Coggeshall Farm Museum, Historical tenant farm museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, US.
The museum spans 48 acres of coastal farmland where interpreters demonstrate agricultural methods and daily routines from the late 18th century.
The property gained recognition when Chandler Coggeshall, son of tenant farmers Wilbur and Eliza, contributed to establishing the University of Rhode Island in 1888.
The museum presents demonstrations of traditional New England farming techniques, crop cultivation, and animal husbandry practices from the year 1799.
The educational programs include field trips for schools, hands-on farming activities, and seasonal workshops focused on historical agricultural methods.
Heritage breed animals graze across the salt marsh farm while staff members maintain gardens using period-specific tools and techniques.
Location: Rhode Island
Inception: 1973
Website: https://coggeshallfarm.org
GPS coordinates: 41.67300,-71.29700
Latest update: March 14, 2025 09:50
Rhode Island appeals to travelers curious about places often left out of main routes. Along the coast, several lighthouses show the area's maritime history: the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum in Jamestown tells the story of sailors through its optical instruments, while the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island, made of red bricks, has watched over the Atlantic since 1875. In Portsmouth, the Green Animals Topiary Garden features over eighty plant sculptures shaped like animals, one of the oldest such gardens in the United States. Parks and gardens invite for walks in quiet settings. Wilcox Park in Westerly surrounds a pond lined with old plants, Kinney Azaleas Garden blooms with three hundred kinds of flowers in spring, and Blithewold Estate in Bristol shows a 1908 house with forty-five acres of botanical gardens. For nature lovers, Napatree Point Conservation Area offers 2.4 kilometers of dunes and marshes where migrating birds rest, and Stepstone Falls reveal small cascades in the West Greenwich forest. In Providence, the Armory Arts District uses old 19th-century warehouses turned into sixty galleries and studios. Prospect Terrace offers a nice view of the Capitol and the city rooftops from a hill.
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