John Brown House Museum

The John Brown House Museum is a National Historic Landmark in Providence, Rhode Island, managed by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Completed in 1788, it was the city's first mansion and was famously described by John Quincy Adams as the most magnificent private home he had seen in America. The museum presents Rhode Island’s history and the world up to 1860, exploring John Brown’s role as a merchant, statesman, and slave trader. Tours at the museum address the complexities of the Brown family's involvement in the slave trade and their debates around enslavement. The house sits at 52 Power Street, bordering Brown University in the historic College Hill neighborhood.