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- EIN 05-0259110
- (401) 331-8575
- 110 Benevolent St Providence RI 02906-3152 USA
- www.rihs.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Mission: The rhode island historical society's primary mission is honoring, interpreting, and sharing rhode island's past to enrich the present and inspire the future.
Programs: Library program- the rhode island historical society library has over 150,000 volumes relating to the history of rhode island and surrounding new england. This research center also holds more than 5,000 manuscripts, 400,000 images, and 9 million feet of motion picture film.
museum program - the rihs operates two museums, the john brown house museum and the museum of work and culture, as well as operating the aldrich house, which serves as its headquarters, event venue, and educational space. The museum of work and culture also serves as a visitors' center for the blackstone river valley.
education program - the goff center for education and public programs oversees the rihs's educational work as it relates to public programs related to ri and american history, teacher professional development in the fields of ri and american history, primary document-based curriculum development, unit plans, student tours, and written materials. The goff center also directs the rihs's rhode island online directory initiative (rhodi) project.