Every third Tuesday of the Month | 4pm - 7pm Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI Free with any Donation Join us for an evening at the NHS' current exhibition, "Newport 1775: Whose Side Are You On?" History Happy Hour is Social Hour at the NHS, bring your friends, family and […]
Thursday, September 18th, 2025 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception In 1842, Black Rhode Islanders secured a stunning victory rarely seen in antebellum America: […]
Thursday, October 9th, 2025 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception We are taught as schoolchildren that the great achievement of American independence was defeating […]
Thursday, October 30th, 2025 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception Newport Gardner's Anthem explores the remarkable life of Occramer Marycoo, an enslaved African who went […]
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6:30pm to 7:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception Dr. Timothy Walker, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and oceanographer Dr. […]
Friday, December 12th, 2025 Museum of Newport History & Shop | 127 Thames Street, Newport 3pm to 6pm | Book Signing Event Although most Americans have heard of sugar plums […]
