Please support your local Rhode Island independent book stores and history museum gift shops! They are terrific supporters of Rhode Island history authors and we authors and readers, in turn, need to support them. Please let us know of any additions or corrections to the list below.
Brown University Bookstore 244 Thayer Street (corner of Angell Street) 401-863-3168 www.brown.edu/campus-life/support/bookstore
Rhode Island Historical Society Gift Shop John Brown House (College Hill, East Side) 52 Power Street 401-273-7507 www.rihs.org/musems/john-brown-house
Symposium Books 240 Westminster Street (downtown) 401-273-7900 www.symposiumbooks.com
Roger Williams National Memorial Bookstore 282 North Main Street (Providence College Hill) www.nps.gov/rowi
Island Books 575 East Main Road, Middletown, 401-849-2665 https://islandbooksri.indielite.org/directions
Commonwealth Books of Newport 29 Touro Street (across from Oliver Hazard Perry statue) 401-487-0128 www.commonwealthbooks.com
Newport Mansion Stores 401-847-1000 www.newportmansions.org/shop
Naval War College Museum Shop Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road 401-841-4052 or 2101 www.nwcfoundation.org
Touro Synagogue Gift Shop 85 Touro Street 401.847.4794 https://www.tourosynagogue.org/
Barrington
Barrington Books
184 County Street (Route 114)
401-245-7925
Block Island
Island Bound Bookstore
Water Street
401-466-8878
Block Island Historical Society Museum Gallery & Shop
18 Old Town Road
http://blockislandhistorical.org/
Bristol
Herreshoff Maritime Museum Store
One Burnside Street (corner of Hope Street (Route 114))
401-253-5000
Linden Place Gift Shop
500 Hope Street
401-253-0390
https://www.lindenplace.org/museum/
Charlestown
Books on the Pond
289 Narrow Lane
914-450-9598
Cranston
Barrington Books
176 Hillside Road
Kingston
Kingston Hill Book Store
2528 Kingstown Road (on Route 138)
401-792-8662
South County History Center
http://southcountyhistorycenter.org/
Middletown
Island Books
575 East Main Road (Wyatt Square)
401-849-2665
Narragansett
South County Museum
115 Strathmore Street
401-783-5400
Pawtucket
Slater Mill Gift Shop
67 Roosevelt Avenue
401-725-8638
Tomaquag
Tomaquag Museum & Museum Store
390 A Summit Road
Exeter, RI 02822
401-491-9063
www.tomaquagmuseum.org
https://www.tomaquagmuseum.
Wakefield
Wakefield Books
160 Old Tower Hill Road (Wakefield Mall)
401-792-0000
Wickford
Smith’s Castle Museum Shop
55 Richard Smith Drive (off Route 1 north of Wickford)
401-294-3521
Woonsocket
Museum of Work and Culture Gift Shop
42 South Main Street
401-769-9675
www.rihs.org/museums/museum-of-work-and-culture/
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Rhode Island Publications Society
(Rhode Island state and local history books on sale)
401-272-1776