The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will host a free Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 7, from 10 am to 5 pm. The day’s program will feature a new exhibit in the Museum’s rotating gallery, the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Winter Toy Display, which will feature [...]
Join the museum for the next program in the Tuesday Tea Time Talks series on Tuesday, November 12 at 1:30 p.m. Participants will gather around the Triple Decker Exhibit, which features the unique New England housing that was built for the immigrant textile workers. Come ready to learn about life in the Triple Decker for [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will offer new bi-monthly Rhode Island History Day (RIHD) workshops. These RIHD Workshops are for any student who plans on competing in Rhode Island History Day 2025 and would like to learn more about the resources available, research methods, writing techniques [...]
Welcome Blanket is an art initiative started by Los Angeles-based artist and Brown University graduate Jayna Zweiman that invites handcraft makers to create blankets and share stories important to them about immigration, migration, [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will host Jayna Zweiman for an artist talk as part of its Welcome Blanket special exhibit programming. Zweiman will speak on her craftivist (craft + activist) artistic practice and discuss the origins and development of Welcome Blanket, a project that invites [...]
The Museum of Work and Culture and the Woonsocket Harris Public Library will host the first program in their bi-monthly free educational series for homeschool families. October’s program will explore the topics of immigration, refugees, and coming to America. The program will begin at the Library at 10:00 am, where families will participate in an [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, is excited to continue Tuesday Tea Time Talks, a casual, conversational program where participants come together in one of the Museum’s permanent exhibits. The first Tuesday Tea Time Talk of autumn will be hosted on Tuesday, September 24th at 1:30 p.m. [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will hold a special talk on Thursday, September 19 at 6pm featuring Kathy Cloutier, Executive Director of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, as part of its Welcome Blanket special exhibit programming. In this talk, Cloutier will provide background on the [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, is excited to announce a two part book talk series as part of its Welcome Blanket special exhibit programming. Each talk will feature a local author sharing their own family’s migration journey and how they came to call New England home. [...]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will offer its annual Children’s Baking Workshop with Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery on Saturday, September 7 at 11am, themed around Grandparents’ Day. This year’s event will feature a mille-feuille (Napoleon) making demonstration and Q&A with the pastry chef from Wright’s. [...]
Join us for a special screening of “The Power of Nostalgia,” Episode 8 of Slatersville: America’s First Mill Village at the Museum of Work & Culture on Monday, September 2 at 1:30pm as part of the Museum’s annual Labor Day Open House. Following the screening, there will be a brief Q&A featuring filmmaker Christian de Rezendes, [...]
