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Norfolk Museums Service (NMS), formerly Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (NMAS), [1] is a county-wide museums service that presides over ten museums in Norfolk, operated by Norfolk County Council and headed by the council's Director of Culture and Heritage, Steve Miller. [2]
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
After a year, the museum moved to the Knight Farm on Scrabbletown Road in North Kingstown. In 1984, the museum moved to its current location on Canonchet Farm in Narragansett, which was previously owned by Col. William Sprague, a former governor of Rhode Island. The South County Museum contains artifacts dating from the 17th century to modern ...
In 1967, with the help of Gov. John Chafee, Narragansett purchased The Towers, and two years later, in 1969, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Sydney L. Wright Museum Jamestown Newport Archaeological Ancient and Colonial period Narragansett Indian artifacts, European artifacts from the 1600s, photos and maps [7] Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum: Exeter: Washington Native American Museum of the Narragansett: Touro Synagogue: Newport Newport Historic site Colonial-era synagogue Varnum ...
Smith's Castle was built in 1678 to replace an earlier structure which the Narragansett Tribe destroyed during King Philip's War.The land on which the house was built was known as Cocumscussoc (or Cocumscossoc) and was near the original site of Roger Williams' trading post.
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Norfolk (/nɒr'fɒrk/) [3] is a town in St. Lawrence County in the U.S. state of New York. The town is in the northern part of the county and is north of Potsdam . The population was 4,453 at the 2020 census.