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While visiting Providence for the 2026 AASLH-NCPH Annual Conference, attendees have a unique way to explore the history of the Creative Capital.<\/p>\n

Rhode Tour<\/a> is a statewide mobile historical smartphone application developed as a joint initiative of Rhode Island Humanities and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Captivating places, intriguing people, and exciting events fill Rhode Island\u2019s history. Rhode Tour offers a new way to interact with these untold tales of the state\u2019s past. Using stories, sounds, and images, history comes alive on Rhode Tour.<\/p>\n

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Rhode Tour <\/em>brings mapping technology, sound, images, videos, and well-told stories together in locally produced, place-based history tours that represent the flavor and diversity of Rhode Island. Rhode Tour <\/em>includes 40 tours and 380 stories statewide, with many featuring Providence\u2019s social history, archaeology and architecture, culture and food, industrial heritage, and environmental dimensions.<\/p>\n

You can explore Providence on your own or with friends through tours on the app with topics such as The First Peoples of Rhode Island<\/a>, East Side of Providence<\/a>, West Side of Providence<\/a>, Downtown Providence<\/a>, \u201cPlaces Please!\u201d: Performing Arts History, Downtown Providence from 1870-2020<\/a>, Jewish Rhode Island<\/a>, and Rhode Island\u2019s Black Heritage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like more of a group experience, bundle exercise and historical curiosity by signing up for the Rhode Tour Run <\/em>as part of the conference. Run leaders will take you on a 2.75-mile loop and highlight famed Providence locations and lore. Preregistration is required for the tour which is on Thursday, September 17 at 7 am.<\/p>\n

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Image from the Rhode Tour Run at the National Humanities Conference in Providence in 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This resource is free. Go to www.rhodetour.org<\/a> and\/or download the Rhode Tour app from the Apple Store or Google Play to see the local history all around Providence!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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