Newport County Days
Newport County Residents, Be Our Guests!
The Preservation Society of Newport County invites all Newport County residents to visit our houses and properties for free, Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2024.
Experience the beauty and grandeur of The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms and Rosecliff. These Newport Mansions appear in Julian Fellowes’ “The Gilded Age” series on HBO and they have awed generations of visitors. Download the free Newport Mansions audio tour app, bring your earbuds and hear the fascinating stories of people who lived and worked in these grand mansions. Children’s audio tours at The Breakers and Marble House bring the houses to life for young imaginations, with cool sound effects and fun characters.
This offer is for residents of Newport, Jamestown, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton and Little Compton. Proof of residency is required. Free admission is also extended to personnel stationed at Naval Station Newport and their immediate family (Naval Station ID required) and students of Salve Regina University (student ID required).
This offer excludes specialty tours like Beneath The Breakers and The Elms Servant Life Tour.
Newport County Days also will be offered June 8, 9 & 10 and October 26 & 27.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Newport Mansions!
Residents of the City of Newport can enjoy free admission to our houses in Newport and to Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth whenever they are open for tours. Proof of Newport residence is required. Also includes Naval Station Newport personnel and Salve Regina University students (Naval Station or student ID required). Excludes special events and specialty tours such as Beneath The Breakers, The Elms Servant Life, Inside “The Gilded Age” and Sparkling Lights at The Breakers.
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.
The Breakers Third Floor Preservation in Progress Tour
Daily
2:00pm
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.
Lifting the Curtain: Behind the Scenes of Museum Work
January 23 – April 10, 2025
11:00am – 12:30pm
This series of programs, listed below, offers glimpses into the work that happens behind the scenes at the Newport Mansions, including curatorial, conservation, preservation, historical research and interpretation.
