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History of Newport and the Mansions
Founded in 1639, Newport was an important port city, a center of the slave trade, a fashionable resort and the summer home of the Gilded Age rich.
What was the Gilded Age?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented change in America. Fortunes were spent on luxuries such as the lavish "summer cottages" of Newport.
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The Gilded Age is notorious as a time of rampant political corruption and heavy-handed corporate intervention in elections. It was also a time when reformers ignited a reinvention of American democracy, changing how people voted, why people voted and how government worked. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer T.J. Stiles looks at the often-surprising battles of Theodore Roosevelt and others, revealing both the underside of their efforts and the unexpected benefits as they laid the foundations for the republic we know today.
T.J Stiles’ book The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, will be available for purchase at the reception and the author will be available for a book signing.
Event thumbnail photo credit: “Theodore Roosevelt,” American Press Association, c. 1910. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division.
T.J. Stiles received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History for “Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America” and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and 2009 National Book Award for Nonfiction for “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt.” He is also the author of “Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War,” which won the Ambassador Book Award and Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship. He is currently writing a biography of Theodore Roosevelt.
Explore the underground systems that made this great house a marvel of technology for its time.
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.Starting November 3, offered at 12 pm only.
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.
This exhibition examines the mind, ambition and legacy of America’s Dean of Architecture, who shaped Gilded Age America not only through the buildings he created – including The Breakers and Marble House – but also through his ideas.
New dates added, Oct. 14 & 17! 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. Tuesdays and Fridays, August 15, 19, 22, 26 & 29; September 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26 & 30; and October 7, 10, 14 & 17.
Chief Curator Leslie Jones will discuss the Preservation Society’s newest exhibition, focusing on the great architect's life, travels and interests.
In an exclusive for our members, Director of Museum Affairs & Chief Curator Leslie Jones and Chief Conservator Patty Miller will give a wide-ranging update on the state of the Preservation Society collections.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a 3,000-year-old tradition from China that celebrates togetherness. We invite you to a family program celebrating this festival on the grounds of Marble House and in the Chinese Tea House.
David Baron, award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author, discusses the Gilded Age's fascination with Mars – a phenomenon that endures today.
Calling all intermediate or above watercolor painters! Join Bill Lane, award-winning local watercolor artist, for an intermediate level day-long workshop on plein air painting at The Elms.
Witches and vampires, angels and princesses, skeletons and superheroes, get ready! There’s big Halloween fun for the family at Newport’s biggest mansion. Tickets available to members October 1 & general public October 2.
Founded in 1993, the Newport Symposium has been an annual convening of fine and decorative arts experts and enthusiasts from across the country and the world. Attendees listen to stimulating lectures, experience behind-the-scenes study opportunities and gather to network and discuss the future of our history.
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.
A great Newport tradition! See the magnificent 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.
"Pearls of Newport" is the perfect theme for the 30th anniversary Newport Flower Show, celebrating the city's coastal identity and maritime history.
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Parking is free onsite at all properties except for Hunter House and The Breakers Stable & Carriage House, where street parking is available.
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