Museum of Work & Culture Offers Virtual Holiday Decorating Workshop & Tour of Woonsocket’s Historic North End
WOONSOCKET, R.I. – The Museum of Work & Culture will offer “Haul Out the Holly-Days,” a virtual version of its bi-annual Holiday Historic House Tour of Woonsocket’s North End, on Saturday, December 5 at 1:30pm.
The event will include a tabletop boxwood tree decorating workshop, a virtual walking tour of Woonsocket’s Historic North End, and a sneak peek inside one of these extraordinary homes decorated for the holidays.
All participants will receive a boxwood making kit that can be picked-up curbside in the days prior to the event.
Tickets are $30 per kit. Space is limited, and early registration is strongly encouraged. Tickets are available for purchase at
About the Museum of Work & Culture
The interactive and educational Museum of Work & Culture shares the stories of the men, women, and children who came to find a better life in Rhode Island’s mill towns in the late 19th- and 20th centuries. It recently received a Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island Award for its SensAbilities Saturdays all-ability program.
About the Rhode Island Historical Society
Founded in 1822, the RIHS, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is the fourth-oldest historical society in the United States and is Rhode Island’s largest and oldest historical organization. In Providence, the RIHS owns and operates the John Brown House Museum, a designated National Historic Landmark, built in 1788; the Aldrich House, built in 1822 and used for administration and public programs; and the Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center, where archival, book and image collections are housed. In Woonsocket, the RIHS manages the Museum of Work and Culture, a community museum examining the industrial history of northern Rhode Island and of the workers and settlers, especially French-Canadians, who made it one of the state’s most distinctive areas.