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JHS Vault
Hours, Directions & Details
Town Hall, Lower Level, 93 Narragansett Avenue | Jamestown, RI 02835
Click here to visit the online Collections Database to search for documents, photos, postcards, and artifacts in our collection of almost 50,000 items. This is a good place to start a search for Jamestown historical information.
Visitors are welcome to stop by the Vault between 9 a.m. and noon on Tuesday and Thursday. Arrange appointments for research projects during Town Hall office business hours by contacting info@jhsri.org.
History of the Vault
When the Town of Jamestown built the new Town Hall in 2006-2007, the JHS contributed $50,000 to the building fund, purchasing a 99-year lease on a vault in the basement of the new building. The Champlin Foundation financed new compact storage units in 2013, doubling the storage capacity.
The environmentally controlled vault houses papers, photographs, textiles, and other fragile objects. Temperature and humidity are controlled to ensure that donated material is protected from deterioration. Access to the vault is controlled to prevent accidental or malicious damage.
Volunteers in the vault enter data into the online collections database and preserve the donated objects. They also research reference questions about Jamestown history.
Inadequate Storage for Artifacts Identified
JHS Artifacts Moved to New Vault
Compact Shelving Installed
Become a JHS Member
Help preserve & share the history of Jamestown, RI. Maintain the Museum, the Windmill, the Meetinghouse and the Conanicut Battery. Preserve the Society’s collection of documents, photographs and artifacts.
