First and foremost, see if Waterfire will happen
on the day(s) of your visit. If possible, plan your
visit around this fascinating spectacle. More...
The best way to get to know and enjoy Providence,
its architectural, artistic and cultural richness,
is on a two-hour downtown Walking
Tour. Here are some of the city's
major attractions:
RISD Museum
The RISD Museum
is Providence's finest, and one of the best
small museums
in the
country, with more than 80,000 objects,
including paintings by European
masters as well as American
painting, furniture, costumes, and modern works of
art. Rodin's Balzac is
here, as is Monet's Bassin d'Argenteuil.
More...
John Brown House
Proclaimed by John Quincy Adams to be "the
most magnificent and elegant private mansion that
I have seen on this continent," this restored
house-museum reveals the prosperity of post-Revolutionary
Providence and houses an outstanding collection
of furnishings and decorative arts. More...
Rhode Island State House (Capitol)
The State House is a pleasant sight,
its tall dome of white Georgia marble floating
over the
Providence skyline.
Modeled on the dome of St Peter's basilica at
the Vatican, it is the world's
second-largest
unsupported dome (St Peter's is first.) More...
Roger
Williams Park & Zoo
Hundreds of acres of beautifully
kept lawns, copses,
lakes, and paths, plenty of amusements and play
areas for children, an old-fashioped
summer "casino," a Natural History Museum:
this oasis a few minutes' drive south
of Providence is the place to get away
from the city and
the
highway. More...
Slater Mill Historic Site
Water-powered
cotton and textile mills built from plans
stolen from England changed all of New England
in the
19th century. It all started
in Pawtucket, a few miles from
downtown Providence. The mills (1793-1810) here
have many of their old machines
in working order. More...
Providence Walking Tour
Tourist Information
Providence
Hotels, Motels, Inns & B&Bs
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