13-R219
2013 -- H 6045
Enacted 04/25/13
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
RECOGNIZING THE
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE
Introduced By: Representatives Tanzi, and Lally
Date Introduced: April 25, 2013
WHEREAS, The South
County Museum is an independent nonprofit organization,
founded in 1933, and originally located in a barn in the
memberships and through donations, grants, and admissions; and
WHEREAS, After being relocated twice, the museum was eventually moved
to its
current location within Canonchet
Farm, which was the home of the 12th Governor of Rhode
Island, Col. William Sprague. The site is now a 174-acre public park owned by
the Town of
Narragansett; and
WHEREAS, The main exhibit building, the Metz Exhibit Hall, was built
in 1987. Today,
the grounds also include a Carpentry Shop, Blacksmith
Forge, the Carriage Barn, and a One-
Room Schoolhouse; and
WHEREAS, The museum’s collections contain more than 20,000 items,
dating from pre-
European settlement to the 1950s, and are displayed in
the six exhibit buildings. The museum
grounds also contain landscaped gardens and a heritage flock
of our official state bird, the Rhode
Island Red, that make their home on site at the Living
History Farm; and
WHEREAS, Museums are the
custodians of our material heritage and an integral part of
a robust and thriving culture. They are the
inheritance that, with joy and obligation, we leave to
those who will come after us; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby congratulates the Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers of the
and efforts to ensure an important piece of
and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Daryl
Anne Anderson, President,
Museum.
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