South County Museum

Category: Monuments + Museums

PO Box 709, Narragansett, RI 2881
401.783.5400

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South County Museum

James says 15 years ago

The museum has a working print shop, a working blacksmith shop, and marine, household and farm exhibits among other attractions. There are "please touch" exhibits for the young and the young at heart. It has both a sizable collection of horse-drawn carriages and four horseless carriages, including a Model T Depot Hack and a Model A complete with running boards and rumble seat . Both cars work. There's also a working farm four sheep, two goats and a large flock of Rhode Island Reds, the official state bird. Anyone interested in how people worked and life in rural Rhode Island in the 19th and early 20th centuries could easily spend a couple of hours here.

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South County Museum - expert review Set on the former estate of an early-19th-century Rhode Island governor, William Sprague, South County Museum houses 20,000 artifacts dating from 1800 to 1933. The campus consists of six exhibit buildings including a print shop, carpentry shop, transportation barn, and textile arts center. www.south... fodors.com