Tours Events
Chateau-sur-Mer Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Chateau-sur-Mer from the comfort of your own home
The Breakers Family Tour
Daily
opening hours
A dragon in the dining room and a dolphin under the stairs – this tour will introduce children to this Gilded Age mansion from a unique and fun perspective.
Chateau-sur-Mer Landscape Tour
Daily
opening hours
Experience our GPS-guided landscape tour of Chateau-sur-Mer!
The Breakers Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit The Breakers from the comfort of your own home
Kingscote Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Kingscote from the comfort of your own home
Brayton House Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Brayton House from the comfort of your own home
The Breakers Audio Tour
Daily
opening hours
Based on personal diaries, letters, records and oral histories, The Breakers audio tour offers first-person accounts of life in the house from members of the family, servants and their children.
Hunter House Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Hunter House from the comfort of your own home
Marble House Family Tour
Saturdays & Sundays
opening hours
From ancient superheroes to a talking house, kids will learn about Marble House and the people that lived and worked here from a unique and fun perspective. Included with regular admission.
Chepstow Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Chepstow from the comfort of your own home
Marble House Audio Tour
Saturdays & Sundays
opening hours
Hear Alva Vanderbilt talk about the architectural masterpiece she helped to design, which she described as “like a fourth child to me.” Learn how she used it to cement her place in society, to arrange her daughter’s marriage to British aristocracy, and later as a rallying point for women’s right to vote.
Marble House Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit Marble House from the comfort of your own home
The Elms Audio Tour
Daily
opening hours
Hear fascinating first-person accounts of life in a house modeled after an 18th-century chateau, built for entertaining and as a showcase for art, but with every modern convenience available at the turn of the 20th century. The Elms tour also provides new information about recent restoration projects in the house and about servant life.
The Elms Virtual Tour
Daily
virtual
Visit The Elms from the comfort of your own home
Beneath The Breakers Tour
Daily
10:30am and 2:30pm
Explore the underground systems that made this great house a marvel of technology for its time.
Learn from Our Docents
Saturdays & Sundays
multiple times daily
Who are the French kings and Greek gods depicted on the walls? Why is the Gothic Room so ... Gothic? Hear all the details of this spectacular house, and stories of the people who lived and worked there, from one of our expert guides.
Servant Life Tour
Daily
Starting April 1, 2023
See and hear how the other half lived as you take the Servant Life Tour at The Elms. This tour will highlight the stories of some of the men and women who worked to service the social whirl of Newport during the Gilded Age.
Rosecliff Audio Tour
Daily
opening hours
As you explore this elegant Gilded Age mansion, you’ll hear stories about its owner, Tessie Oelrichs, who was so eager to throw her first party at Rosecliff that she did not wait until the house was finished! You’ll learn how Rosecliff was perfectly designed for entertaining – and how the famous Ballroom, the largest in Newport, was once used as a roller skating rink.
