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On Being American | Contemporary Artworks, Echoes of the Past is an exhibition reimagining the historic house through the work of five contemporary artists. each drawing on the house's architecture, time period, and stories to explore the theme "On Being American." Curator Susan Hardy reflects that, "If you look at the whole of the installation, you see so much more than the history you would associate with a 161-year- old mansion. A bigger story unfolds and conversation beg

Entitled Patterns in Color and Flow, Wright’s installation transforms the Lippitt House Music Room through immersive images and regional waterways, offering viewers an opportunity to reflect on the unseen systems of labor and the histories flowing beyond the frame which allow the Lippitt House to exist.

Lynne Harlow’s evocative cotton installation on the floor of the library contemplates the question, “how little is enough?”

Textile artist Amalia Goldona Broche’s trio of textile works center the experiences and memories of the laborers that sustained life at the Lippitt House.

Displayed in the Dining Room of the Lippitt House Museum as part of the exhibition On Being American | Contemporary Artworks, Echoes of the Past, Easton’s works invite the viewer to contemplate the house’s architecture and interior, the Victorian period’s fascination with ornamentation, and materiality as a conveyor of cultural value.

If one were to enter the Drawing Room at the Lippitt House Museum, see the small-scale sculptural works installed on individual white pedestals, and ask, “What are these?,” this would be exactly the response artist Susan Hardy hopes to provoke.

This article was originally posted on September 10, 2022, on the Cultural Society Blog under the title “AAC Periodical Preview: Asian History in Rhode Island," by Rachel Kim. Editor's Note: As part of Lippitt House Museum’s Semiquincentennial celebration, commemorating 250 years of U.S. history through the lives of the people who shaped it, the Museum is sharing histories curated from community partners to tell a fuller story of Rhode Island’s history. This guest post from th

The popular 19th century British novelist Wilkie Collins, still captivates readers today.

Those in Providence’s College Hill neighborhood on the evening of May 15 may have noticed Lippitt House Museum was buzzing with activity during its celebration for Civics and ESOL students and families. In my dual role as an adult ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) instructor and museum interpreter, I had the privilege of greeting the steady stream of over 200 students and their families. It was a delight to watch them enter the city’s grandest Victorian home, spe

What is the Lippitt House Museum Civics Program for English Language Learners and how did it get started?

Alexander Graham Bell, one of Jeanie Lippitt's teachers, left a complicated legacy in Deaf history.

How much do you know about deafness? How are sign languages different from “flipping fingers”? How did “Deaf” become a cultural identity?

What did oralist education mean for the broader deaf population in RI in the 19th century?

Jeanie Lippitt and her mother Mary Ann, along with Alexander Graham Bell, were important figures the 19th century deaf education.

A series about the history of equal rights for deaf education and the Lippitt family’s contributions to that history.

Lippitt House Museum's Civics Program for English Language Learners connects history with our responsibilities today.

Lippitt House was passed down through a line of women who acted as stewards of family tradition and conservators of the property.

Lippitt House Museum is a ‘hidden’ attraction—it is one of the few historic houses in the city that you can tour inside.

In 1876, the eyes of every American were trained on the heart of Philadelphia as a celebration for the ages played out from May to...

Our homes become a museum of who we are, each item speaking to our interests and experiences. Whether it be a strategically placed doily...