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Guide-led Tour  at  The Breakers

Beneath The Breakers Tour

Daily 10:30 am

Explore the underground systems that made this great house a marvel of technology for its time.

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Guide-led Tour  at  The Breakers

The Breakers Third Floor Preservation in Progress Tour

Daily 1:30pm

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.

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Exhibition  at  Rosecliff

Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age

August 30, 2024 – January 12, 2025 10:00am – 3:00pm

Wild Imagination will explore the changing place of animals in the Gilded Age, a period that transformed how we view and treat the animal world, through more than 100 animal-themed artworks in a range of media. Closed Nov. 22-Dec. 8

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Special Event

Holidays at the Newport Mansions

November 22, 2024 – January 1, 2025

A great Newport tradition! See the great mansions of the Gilded Age dressed in their festive holiday finery. It’s the most spectacular time of the year at these awe-inspiring historic houses.

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Past Special Event

Sparkling Lights at The Breakers

November 22 – December 29, 2024 Admission at 4 pm, 4:30 pm, 5 pm, 5:30 pm and 6 pm. Gates close at 6:30 pm. House & grounds close at 8 pm

This outdoor spectacle of holiday lights will dazzle and delight you! The 13-acre landscape of The Breakers turns into a wonderland of color and light. Includes tour of the lavishly decorated rooms inside the house. Open on select evenings through the season. Includes access to The Breakers interior during the same visit.

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Guide-led Tour  at  The Elms

Servant Life Tour

Daily 10:30 am and 2:30 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.

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