Rhode Island Museums

Federal Funding in 2019 Total # Recipients Total $ to Our State (inclusive) IMLS 3 $345,503 NEA 20 $1,258,300 NEH 7 $1,198,958 Museums and related institutions who received grants from these three sources this year are indicated with a * in the list below. Other federal agencies also provide valuable support to museum work, including but not limited to: the National Park Service, NSF, NOAA, and Department of Education.

Major impacts from just one signature IMLS Program: Museums for All

This access program, in collaboration with the Association of Children’s Museums, encourages families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. Through Museums for All, those receiving SNAP benefits can gain free or reduced admission by presenting their EBT card.

Rhode Island has 10 participating sites, and welcomed 4,840 visitors in 2019.

Who are we? NEMA represents museums, history organizations, science centers, zoos and aquaria, and many others:

NEMA members in our state Total: 238 Institutions 35 Individuals 197 Related Businesses 5 Academic Programs & Other 1

These are some of the museum organizations that serve your constituents:

District 1

• Audubon Society of Rhode Island • Jamestown Historical Society • Preservation Society of Pawtucket • Beavertail Lighthouse Museums • Linden Place Museum • Providence Children's Museum • Blackstone Historical Commission • Lippitt House Museum • Providence Jewelry Museum • Bristol Art Museum • Little Compton Historical Society • Redwood Library & Athenæum • Bullard Memorial Farm • Mount Hope Farm • Rhode Island Historical Society • Coggeshall Farm Museum • Museum of Natural History & • RISD Museum of Art • Culinary Arts Museum Planetarium • The Herreshoff Marine Museum / • E. M. Bannister Gallery at Rhode • National Museum of American America's Cup Hall of Fame Island College Illustration • The Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm • East Providence Historical Society • Naval War College Museum Preservation Association • Fort Adams Trust • Newport Art Museum • The Museum of Newport Irish History • Friends of Hearthside • Newport Historical Society • The Rhode Island Jewish Museum • Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology • Newport Restoration Foundation • Touro Synagogue Foundation • Heritage Harbor Corporation • NSCDA-RI • International Tennis Hall of Fame & • Preservation Society of Newport Museum * County District 2

• Borders Farm Preservation, Inc. • Heritage Harbor Corporation • Providence Jewelry Museum • Brown University Herbarium * • Lippitt House Museum • Rhode Island Computer Museum • Clouds Hill Victorian House • Museum of Natural History & • RISD Museum of Art ** Museum Planetarium • Smith's Castle • Coventry Historical Society • Museum of Primitive Art and • South County History Center • Culinary Arts Museum Culture • South County Museum • E. M. Bannister Gallery at Rhode • New England Wireless & Steam • The Rhode Island Jewish Museum Island College Museum • Tomaquag Museum • Exploration Center and Aquarium, • NSCDA-RI • Varnum Memorial Armory Save the Bay * • Pawtuxet Valley Preservation & • Western Rhode Island Civic • Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Historical Society Historical Society Museum • Providence Children's Museum *