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October 2024

Thu 17
Featured Featured October 17, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Patriots and Tea: Newport and the American Revolution with author James Fichter

Leatherman Program Center, Newport Historical Society Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI, United States

Thursday October 17, 2024 at 6:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI Tickets: $15-$20 per person After the […]

$20

November 2024

Sat 2
Featured Featured November 2, 2024 - November 3, 2024

NHS Members Weekend

November 2nd & 3rd, 2024 Various Locations Free for Members For the first time ever on November 2nd and 3rd the Newport Historical Society will be holding a Members weekend […]

Wed 13
Featured Featured November 13, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Reconstructing Black Experiences in Histories of Pirates, Plunder, and Atlantic Slavery with Dr. Hannah Francis

NHS Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 6:30pm; doors open at 5:30pm for a complimentary reception Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI Tickets: $15-$20 per person The famed […]

Thu 21
Featured Featured November 21, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery with author Seth Rockman

Leatherman Program Center, Newport Historical Society Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI, United States

Thursday, November 21, 2024: doors open at 5:30 for a cocktail reception Newport Historical Society resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI Tickets: $15 - $20 per person In this talk, Rockman tells the biggest stories of early American history through the most mundane artifacts: shoes manufactured in Massachusetts for the use of enslaved people […]

Sat 30
Featured Featured November 30, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NHS Holiday Open House

Saturday, November 30th 2024 4pm to 6pm The Colony House | Washington Square   Join us this Saturday, November 30th for a Holiday open house at the Colony House! The Newport Historical Society will have the Colony House open from 4pm to 6pm for families to come in and learn about the history of how […]

Free

December 2024

Thu 12
Featured Featured December 12, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Holiday Sip & Shop at the Museum of Newport History

Thursday, December 12th, 2024 4pm to 7pm Museum of Newport History & Shop | 127 Thames Street,  Newport   Enjoy an evening of beverages and shopping at the Museum of […]

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