The Culture has the biggest as well as most important historic Rhode Island collection within its fundamental library and also two exhibitions. The Culture's assortments incorporate some 25,000 items, 5,000 manuscripts, 100,000 books and issued items, 400,000 photos and maps, and also 9 million feet of motion-picture movie.

 

With the Newell D. Goff Hub for Learning and Public Programs, the Culture delivers a variety of educational courses consisting of study groups, lectures, films, and walking tours of Providence. In the latest years the Society has been incredibly active in teacher-training programs pursuing to enhance the high quality of history instruction in Rhode Island.

 

The Society even offers exhibitions, films, gigs, and also lots of other community tasks as well as shows. The The general public publishes its log Rhode Island Past in either two or 3 issues every year covering various features of Rhode Island history from pre-colonial to recent.