Explore the JHS exhibit to experience the daily lives of non-combatants who stayed behind—women, children, the elderly, and people of color, both free and enslaved.
The summer 2025 exhibition in the Jamestown Museum tells the stories of Jamestown organizations and how they affected the growth and development of our island community.
In 1891, a group of Jamestown residents met to organize a yacht club which received a Certificate of Incorporation in 1892.
As people moved away from the need to fish and hunt, many lost the ability to use the tools once critical to their existence.
Jamestown native John Doty Jr. proposed that the newly renovated council chambers be named in honor of Rosamond Tefft.
The summer 2024 exhibit looks at Jamestown’s changing economy and at the businesses that the growth spawned.
The JHS prepared 30 breath-taking historic photos of Jamestown sports and outdoor activities for the walls of the 2nd-floor community space.
On the 75th anniversary of the Recreation Center in 2017, the JHS mounted a permanent exhibit at the building celebrating the event.
The new exhibit in the Jamestown Historical Society case in the Jamestown Philomenian Library displays memorabilia of the life of long time Jamestowner Joseph Frank.
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The Jamestown
Historical Society
PO Box 156
Jamestown, RI
02835