Explore the legacy of Rhode Island mill workers at the Museum of Work & Culture’s 18th Annual Labor Day Open House.

Admission is free, from 9:30 am to 4 pm on Monday, Sept. 5, with this year’s event celebrating the debut of the Mill Workers’ Memory Bank, a digital registry of profiles of former mill workers.

Monday, September 5th, Labor Day, will mark the exhibit’s premiere, with event attendees being the first to have the opportunity to register their loved ones and permanently recognize their contribution to Rhode Island’s manufacturing heritage. For Labor Day only, photographs will be included in profiles for free.*

Additional programming will include:

• Walking tours of historic Woonsocket by the National Park Service at 10 am and 11:30 am
• A presentation by Woonsocket Works Exhibit Developers Content Design at 1:30 pm
• A designing Main Street activity for children and a staffed Catholic schools archive
• As well as the display of “Community Care Alliance: Human Services in Woonsocket, A 125 Year History” in the changing gallery.

*Read about the Mill Workers’ Memory Bank project, and how to participate, in the Valley Breeze. Profiles can be created for a donation of $25. All donations will go toward the development of Woonsocket Works, a new digital exhibit space which will prominently feature the Memory Bank. All donations are tax deductible. Registration forms can be downloaded here.