For more than a decade the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has allowed a private citizen to run a non-profit museum in a state-owned building, without any public access to what’s inside. The Fort Burnside Communications and Coastal Defense Museum – in the heart of Beavertail State Park – was camouflaged during World War II to look like an innocuous farmhouse. These days it’s hidden from public access. But as a result of our investigation: that’s about to change.
