Newport Historical Society

Join the Newport Historical Society for a lecture From Saints to Bootleggers: The Struggle for Temperance and Prohibition in Rhode Island with public historian, Robert A. Geake at the Newport Historical Society Resource Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport RI on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 5:30pm. This lecture will illustrate the observations and experiences of […]

When Newport, Rhode Island was founded in 1639, what were people wearing? Join the Newport Historical Society’s History Space event, A Colonist’s Wardrobe, on Saturday April 20, 2019, from 10am-2pm, at the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House, 17 Broadway, Newport, RI, for an interactive program with 17th century tailor Dan Rosen. Chat with Dan and feel the fabrics […]

Join the Newport Historical Society for a lecture with 18th century fashion scholar Dr. Kimberly Alexander at the Newport Historical Resource Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 6:00pm. Forgotten in cupboards, pushed into the back of drawers, secreted away behind walls and chimney breasts, footwear frequently connotes a sense […]

Join the Newport Historical Society to celebrate making history today in a new annual award program, the History Starts Here Award, for making history now in Rhode Island. Enjoy food and drink to celebrate the launch of Ardent Advocate: Selected Letters of William Ellery from the Newport Historical Society Collection. The Newport Historical Society has […]

Join the Newport Historical Society for Frère et Concitoyen: A Newporter in Revolutionary France, a lecture by Will Simpson, a Buchanan Burnham Summer Scholar in Public History, which will be at the Newport Historical Society Resource Center, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI, on September 5, 2019 at 5:30pm. The story of William H. Vernon’s years […]

They Were Good Soldiers African-Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783 A book talk with John Rees Thursday, October 10, 5:30pm Newport Historical Society, 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI African Americans, free and enslaved, served from the first action at Lexington to the end of the War for Independence, for the most part in integrated […]

Newport Historical Society Winter Fest Walking Tours February 16 4:00 pm - Colonial Newport Lantern Tour: Enjoy a lantern-lit walk through Newport’s historic streets. Learn about Newport’s early history including stories of rebellion, revolution and religious liberty. This tour lasts approximately 75 minutes. February 17 11:00 am - Golden to Gilded: From Newport’s colonial Golden Age […]

Rhode Island historians Erik Chaput and Russell DeSimone will discuss the life and career of one of the most important civil rights activists of the 19th century – George T. Downing (1819-1903). Although Downing traveled extensively, living in Providence and Boston before the Civil War and in Washington, D.C., managing the U.S. House of Representatives […]