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The Museum of Newport History & Shop is temporarily closed

You can still visit our signature exhibition, “OCCUPIED! Newport and the Fight for Independence”, open in February-December, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm at the  Richard I. Burnham Resource Center (82 Touro Street, Newport).

Upcoming Events

  • A Peaceful Patch of Earth: Blacks in Jamestown, Rhode Island, in a Time of Racial Turbulence in America, 1850-1920 with Peter Fay & Valerie J. Southern

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  • September History Happy Hour

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  • Annual Meeting 2026

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