The Preservation Society of Newport County sponsors a full calendar of special events each year. From lectures and films, to the spectacular Newport Flower Show to the glowing holiday lights of December, the Newport Mansions are the setting for unforgettable events and thoughtful educational programs.

Schedule is subject to change.

Upcoming Events
Costume Exhibit: Design Trends in Sophisticated Clothes – Couture Ensembles by Pierre Cardin 1964-2002

May 23 - October 31
Take in a Pierre Cardin retrospective at Rosecliff.

Lecture and Book Signing: Tuxedo Park-The Historic Houses

Thursday, July 10    
Take a photographic journey through the historic community of Tuxedo Park.


See Sail Classics at the Newport Mansions Store

Friday & Saturday, July 11-12   A Sailor's Delight!  


Children's Party at Green Animals Topiary Garden

Monday, July 14   
Come and frolic among the green animals at one of the nation's oldest topiary gardens.

Picturing Rhode Island Booksigning at the Newport Mansions Store

Saturday, July 19    Meet the author of a wonderful pictorial history of Rhode Island.


Garden Booksigning

Wednesday, July 23     Meet Rhode Island garden author Barbara Gee and pick up her new book


Winslow Lecture: The Story of the Great Ocean Liners

Tuesday, August 5
Historian David Garrard Lowe recounts the golden age of sea travel and the larger-than-life personalities who sailed on the great ships.


Tiffany Ball

Friday, August 15
Enjoy an elegant evening of dinner and dancing at The Breakers.


8th Annual Golf Outing

Monday, August 25   
Golf at Newport National Golf Club followed by dinner and auction at Green Animals.


Lecture: Gilded Age American Gardens

Wednesday, September 10
Join a noted garden historian for a look at the opulent gardens of the Gilded Age.


Fall Family Festival at Green Animals

Saturday, September 20   J
Join us for a fun-filled day of activities, including scarecrow building, story-telling, children's crafts and much more!

Day Trip: Journey Into Modernism--A Tour of the Glass House

Thursday, September 25
Come along on a day-long tour of the modernist Glass House in Connecticut.


Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival

Thursday, September 25 - Sunday, September 28
Don't miss a remarkable food and wine experience.

A Musical Afternoon with Elisabeth Von Trapp

Sunday, December 11      Enjoy an enchanting concert of Christmas favorites and traditional hymns by this talented member of the famous singing Von Trapp family


NEWPORT MANSIONS is a registered trademark of The Preservation Society of Newport County. Our tickets should not be presented at any other mansion in Newport except The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, Chepstow, The Elms, Green Animals Topiary Garden, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote, Marble House, and Rosecliff.