Blackstone Heritage Corridor funds updated museum visitor centers

WOONSOCKET – Pawtucket’s Blackstone Valley Visitor Center and Woonsocket’s Museum of Work & Culture each received a $20,000 grant from Blackstone Heritage Corridor Inc. as part of the foundation’s more than 30-year commitment to supporting tourism in the Blackstone River Valley.

Charlene Perkins Cutler, executive director of BHC, is pleased to continue investing in local tourism.

“Pawtucket and Woonsocket are two important stops along the 48-mile Blackstone River where visitors learn about the rich history of the National Heritage Corridor. The sites [there] take on added significance as they host new visitors drawn by the new Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park,” she said.

More than 65,000 tourists visit the Pawtucket visitor center each year to learn more about Rhode Island’s role in the Industrial Revolution, view the award-winning film “Hidden in the Blackstone” and see works by a variety of local artists displayed in two galleries.

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The Museum of Work & Culture tells the stories of the men and women who found better lives working in Rhode Island’s mills during the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum features a replica of a Quebec farmhouse, mill floor with looms, a triple-decker mill home and a 1929 classroom.

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