Posts Tagged ‘Newport Preservation Society’
Newport Mansions: MLK Day free admission at Breakers, Marble House. Breakers gates re-do.
Newport Mansions Offer Free Admission on MLK Day The Preservation Society of Newport County will offer free admission to The Breakers and Marble House on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20. The Breakers and Marble House – two National Historic Landmarks built during the Gilded Age by members of the Vanderbilt family –…
Read MoreTo Do in RI: 15 free attractions for Newport county and hospitality employees, June 8-10
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Read MoreBlock Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms
A month ago, after Cape May County, New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit to stop two immense Ørsted wind farms, the company responded by announcing they were canceling their plans, leaving unfinished construction, citing their inability to predict financial pressures on the project, not widespread community opposition. Two senior staff have left the company, and…
Read MorePreservation Society of Newport Job Fair April 12
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Read MorePreservation Society’s Gilded Age Lecture Series
A wide range of topics, from television production to dressmaking to cocktails to music, will be explored in the winter edition of The Preservation Society of Newport County’s ongoing Gilded Age Lecture Series. The series examines all aspects of the American Gilded Age, a period of great change and innovation that spans roughly 1870-1910 –…
Read MoreNewport Mansion doors open once again
Photo, top: The Marble House Starting Memorial Day weekend, The Preservation Society of Newport County will have more of its properties open than at any time since the autumn of 2019, before the COVID pandemic began. The Breakers, Marble House, The Elms, Rosecliff and Green Animals Topiary Garden are open daily, including holidays, starting Friday,…
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