. The cultural collections contains over 25,000 archaeological and ethnographic specimens primarily of African, Native American and Pacific origin." The Cormack Planetarium normally offers 35-minute shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. 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 significantly to the heritage of the State of Rhode Island," currently hang in the halls of the Rhode Island Historical Society Museum of Rhode Island History at the Aldrich House. more... map
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 from around the world, including elephants, giraffes, snow leopards, kangaroos, moon bears and gibbons; all in naturalistic settings. more... map
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