Newport Historical Society's Museum of Newport History & Shop
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Newport, RI
127 Thames St Newport, RI 02840
Newport, RI
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OpenWednesday 10:00am -
4:00pm
monday
10:00am-4:00pm
tuesday
10:00am-4:00pm
wednesday
10:00am-4:00pm
thrusday
10:00am-4:00pm
friday
10:00am-4:00pm
saturday
10:00am-4:00pm
sunday
10:00am-4:00pm
About Newport Historical Society's Museum of Newport History & Shop
Member since
July 2021
Specialties: Located in the 1762 Brick Market (designed by Peter Harrison) our award-winning Museum is the perfect place to begin a visit to Newport. The Museum provides the whole family with an engaging introduction to the area's rich history and the beauty of its architecture. Glimpse the lives of the people-past and present-who have made Newport one of America's most historic cities. Open da...Specialties: Located in the 1762 Brick Market (designed by Peter Harrison) our award-winning Museum is the perfect place to begin a visit to Newport. The Museum provides the whole family with an engaging introduction to the area's rich history and the beauty of its architecture. Glimpse the lives of the people-past and present-who have made Newport one of America's most historic cities. Open daily, the Museum & Shop is an information center and departure point for guided walking tours. Established in 1854. The Newport Historical Society was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history. The Society's collections originated thirty years earlier as the "Southern Cabinet" of the Rhode Island Historical Society. By 1853, several prominent Newporters recognized the need for a separate organization specifically devoted to preserving the history of Newport County, and the collections of the Southern Cabinet were reorganized under the auspices of the Newport Historical Society.
The collections of the Newport Historical Society have continued to grow, and have, in fact, outgrown every structure provided for them within a decade or less of the ground-breaking. The result is one of the finest local historical society collections in New England. Its manuscripts, portraits, silver, furniture, decorative arts, and genealogical collection are nationally recognized.see more