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Traveling Tuesdays & Thursdays in the Garden

Two summer program series for kids – "Traveling Tuesdays" and "Thursdays in the Garden" – offer activities in the beautiful settings of the Newport Mansions and Green Animals Topiary Garden.

What you need to know

July 8 – August 21, 2025
  • Family-Level members, go to "Member Login" for free registration.
  • Advance registration required.
  • Adult caregiver must be present.
  • Materials and supplies fee is included in your payment.
  • These programs are targeted to children ages 5 to 7 years old plus caregivers. Older and younger siblings are welcome, too!

“Traveling Tuesdays” will occur each Tuesday from July 8 through August 19 from 10:30-11:30 am. Each week, the program will take place at a different property so children and their caregivers can enjoy all the Newport Mansions have to offer. Children will learn a little bit about history and connect their crafts to the properties.

“Thursdays in the Garden” will take place from July 10 through August 21 from 10:30-11:30 am. at Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth, R.I. Children will enjoy the outdoor space and gardens and learn about nature.

For each program, children will receive a stamp in their Newport Mansions Passport. After receiving four stamps, they will earn a prize.

Scroll down for details about each program.

Family-Level members, log into your account in the Membership Portal for free registration.

Kites Take Flight
Past Family Programming

Traveling Tuesdays: Kites Take Flight

July 8, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Back by popular demand! Create your very own "stained-glass" paper kite, inspired by the stained-glass skylight inside The Breakers! Kids will have a chance to fly their kite on the lawn and learn about the children who once lived there.

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BEE Happy!
Past Family Programming

Thursdays in the Garden: BEE Happy!

July 10, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Learn about the important role of bees in the garden and take home your own BEE-utiful craft.

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Collect the World
Past Family Programming

Traveling Tuesdays: Collect the World

July 15, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Kids collect all kinds of things! In honor of our current exhibition, “Richard Morris Hunt: In a New Light,” at Rosecliff, we will learn a little about collecting and then collect some of our own 'treasures” in the backyard.

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Compost Kids
Past Family Programming

Thursdays in the Garden: Compost Kids

July 17, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Go green and learn all about composting! In this session, we will visit Green Animals' incredible compost pile, learn what to compost, how to use it, and make a take-home micro composter!

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Be aMAZEd!
Past Family Programming

Traveling Tuesdays: Be aMAZEd!

July 22, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Learn how a sod maze inspired by English country gardens came to be on the lawn at Chateau-sur-Mer. Walk the maze (we won’t get lost) and then design your own mini version of earthwork art.

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Plants Dance
Family Programming

Thursdays in the Garden: Plants Dance!

July 24, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Move and groove in the garden! Join us for an hour of movement and dance with an instructor from Newport Contemporary Ballet.

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Teatime Around the World
Family Programming  at  Marble House

Traveling Tuesdays: Teatime Around the World

July 29, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

SOLD OUT

Have a tea party and learn about tea around the world, right next to the historic Chinese Tea House.

Peter and the Wolf
Family Programming  at  Green Animals Topiary Garden

Thursdays in the Garden: Historic Music of Newport Presents “Peter and the Wolf”

July 31, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Come experience music for the whole family! Five wind instruments of Historic Music of Newport’s Gilded Age Orchestra will be introduced to the children and the sounds of ducks, cats and wolves will reverberate through the garden as a narrator tells Sergei Prokofiev’s story of "Peter and the Wolf."

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Colonial Kids
Family Programming  at  Hunter House

Traveling Tuesdays: Colonial Kids

August 5, 2025 10:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Learn what life was like for colonial kids at our colonial-era property. Since children in those times did not have TV or computers, they often had to make their own toys. Come try your hand at making colonial toys and pretend to live in the 1700s!

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Tree Time
Family Programming  at  Green Animals Topiary Garden

Thursdays in the Garden: Tree Time!

August 7, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Tree education for kids! Learn about the different trees at Green Animals, how they grow and why they are important.

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Animals All the Way
Family Programming  at  The Elms

Traveling Tuesdays: Animals All the Way

August 12, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Learn about Hippodale the Papillon as well as different types of animals that lived in Newport during the Gilded Age. Please feel free to bring your favorite stuffed animal to join in the fun!

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Feathered Friends
Family Programming  at  Green Animals Topiary Garden

Thursdays in the Garden: Feathered Friends

August 14, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Kids practice becoming birders and learn about our local feathered friends, from cardinals to hummingbirds and sparrows to hawks.

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Journey to Japan
Family Programming  at  Isaac Bell House

Traveling Tuesdays: Journey to Japan

August 19, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Did you know the design of Isaac Bell House was inspired partially by Japanese architecture? Join us for this interactive introduction to Japan.

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Enchanted Garden
Family Programming  at  Green Animals Topiary Garden

Thursdays in the Garden: Enchanted Garden

August 21, 2025 10:30am – 11:30am

Tickets from $5 to $10

Have you seen our unicorn topiary? Well, the unicorn's fairy friends need your help! We will create fairy homes and experience the garden with a sense of wonder.

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