The traveling panel exhibition The Many Faces of George Washington from George Washington’s Mount Vernon will be coming to the Newport Colony House this ...
More InfoFriday June 24, 2011 at 11am Mark the start of summer with the limited engagement tour “The Other Summer Colony: Newport’s Forgotten 19th Century ...
More InfoIn a letter written to his family, John Scott DeBlois said of whaling, “It is a wretched life [of] privations and hardship deprived of ...
More InfoIn 2005, the artists Christo (b. 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (1935 – 2009) constructed 7,503 fabric panels on the snow covered grounds of Central Park ...
More InfoAlthough there was recognition in some quarters in Rhode Island that the ideal of “liberty of conscience” was not compatible with the institution of slavery ...
More InfoCongratulations to Board President Dennis McCoy, and his wife Susan, for winning the 2011 Newport Daily News Community Service Award! Dennis is an essential component ...
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