WinterFest 2025
An annual tradition, WinterFest Story Time at the Newport Mansions is a celebration of the winter season! Families can listen to a winter-themed story, participate in craft projects and visit Rosecliff’s historic ballroom. This program is geared toward participants ages 4 and older. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
All programs are free but space is limited; advance registration is necessary.
Monday, February 17
"Over and Under the Snow" by Kate Messner
REGISTRATION FULL
Tuesday, February 18
"Winnie Loves Winter" by Tiffany Obeng
REGISTRATION FULL
Wednesday, February 19
"The Snow Dancer" by Addie Boswell
REGISTRATION FULL
Thursday, February 20
"Whose Tracks in the Snow?" by Alexandra Milton
REGISTRATION FULL
Friday, February 21
"Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen
REGISTRATION FULL
More Tours, Events & Exhibitions
Beneath The Breakers Tour
Daily
10:00am
Explore the underground systems that made this great house a marvel of technology for its time.
June 1 - September 1, offered at 10 am & 2 pm
Third Floor Preservation in Progress Tour
Daily
12 pm and 2 pm
For the first time in the 129-year history of The Breakers, the private third-floor family space occupied by generations of Vanderbilts is open for public tours.
Servant Life Tour
Daily
10 am and 2 pm
See and hear how the other half lived. This tour will highlight the stories of some of the men and women who worked to service the social whirl of Newport during the Gilded Age.
June 1 - September 1, offered at 10 am, 12 pm & 2 pm
Inside “The Gilded Age” Tour
May 2 – June 27, 2025
Fans of HBO’s "The Gilded Age" will love this guide-led tour of locations in four of the Newport Mansions where Julian Fellowes' historical drama series was filmed. Fridays only, May 2 through June 27.
