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Providence Commemoration Lab

A collaboration of the Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Funded in part by the Mellon Foundation and the American Rescue Plan.

Boathouse and lake through an iron fence
2009. Roger Williams Park Boathouse courtesy of ACT Archives

Roger Williams Park

Roger Williams Park, also known as “the people’s park,” is 435 acres of green space on the City’s southern border with neighboring Cranston. An important part of the area watershed, still recovering from decades of industrial harm, the park has numerous commemorative works scattered throughout its grounds.

Artists at this site:
+ Raffini
+ Sheida Soleimani
+ Linsey Wallace

Writer at this site:
+ Karla Alba

Learn More
+ PCL Blog
+ Google Maps
+ Wikipedia

Boathouse and lake through an iron fence
2009. Roger Williams Park Boathouse courtesy of ACT Archives

Roger Williams Park

Roger Williams Park, also known as “the people’s park,” is 435 acres of green space on the City’s southern border with neighboring Cranston. An important part of the area watershed, still recovering from decades of industrial harm, the park has numerous commemorative works scattered throughout its grounds.

Artists at this site:
+ Raffini
+ Sheida Soleimani
+ Linsey Wallace

Writer at this site:
+ Karla Alba

Learn More
+ PCL Blog
+ Google Maps
+ Wikipedia

Boathouse and lake through an iron fence
2009. Roger Williams Park Boathouse courtesy of ACT Archives

Roger Williams Park

Roger Williams Park, also known as “the people’s park,” is 435 acres of green space on the City’s southern border with neighboring Cranston. An important part of the area watershed, still recovering from decades of industrial harm, the park has numerous commemorative works scattered throughout its grounds.

Artists at this site:
+ Raffini
+ Sheida Soleimani
+ Linsey Wallace

Writer at this site:
+ Karla Alba

Learn More
+ PCL Blog
+ Google Maps
+ Wikipedia