Aunt Carrie's Restaurant
Narragansett
Brickley's Ice Cream
Wakefield
Belmont Market
Wakefield
Centreville Bank
Wickford
William H. Ise, Attorney-at-Law
Narragansett
Java Madness
Wakefield
Ram Point Marina
Wakefield
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What's happening |
Click here for the 2010 Calendar of Events. Be sure to check our 2010 Rotating Exhibit Schedule. |
 The Museum was selected as "The Best Living History Experience" in New England, in Yankee Magazine's May/June special issue, Travel Guide to New England. The editors said of the Museum: "Vivid exhibits capture the life of farmers, fishermen, and home cooks of 150 years ago. The carpentry shop, blacksmith shop, textile arts center, working print shop, and a small working farm (with a heritage flock of Rhode Island Reds) enhance any visit." |
| Our Fair Booth Don't miss our crafts booth at the 44th Washington County Fair, August 11-15. | Family Fun Faire Fabulous, festive activities for the whole family, with a focus on the youngsters. Recapture life in a small Rhode Island village — one-room schoolhouse — village blacksmith — print shop — family farm — old-fashioned games — food — music — treasure hunt — eggstra special raffle for kids. Saturday, August 14, 10 to 4. Admission $5. Children under 12 free. Free parking. | Canonchet, the Narragansetts, and Canonchet Farm. Local historian Richard Vangermeersch presents his research on the relationship beteen the Narragansett Indians and the property now known as Canonchet Farm. Thursday, August 19, 7:30 pm. |
If you've visited us within the past couple of years, you've no doubt noticed the red brick path leading to the Visitor Center. Shepherded with extraordinary devotion by the late Frank Maroni, the brick path is an ongoing project at  the Museum, and you can participate. You can buy a brick for $125 and have up to three lines of text inscribed on it. (Each line can accommodate 20 characters and spaces.) Your brick donation is tax deductible and benefits SCM's exhibit development and educational programs. Click here for a printer-friendly form and send it, with a check made out to SCM Brick Path Project, to us at PO Box 709, Narragansett, RI 02882. |
 The Museum's Print Shop is the proud owner of its first Heidelberg press, delivered on June 21. |
 The Victorian Rose Parlor quilt will be raffled off at our October Fest fundraiser at Canonchet Club, Narragansett Town Beach, on October 15. The quilt was machine quilted by April Gilroy and pieced by Evie Cherms. |
This and That ...
- Click here to view the aerial photos of the Museum and its surroundings taken last fall by Don Bousquet & Son.
- An excellent feature article about us appeared in the June 17 edition of the South County Independent.
- We will participate in the Blue Star Museums Program, following an invitation from the The National Endowment for the Arts and the American Association of Museums. The program offers free admssion to museums across the country for active-duty military personnel and their families.
- The Museum will be part of the Technical Advisory Committee helping URI develop a Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) designed to assist the state create regulations for the use of its ocean resources. We'll serve as a reviewer and advisor on the chapter summarizing the cultural and historical context of these resources. The Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program and the URI Coastal Resources Center are heading this effort.
- SCM has several photos in a new book, Rhode Island: A Photographic Portrait. Check it out.
- The Museum will again, as it has for several years, work with Quonset-based SORICO (Southern RI Cooperative), which brings in special-needs students throughout the summer to help them learn work skills.
How you can help ...
 Adopt a Garden!Eleven flower gardens of various sizes and stages of development at South County Museum await your green thumb. You pick the space, come and go as you please. It's yours for the year. SCM will provide plants, hand tools if necessary and lots of gratitude. Call the museum at 783-5400 or email us for details!! | William Sprague, the "Boy Governor" and Civil War hero, was an important and endlessly fascinating figure in Rhode Island history and we're trying to find out more about him. If you have documents, artifacts or information about him or his family, his wives' families and about the Canonchet property or mansion, please give our director, Jim Crothers, a call at 783-5400. | ||
Wanted: Printer's Devilto help create a proof index of the Print Shop's inventory of typefaces and engravings. Training will be provided. Ideal for junior and senior high school students. Community service credit given. |
We always are looking for volunteers to help ... build exhibits ... greet visitors ... conduct tours ... with the flower beds and herb garden. | ||
We have several ideal — and very affordable — settings for weddings and other events. For more about our wedding venues, please click here.
The Museum is on a lovely, seven-acre campus in the Narragansett Pier area, with picnic tables, spacious lawns, lots of shade trees, and plenty of free parking. We also offer the Metz Exhibit Building, with ample room for up to 100 people plus a small kitchen and two restrooms. Or how about the Stables, with their ivy-festooned walls, for a novel open-air setting?
In addition to the Metz Building, with its many fascinating exhibits, and the picturesque Stables, we also offer tours of a working Print Shop and of our small working farm with its Heritage Flock of Rhode Island Reds, plus the carpentry shop, the blacksmith's shop, a one-room schoolhouse and the carriage barn.
Depending upon the ages and interests of group members, tours can typically last from 30 minutes to two hours.
We're available for Weddings and bridal showers · Anniversary parties, birthday parties and private parties of all kinds · Corporate Meetings · Scout Camp Overnights · Educational Programs for Young People · Senior Tours. We also offer Museum to Go: Visits to Classrooms and Nursing Homes
Call us at 783-5400 or e-mail jim@southcountymuseum.org.
