Architecture: This section offers an overview of the important sites maintained by the Preservation Society as well as historical images of Newport’s lost buildings.
Collections: Here you'll find information on objects in the Preservation Society's collection and special exhibitions.
Landscape: Information on Newport's historic landscapes.
Social History: Learn about the people who lived and worked in Newport's houses.
Preservation and Conservation: Updates about conservation projects of interest, offering insights into the technical expertise and research involved in protecting our collections.
Research and Scholarship: Here you'll find research reports and scholarly papers written by Preservation Society research fellows, curators and historians.
Teacher Resources: Here you can read and download our teacher resource guides, which contain suggested lesson plans, tour transcripts and reference materials to support learning standards for elementary students.
For more information about Newport history, architecture and people, as well as preservation resources, please see our
Reading List.
Academic Programs
The Preservation Society offers many learning opportunities, designed to present its houses and collections to a broad and diverse audience in as many interesting and enlightening ways as possible. These programs include international symposia and forums study days, lectures, workshops, films, tours, and more. Programs are offered year-round throughout the Society' s historic properties and its grounds.
The Newport Symposium is an international forum for the study and discussion of a diverse range of arts and historical issues. The audience consists of academics, collectors, major donors to and trustees of museums and arts foundations, museum directors and curators, and professional furniture appraisers and art dealers.
A calendar of specific events can be found under
Events Calendar.