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John Brown House Museum

museum, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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  • Rhode Island
    Rhode Island
    / Cultural institutions

    …Island Historical Society operates the John Brown House Museum, a merchant’s mansion in Providence; built in 1786, the house is furnished with masterpieces of the Newport school of cabinetmakers and with other 18th-century antiques. The Museum of Work and Culture, in Woonsocket, also run by the society, is an interactive…

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    …Island Historical Society operates the John Brown House Museum, a merchant’s mansion in Providence; built in 1786, the house is furnished with masterpieces of the Newport school of cabinetmakers and with other 18th-century antiques. The Museum of Work and Culture, in Woonsocket, also run by the society, is an interactive…

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