Past Programs and Events

Ground-penetrating radar demonstration at the Quaker Burying Ground in Wakefield led by Salve Regina's Dr. Jon Marcoux

Costumed interpreters from the Boston Tea Party Ships * Museum portrayed 1770s Rhode Island residents to explore tea brewing, tea etiquette and the place of tea in colonial America, along with the influence of politics on this popular practice.

Event celebrating the announcement of the Center at the Towers in Narragansett October 2015

Program speakers, including the owners of the Palisades Mill and Whaler's Brewing Company, explored the mill's history, its redevelopment and plans for the future.

Offered each October, the Center's Lanterns & Legends Tours explore some of South County's creepiest history and take place in the historic Old Washington County Jail at night with minimal light.

Archaeologist Jay Waller, Rhode Island State Archaeologist Tim Ives, Center Executive Director Erica Luke and Tomaquag Museum Director Loren Spears, all speakers at an October 2015 Archaeology Month program on Rhode Island Site 110

Audience at October 2015 program on Rhode Island Site 110

October 2015 lecture by author Cynthia Mestad Johnson about the Rhode Island slave trade