The Way We Were: Paul Darling Photographs 1949–2019 Opening Reception Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Barrington Preservation Society Museum Peck Community Center, Lower Level Meet Paul Darling and view his photographs dating back sixty years. In 1959 and again in 1999, Paul Darling joined two WPRO co-workers flying over and taking pictures of Barrington in the […]
Barrington Preservation Society and Barrington Public Library present: Extraordinary Women of the East Bay Opening Reception & Presentations by Arlene Violet Julia Califano John Hazen White, Jr. Cindy Elder David Stewart Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PMSalem Family Auditorium and Collis GalleryBarrington Public Library, Upper Level Program: Reception, Exhibit, and Refreshments Welcome […]
New Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions Saturday, March 9, 2019, 1–4 PMBPS Museum, Peck Center, Lower Level Come celebrate with Barrington Preservation Society on Saturday, March 9, 2019, as we open a new exhibit, Recent Acquisitions, in the town museum on the ground level of the Peck Center. New acquisitions include turn-of-the-century dolls, toy soldiers, a […]
Installed in the Spring of 2015, Revisit Barrington History is the permanent exhibition highlighting Barrington’s history as reflected in our core holdings of artifacts, maps, and documents, and in our core activities in stewardship of Barrington’s past. In the museum, visitors walk through the most important themes and periods of Barrington’s development as a community: […]
Barrington Ship to Shore Exhibition Dates: September 2014 through February 2015 The Barrington Ship to Shore Exhibit opens on Wednesday, August 27 and features a large pond yacht built by Pete Waterman’s uncle in the 1930’s, a nineteenth century ship’s engine telegraph and brass lanterns, vintage photos of the Barrington waterfront and yacht clubs, Thurston […]
Barrington’s Industrial Past Barrington, R.I., is often thought of as a quiet residential town with historic waterfront mansions and substantial suburban estates. But Barrington also has an important industrial history that goes back at least to the 18th century. Many immigrants who came to work in Barrington’s factories in the l9th and 20th centuries stayed […]