The Rhode Island Historical Society will offer free admission to the Museum of Work and Culture on Saturday, September 18, 2021, as part of Smithsonian Magazine’s 17th Annual Museum Day, a national celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based museums.

In addition, the Museum of Work & Culture will present the Smithsonian and the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s “Picturing Women Inventors,” a poster exhibition that explores the inventions of 19 highly accomplished American women. Also on display within this exhibition will be “Rhode Island Women Create,” a snapshot of the historical accomplishments of Rhode Island women in the arts and sciences, using objects drawn from the Rhode Island Historical Society’s collections. Both exhibits draw attention to the often-overlooked innovations that have been directly contributed by women.