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The Breakers

The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages" and a symbol of the Vanderbilt family's social and financial pre-eminence in the Gilded Age.

Open 10 am - 3 pm through December 29 (2 pm on Dec. 24); closed Christmas Day; 10 am - 4 pm, December 30 - January 1; 9 am - 4 pm starting January 2
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Marble House

William Vanderbilt built Marble House as a 39th birthday present for his wife, Alva. It was a social and architectural landmark that set the pace for Newport's subsequent transformation from a quiet summer colony of wooden houses to the legendary resort of opulent Gilded Age mansions.

Open daily, 10 am - 4 pm; closed Christmas Day
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The Elms

The Elms was modeled after an 18th-century French chateau but featured the latest technology of the Gilded Age. It houses an outstanding collection of paintings, statuary and tapestries, and its landscape features formal gardens, terraces, pavilions and fountains.

Open daily, 10 am - 4 pm; closed Christmas Day
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Rosecliff

Rosecliff was built for silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs, who used it to host many fabulous Gilded Age entertainments. Architect Stanford White modeled Rosecliff after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles.

Open daily, 10 am - 3 pm; closed Christmas Day
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Chateau-sur-Mer

Chateau-sur-Mer epitomizes High Victorian architecture, furniture, wallpapers, ceramics and stenciling. It was the most palatial residence in Newport until the appearance of the Gilded Age Vanderbilt houses in the 1890s.

Closed for the season. Reopens April 1.
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Chepstow

Chepstow is highly evocative of the taste and collections of a descendant of one of America's founding families, placed in the context of a contemporary Newport summer home.

Closed for the season. Guide-led tours, advance timed tickets required.
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Green Animals Topiary Garden

Home to more than 80 topiary animals and other figures for more than a century, Green Animals also blazes with colorful flowers from May until October. The 7-acre property overlooks Narragansett Bay.

Closed for the season
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Hunter House

Hunter House (c. 1748) is one of the finest examples of Colonial architecture in Newport. The house was owned by wealthy merchants who furnished it with decorative arts produced by expert craftsmen. Such a luxurious lifestyle depended on the labor of enslaved people of African descent. Recent research by the Preservation Society has identified at least 13 enslaved individuals who lived and worked at Hunter House. Today's Hunter House honors their perseverance and incalculable contributions to Newport’s past.

Closed for the season. Guide-led tours, advance timed tickets required.
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Isaac Bell House

Isaac Bell House is one of the best surviving examples of shingle-style architecture in the country. Its architects and designers drew from a mix of international and American influences to create a unique Gilded Age style.

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Kingscote

Kingscote is a landmark of the Gothic Revival style in American architecture. Its appearance in Newport marked the beginning of the “cottage boom” that would distinguish the town as a veritable laboratory for the design of picturesque houses throughout the 19th century.

Closed for the season
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The Breakers Stable & Carriage House

Closed for the season

Tours, Events and Exhibitions

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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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Past Member Event

Members-Only Curator-Led Tours of “Wild Imagination”

October 4, 2024 10:30 am & 12:30 pm
Tours also will be offered on Saturday, October 12, 10:30 & 12:30

Join Curator of Collections Dr. Nicole Williams on a tour of our latest exhibition, "Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age."

Do you want to visit multiple houses?

With the Duo and Trio tickets, you can tour multiple mansions and gardens at a discounted price. These tickets can be used on different days and they do not expire.

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