Museums in Rhode Island

201 museums across Rhode Island, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• Museum of Work and Culture · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Newport Harbor Light · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Rhode Island School of Design Museum (RISD Museum) · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Herreshoff Marine Museum · museum · Bristol · Must-see
• Jamestown Museum · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Museum of Newport History · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Tomaquag Indian Museum · museum · South · Must-see
• John Brown House Museum · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Varnum House Museum · museum · Kent · Must-see
• Block Island Historical Society Museum · museum · South · Must-see
• Southeast Lighthouse · museum · South · Must-see
• Artillery Company of Newport Military Museum · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Lippitt House Museum · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Whitehall Museum House · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Newport Art Museum · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Slater Mill · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Founders Hall · museum · Newport · Must-see
• Museum of Natural History and Planetarium · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Barrington Preservation Society Museum · museum · Bristol · Must-see
• Bristol County Courthouse · museum · Bristol · Must-see
• Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit · museum · Providence · Must-see
• Mystic Seaport Light · museum · South · Must-see
• Prudence Crandall House · museum · Kent · Must-see
• National Museum of American Illustration · museum · Newport
• Bristol Train of Artillery Museum · museum · Bristol
• Westerly Armory · museum · South
• New England Wireless and Steam Museum · museum · Kent
• Watson Farm · museum · Newport
• Fuller Craft Museum · museum · Providence
• Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art · museum · Newport
• Armory of the Kentish Guards · museum · Kent
• South County Museum · museum · South
• Marble House · museum · Newport
• The Breakers · museum · Newport
• Joy Homestead · museum · Providence
• Stillwater Mill · museum · Providence
• Brayton Grist Mill · museum · Providence
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center · museum · South
• Casey Farm · museum · South
• E. N. Jenckes Store · museum · Providence
• Forest Avenue School · museum · Providence
• Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum · museum · Newport
• Old Colony History Museum · museum · Providence
• Governor William Sprague Mansion · museum · Providence
• Babcock-Smith House Museum · museum · South
• Governor Stephen Hopkins House · museum · Providence
• Linden Place Museum · museum · Bristol
• Coggeshall Farm Museum · museum · Bristol
• Hunter House · museum · Newport
• Kingscote Mansion · museum · Newport
• Rosecliff Mansion · museum · Newport
• Rough Point Mansion · museum · Newport
• Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion · museum · Newport
• Chepstow · museum · Newport
• Isaac Bell House · museum · Newport
• The Elms Mansion · museum · Newport
• Beavertail Lighthouse Museum · museum · Newport
• Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum · museum · South
• Varnum Memorial Armory · museum · Kent
• Charles W. Greene Museum · museum · Bristol
• James Maxwell House Museum · museum · Bristol
• Rhode Island Jewish Museum · museum · Providence
• Betsey Williams Cottage · museum · Providence
• Hearthside House Museum · museum · Providence
• Hunt House Museum · museum · Providence
• Newport Car Museum · museum · Newport
• Paine House Museum · museum · Kent
• Providence Children's Museum · museum · Providence
• The Marina · museum · South
• Breakers Stable & Carriage House · museum · Newport
• Bristol Historical and Preservation Society Museum · museum · Bristol
• Culinary Archive and Museum;Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum · museum · Providence
• Newport Historical Society and Museum · museum · Newport
• Newport Museum of Costume · museum · Newport
• Sea Lion sculpture · museum · Providence
• Sydney L Wright Memorial Museum of Indian Artifacts · museum · Newport
• The Doll Museum · museum · Newport
• The Rhode Island Fisherman and Whale Museum · museum · Newport
• Turk's Head · museum · Providence
• Kendall Whaling Museum · museum · Providence
• Firemans Museum · museum · Bristol
• Audrain Auto Museum · museum · Newport
• Belcourt of Newport · museum · Newport
• Bristol Art Museum · museum · Bristol
• Dorr Rebellion Museum · museum · Providence
• Federal Blues Rhode Island Militia Armory · museum · Bristol
• Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum · museum · Newport
• Johnston Historical Society · museum · Providence
• Narragansett Steam Fire Engine Company · museum · Bristol
• Newport Tower Museum · museum · Newport
• Pawtuxet Rangers Armory · museum · Kent
• Prudence Island Historical Society · museum · Newport
• Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA) · museum · Providence
• Rough Point Museum · museum · Newport
• Seabee Museum · museum · South
• Warren Armory · museum · Bristol
• Arch Ceramics Gallery · museum · Newport
• Captain Wilbur Kelly House Transportation Museum · museum · Providence
• Charlestown Gallery · museum · South
• Cusp Gallery and Lifestyle · museum · Newport
• Dodge House Gallery · museum · Providence
• For Arts' Sake · museum · Kent
• Frosty Drew Memorial Nature Center · museum · South
• Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory · museum · Providence
• Imago Gallery · museum · Bristol
• International Museum of World War II · museum · South
• Jo's · museum · Kent
• Made in Warren Arts Collective · museum · Bristol
• Rhode Island Railroad Museum · museum · South
• Small Format · museum · Providence
• The Glass Station Studio and Gallery · museum · South
• The Nature Lab at Rhode Island School of Design · museum · Providence
• The Sailing Museum · museum · Newport
• Warwick Museum of Art · museum · Kent
• Woods Gerry Gallery · museum · Providence
• Yawgoog Heritage Center · museum · South
• Marcy Blacksmith Museum · museum · Providence
• Fuller Art Museum · museum · Providence
• Heritage Harbor Museum · museum · Providence
• Quonset Air Museum · museum · South
• South County Museum · museum · South
• Warwick Museum of Art · museum · Kent
• Montauk Indian Museum · museum · South
• Second House Museum · museum · South
• Pilot Hill · museum · South
• Ambergris Gallery · museum · South
• Groton Submarine Museum · museum · South
• Joseph Conrad Historic Ship · museum · South
• Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum · museum · South
• Thompson Exhibition Building · museum · South
• Denison Homestead · museum · South
• Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House Museum · museum · South
• Historic Stonington · museum · South
• Stanton Davis Homestead Museum · museum · South
• Living Sharks Museum · museum · South
• Carousel Museum New England · museum · South
• Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation · museum · South
• William Davis Miller House · museum · South
• Historic Hale House · museum · South
• Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum · museum · South
• Old Washington County Jail · museum · South
• Putnam Elms · museum · Providence
• Cranston Volunteer Firefighter Museum · museum · Providence
• Summit Bicycle Museum · museum · Kent
• Haul of Fame Trucking Museum · museum · Kent
• Joy Homestead circa 1770 · museum · Providence
• Cranston Historical Soc · museum · Providence
• Clouds Hill Museum · museum · Kent
• Historic Ships & Boats · museum · Kent

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