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Block Island Beginnings

Staff and Board of Directors

Tour Registrations

Become a member

Make a donation

Double Ender Fund

Block Island Beginnings

Staff and Board of Directors

Tour Registrations

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Become a member

Make a donation

Double Ender Fund

Block Island Beginnings

Block Island Historical Society Featured on PBS

The Block Island Historical Society Museum, Gallery, and Shop, a three-story building with a red mansard roof at the intersection of Old Town Road and Ocean Avenue (Bridgegate Square) in Block Island, Rhode Island.

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Location

PO Box 79
18 Old Town Rd.
Block Island, RI 02807

Hours

Currently Closed for the 2026 season;
Opening for Holiday Stroll weekend of November 27.

Summer Hours
(mid-June through Labor Day)

10am–4pm daily

Shoulder Season Hours
(Memorial Day through mid-June; Labor Day through Indigenous Peoples’ Day)

10am–2pm Friday–Monday

Contact

We love to hear from you! Please contact us with questions, to volunteer, for more information or to share your Block Island story.

blockislandhistory@gmail.com

(401) 466-2481 (Phone is not monitored during the winter season)