Local Preservation and Historical Societies

Local Preservation and Historical Societies

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor - This is where the American Industrial Revolution began and sent reverberations throughout the country.  Follow the 48 miles of the Blackstone River ...

Blackstone Valley Historical Society - The Blackstone Valley Historical Society (BVHS) is dedicated to securing and preserving items related to the history of that area of Rhode Island known as the Blackstone Valley.

Bristol Historical and Preservation Society - The BH&PS is located at 48 Court Street in Bristol, RI in an 1828 jail built of granite blocks reportedly used as ballast in early sailing ships...

Burrillville Historical Society - The Burrillville Historical and Preservation Society has been in existence since February of 1970 ...

Charlestown Historical Society - Dedicated to preserving history in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Coventry Historical Society - A society dedicated to the preservation of the Community's heritage through the spoken word and the printed word and the use of illustrations and recorded sound.

Cranston Historical Society - To promote and encourage a lively interest in the history of Cranston ...

East Providence Historical Society - The East Providence Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the heritage and enjoying the history of our City.

Exeter Historical Society - Dedicated to preserving history in Exeter, Rhode Island.

Glocester Heritage Society - The purpose of the Society shall be to identify, acquire, hold, arrange, restore, maintain, and preserve for posterity buildings, tracts of land and objects of historical, educational, architectural, cultural and other similar interests of outstanding value within the Town of Glocester, RI ...

Friends of Harmony Village - NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.  In May 2022, this organization filed formal Articles of Dissolution - Harmony Village is located in the eastern part of the township of Glocester, Rhode Island.

Heritage Alliance of Pawtucket - Formerly the Preservation Society of Pawtucket (PSP) telling the histories of the people and places in the City of Pawtucket.

Historic Wickford (HistWick) - HistWick (Historic Wickford Inc.) is a nonprofit 501c3 organization of community members dedicated to preserving, protecting and celebrating the cultural and historic features of this special place. 

Hopkinton Historical Association - The Hopkinton (Rhode Island) Historical Association provides educational materials describing the local colonial and Indigenous people’s history ... 

Jamestown Historical Society - To collect, preserve, and share with others the heritage of Jamestown, Rhode Island.

Johnston Historical Society - The Johnston Historical Society was formed by a group of historically minded residents in the late 1970s ...

Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society (Connecticut) - This Society's charter is to promote knowledge, interest and research in Killingly and Windham County, Connecticut.

Little Compton Historical Society - The Little Compton Historical Society was incorporated in 1937 to preserve the history and cultural heritage of Little Compton for the enrichment and enjoyment of the general public.

Massasoit Historical Association - A second historical society located in Warren, Rhode Island.

Middletown Historical Society - Middletown Historical Society is dedicated to safeguarding, researching and documenting the history of Middletown, Rhode Island.

Narragansett Historical Society - This site is dedicated to the history of Narragansett, Rhode Island, a beautiful seaside town with a rich and varied past ...

Newport Historical Society - It is the mission of the Newport Historical Society to collect and preserve the artifacts, photographs, documents, publications and genealogical records that relate to the history of Newport County, Rhode Island; to make these materials readily available ...

North Kingstown - Historic North Kingstown - NOT CURRENTLY ACTIVE.

North Smithfield Heritage Association - Our organization is a fully volunteer, non-profit charity, founded in 1970, that strives to preserve and promote the culture, heritage and natural resources of North Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society - Historian website is here.  Preserving the history of, and promoting public knowledge and interest in the Pawtuxet Valley ...
 

Pawtuxet Village Association - To actively foster the well-being of the residents of the Pawtuxet Village area through preserving and improving its quality of life, its historic sites and structures, and its natural environment ...

Portsmouth Historical Society - The Portsmouth Historical Society, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, welcomes you to discover our website.

Providence Preservation Society - Formed in 1956 to respond to the proposed demolition of a number of 18th- and early 19th-century houses on College Hill ...

Richmond Historical Society - The mission the RHS shall be to further by all appropriate means the study of the oral and written history of the region, to foster the collection and preservation of manuscripts ...  

Rhode Island Historical Society - The Rhode Island Historical Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing Rhode Island’s history.

Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society - Chartered in 1951, the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association is the oldest Jewish historical society in continuous operation in the United States ...

Scituate Preservation Society - This link is to the Facebook page of the Scituate, RI Preservation Society.

Smithfield Historical Society (Smith-Appleby House) - Today, the Smith-Appleby House Museum is headquarters to The Historical Society of Smithfield ...

South County History Center - Founded in 1958 as the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, its mission is to lead the discovery and preservation of South County history.

Tiverton Historical Society - The Tiverton Historical Society is a non-profit educational institution that promotes an understanding of the history of The Town of Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and adjacent portions of Southern Massachusetts ...

Warren Preservation Society - The objective of the Warren Preservation Society is to promote an interest in the history of Bristol County and Warren, Rhode Island in particular; to preserve their historic integrity and cultural resources; and to educate the public to the historic value of the area.

Warwick Historical Society - Town of Warwick, RI.  Its mission is to "To procure and preserve whatever relates to the topography, antiquity and natural, civil and ecclesiastical history of the City of Warwick, State of Rhode Island  ..."

West Greenwich Historical Society (Louttit Library) - The Louttit Library preserves the West Greenwich Historical Society records however they are currently updating their site so the records may not be available on line at this time.

Westerly Historical Society - The mission of the Westerly Historical Society is to research, study, and preserve local history in our community.

Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society - This Society exists for the purpose of gathering and preserving historical materials relating to Western Rhode Island and also to promote the social and cultural life of the area.

Woonsocket Historical Society - The Woonsocket Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the City of Woonsocket, it's people and it's rich industrial past.