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February 2026

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Featured Featured February 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

“Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire” with New York Times Bestselling author Julian Sancton

Tuesday, February 24,  2026 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6pm to 7pm; doors open at 5pm for a complimentary reception Roger Dooley wasn’t looking for the San José. But an accidental discovery in the dusty […]

March 2026

Thu 19
Featured Featured March 19 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

“Newport’s Town Records: Lost and Found” with Cherry Fletcher Bamberg

Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island

Thursday, March 19, 2026 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   The story of the loss of a large chest of Newport town records at […]

April 2026

Wed 29
Featured Featured April 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

“Stealing America: The Hidden History of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History” with author Linford D. Fisher

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 The Colony House | Washington Square, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6pm to 7pm; doors open at 5pm for a complimentary reception Indigenous enslavement was a colossal phenomenon of almost unimaginable consequences that ensnared nearly 600,000 Native Americans in North […]

May 2026

Tue 5
Featured Featured May 5 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

“When the Declaration of Independence Was News” with author Emily Sneff

Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 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 1776 people could hear the Declaration of Independence proclaimed in public squares and […]

Thu 21
Featured Featured May 21 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

“Emerson’s Daughters: Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes and Their Legacy” with author Kate Culkin

Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island

Thursday, May 21, 2026 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   As part of an ongoing attempt to uncover women’s history, this book explores the […]

June 2026

Thu 11
Featured Featured June 11 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

“How Liberty Is Sweet: Black Loyalists in Newport During the Revolutionary War” with Dr. Jane Lancaster

Richard I. Burnham Resource Center 82 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island

Thursday, June 11, 2026 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   As historian Benjamin Quarles observed, the loyalty of Black Americans in the Revolution “was […]

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