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Operating Schedule
January 3 - March 16, 2012
The Breakers
Open Daily
The Elms & Marble House
Open weekends, holidays, and daily February 17-26 for Newport Winter Festival

See The Elms on PBS's This Old House, February 18. 

Group Tours

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You should allow 90 minutes to visit each property, permitting your group to enjoy the house, grounds and the Newport Mansions Stores.   

To download a copy of our Group Tour brochure, click on the image at right.

Subject to operating schedule, guided tours are provided at Chateau-sur-Mer, Chepstow, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote and the Brayton estate house at Green Animals Topiary Garden.  Guided tours are led by our experienced staff of tour guides.  The narrated portion of each tour is approximately 45 minutes in length.

Self-guided audio tours are provided at The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House and Rosecliff.   Self guided audio tours permit each member of your group to move through the house at their own pace.  Audio tours range in length from 30-90 minutes depending upon the interest of the visitor.   Audio tours at The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House are also available in French, German and Spanish.  At The Breakers, printed tour scripts are also available in Mandarin and Italian.

A self-guided tour is available of the garden at Green Animals Topiary Garden, with a guided tour of the Brayton Estate house offered several times a day.  Detailed garden maps are distributed to our visitors to enjoy the garden at your leisure. 

The Elms Lunch and Audio Tour Combo: Your group can relax and enjoy a mid-day picnic box lunch at The Elms Carriage House Cafe, plus the audio tour of The Elms. Boxed lunch includes your choice of  sandwich or salad, a bag of potato chips, and soft drink or bottled water.   Seating is available both inside the Carriage House and on the outdoor terrace.

Seasonal May through October.


Student Tours

Student tour groups are always welcome at the Newport Mansions. 

The Marble House Mythology and Architecture Tour is accompanied by a downloadable Teacher Resource Guide that provides suggested lesson plans, online tours and research material to support RI learning standards for elementary students.  Designed for students in grades 4-8, this special tour helps students gain a basic understanding of mythology and architecture through imagery, story, interactive participation and by pre-and post-visit activities.   This tour is available daily at 9:30 a.m. with advance reservations.

A Teacher Resource Guide is also available for the Green Animals History on Site Program, which enables students to understand the art of gardens.  Individual imagination and creativity of students is cultivated through lesson plans and a tour focused on the artistic evaluation of Green Animals Topiary Garden.

Christmas at the Newport Mansions



The Breakers music room
Celebrate the holiday season at The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House from mid-November through New Year's, when the houses are decorated in festive themes.  The houses will sparkle with silver and gold, and rooms are filled with decorated trees, thousands of poinsettia plants, wreaths, garlands and flowers.

 Either guided tours or open-house formats may be in effect. 



Holiday Evenings at the Newport Mansions
During Saturday evening open houses in November and December, guests can stroll through the house in the evening while enjoying live music, with a stop for Christmas sweets, eggnog and cider.

Accessibility

The Breakers and Rosecliff are fully wheelchair accessible.  The Elms and Marble House are partially accessible.

Audio tours or printed scripts are available in several languages at The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms and Rosecliff.  Please ask for details about available options when scheduling your tour.

Contact Us

We will be happy to provide materials to help you promote your group's visit to the Newport Mansions.  To request materials, or to arrange a group visit, contact:

Group Tours
The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
USA

Phone: (401) 847-2251
Fax:  (401) 847-9477
Email: groups@NewportMansions.org

 

Group Visit Reservation Form

To request a group visit to the Newport Mansions, please fill out and submit the form below.

To qualify for the ADULT GROUP rate, a minimum of 20 persons is required, and all must visit as an organized group with one person responsible for full payment.  Driver and escort are complimentary.

To quality for the STUDENT GROUP rate, the group must be affiliated with an educational organization and consist of a minimum of 10 students.  For students ages 6-17, one adult chaperone is complimentary and required for every 10 students.

See the group tour admission rates.      See the operating schedule.

Please allow 90 minutes to visit each house, including travel time to other Preservation Society properties.  Tours are scheduled every 15 minutes at the larger houses, and hourly at the smaller houses. 

Tour options (please insert your choices in the appropriate spaces in the form below)
  • The Breakers (self-guided audio tour)
  • Marble House (self-guided audio tour)
  • The Elms (self-guided audio tour)
  • Rosecliff (self-guided audi tour)
  • The Elms Behind-the-Scenes Tour (maximum 15 persons per half-hour)
  • Marble House Mythology Tour (suggested for grades 4-8; avail. daily at 9:30 a.m.; maximum 50 students per tour)
  • Isaac Bell House
  • Chateau-sur-Mer
  • Chepstow
  • Hunter House
  • Kingscote
  • Green Animals Topiary Garden (self-guided tour)
  • The Newport Flower Show
  • Holiday Evening at the Newport Mansions
Group Tour Reservation Form   * Denotes Required Field
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* Number of Adults
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For student groups-one adult chaperone is free & required for every ten students.
* Date of Visit
* Please enter your requested houses/tours and your preferred time. A reservation will not be processed without a specific house and tour time.
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