Tour the majestic mansions. Stroll the Cliff Walk. Tour and picnic at historic Fort Adams . The mill building sits on the bank of the Blackstone River, the second-fastest river in the United States. Old Slater Mill was the first factory to successfully produce cotton yarn with water-powered machines.
Tour guides explain how the mill functioned.
Children's Museum Downtown Providence is the home of the new Children's Museum of Rhode Island. To learn more about life in the 18th and 19th centuries, visit South County Museum in Narragansett. On display are exhibits of articles of early Rhode Island life, including Grandma's Kitchen, a cobbler's shop, and old-fashioned pharmacy, a collection of antique toys and dolls, a working print shop, and an antique carriage and tack and livery collection. Coggeshall Farm Museum Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol portrays the work and lifestyles of a 1790's coastal farm on 35 acres. See rare breeds of livestock similar to those found on a farm in the 1790's and their heirloom varieties of vegetables and herbs.