Museums in Rhode Island
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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80 museums are published in Rhode Island. The list below holds the 58 best-documented.
- Newport Art Museum
- Westerly Armory
- Artillery Company of Newport Military MuseumBuilt 1836
- Block Island Historical Society Museum
- Marble House
- South County Museum
- Bristol Train of Artillery Museum
- Warwick Center for the Arts
- Whitehall Museum HouseBuilt 1729
- John Brown House Museum
- Museum of Work and Culture
- The BreakersBuilt 1895
- Herreshoff Marine Museum
- National Museum of American Illustration
- Chepstow
- Barrington Preservation Society Museum
- Jamestown Museum
- Governor William Sprague Mansion
- New England Wireless and Steam Museum
- Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion
- Rosecliff Mansion
- Kingscote Mansion
- Linden Place Museum
- Governor Stephen Hopkins House
- The Elms Mansion
- Coggeshall Farm Museum
- Museum of Newport History
- Isaac Bell House
- Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
- Founders HallBuilt 1820 · National Register
- Bristol County Courthouse
- Hunter House
- Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts
- Federal Blues Rhode Island Militia Armory
- Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Museum
- Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center
- Newport Historical Society and Museum
- Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum
- Rough Point Museum
- James Maxwell House Museum
- Varnum Memorial Armory
- Prudence Island Historical Society
- Newport Museum of Costume
- The Doll Museum
- Charles W. Greene Museum
- Paine House Museum
- Warwick Museum of Art
- Pawtuxet Rangers Armory
- Providence Children's Museum
- Tomaquag Indian Museum
- Temple to Music
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory
- Old Colony House
- Narragansett Steam Fire Engine Company
- Culinary Archive and Museum;Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum
- The Rhode Island Fisherman and Whale Museum
- Audrain Auto Museum
- Pokanoket Tribal lands