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Special note: due to anticipated rain on Oct 1, the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival will be moving indoors! Join us at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center starting at 7 p.m. 🎥🎞🎬 Presented by @RIHistory.
ALT Archive film strip with old photos
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Inside the Archives: The Art of Then happens on Weds 9/28 and we can’t wait to hear from these archivists and experts on the best ways to use archives as creative inspiration 😍
Featuring:
Anthony Belz
Ashley Selima
Mev Miller
Rick Ring
& Theresa Guzmán Stokes
Awesome to be highlighted in @SmithsonianMag! Check out this article on our restoration of America's oldest theater curtain! smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smi…
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With the news of the passing of the Queen, here is some archived footage from 1976 of the her visit to Rhode Island. Greeted by Buddy Cianci at TF Green Airport, she then made her way to Newport. Shot by WPRI cameras, archived by @RIHistory. More with @AnitaBaffoni on @wpri12
Thank you to everyone who came to the Museum of Work & Culture's Labor Day open house!
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Check it out at the Museum of Work & Culture!
You still have a few more weeks to see this exhibit and learn the story of Mexican Braceros in RI + the history of Latinos in the Blackstone Valley. @martavmarta
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#OTD August 30, 1979, Cindy Miller, a news reporter for @rhodeislandpbs, interviewed customers of Misquamicut's newest summertime attraction-- Water Wizz-- the state's largest water slide. It was dismantled in 2021. Watch the video here, from the @RIHistory video archives.
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Latino Cultural Preservation is one of our mail pillars. Listen to this piece on @ThePublicsRadio about a pop-up exhibit featuring Nuestras Raíces and the Café Recuerdos art installation. @RILatinoStories thepublicsradio.org/episode/…
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The Bracero program brought Mexican workers mostly to agricultural jobs in the Southwest. But it also brought 60 men to work on the railroad in RI. An @RIHistory exhibit in Woonsocket tells their story and more. thepublicsradio.org/episode/…
Kelvis Hernandez, manager of the John Brown House Museum, was recently interviewed for the @atlasobscura podcast to dive into the history of one of Rhode Island's favorite pieces of folklore, the Roger Williams Root. Check it out!
How the hunt to memorialize Rhode Island’s founder created one of the state’s strangest and most enduring myths. atlasobscura.com/articles/po…
It is your last chance to sign up for the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival with @LittleFireLF! Create your own films using at least 75% of RIHS archival footage! Sign up for the festival here: forms.gle/JyRCKmScoT6nNNQW8
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Hot, hot, hot! And - "Timeless" - a truly unique group at a truly unique summertime spot - the John Brown House
Bring a blanket and some food - water - a little hand fan - and enjoy - at Under The Elms!
#Providence #JohnBrownHouse @RIHistory #EastSide rinewstoday.com/timeless-und…
You can learn more about @MatunuckOyster's aquaculture when Perry Raso speaks at tomorrow's Drink in the History at Isco! Find out more and get tickets here: rihs.org/buy-tickets-2/
This week on #TheDish, @jeffglor spends time with the “Evangelist for Aquaculture," Perry Raso, to see how he went from farming shellfish alone to establishing @MatunuckOyster as one of the top oyster bars in the country. #CBSSaturdayMorning
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Kicking off our #RevIdeals Teacher Institute with an amazing talk from John McNiff, a Park Ranger, at the Roger Williams National Memorial. #NHD
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So glad to have all our Revolutionary Ideals teachers joining @RIHistory, @RIHistoryDay, and NHD for a week-long teacher institute in beautiful Rhode Island!
Goodbye from MN, hello to Rhode Island for @NationalHistory's "Revolutionary Ideals" program. Excited to learn more about tying colonial history to my world history content and to pick up some @MNHistoryDay topic leads. Thanks to @RIHistory for planning the program! #RevIdeals
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A huge thank you to @RIHistory for helping us get our hands on this video of the first "Pride" march through the streets of Providence back in 1976! Such a cool bit of history to get to use in our story that airs tonight at 5 on @wpri12! @ShiinaHL
Join the RIHS for the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival! Create your own films using at least 75% of RIHS archival footage! Check out this short video explaining the project in more detail, and sign up by following the link in our next tweet! (1/2)
youtu.be/O1M-tm6VWlA
Sign up for the Archive Remix Film Festival here: forms.gle/JyRCKmScoT6nNNQW8 (2/2)
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Jump into #CivicSeason + celebrate the 200th anniversary of @RIHistory. Stop by the 200th Jubilee for history-inspired ice cream, lawn games & more! thecivicseason.com/events/20…
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Taste historical ice cream flavors from local makers at the Rhode Island Historical Society's Bicentennial Jubilee. hubs.li/Q01cQKBH0
