New Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions

Saturday, March 9, 2019, 1–4 PM
BPS 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 hand stitched, Barton family christening gown, and period dresses worn by Ethel Antoinette Whitehead Tallman (1885–1977) to receive guests and take long walks in Roger Williams Park. The new museum display also includes a functioning 1918 Victrola with records, a Lace Pattern Book from Rhode Island Laceworks, as well as a lace cap, collars and camisole, and a hand-hooked rug by famed artist Molly Nye Tobey, who lived in Barrington for sixty years. Molly’s rugs are on permanent display at the Metropolitan and Shelburne Museums.

Also on display are a 1729 law book owned by Peleg Heath, a portrait of Lord Barrington, for whom the town was named, and a deed granting a major portion of land on Rumstick Point to Nathaniel Smith’s heirs.
     Join members of the society in celebrating Barrington’s heritage, its Native American and agricultural history, plaqued houses, service record dating back to the Revolutionary War, its heyday as a waterfront community and summer resort and its industrial past including the brick and lace works.

Barrington Preservation Society Museum is open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 1-4 pm and by appointment.