Best Things to Do in Newport East
35 places · Museums, landmarks and the experiences worth your time.
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Artillery Company of Newport Military Museum
The Artillery Company of Newport Military Museum is located at 23 Clarke Street and houses a museum within the historic armory. It offers visitors insight into the company’s long military history.
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Audrain Auto Museum
Audrain Auto Museum is an attraction located at 222 Bellevue Avenue.
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National Museum of American Illustration
The National Museum of American Illustration, founded in 1998, is housed in the Vernon Court mansion on Bellevue Avenue and displays over 2,000 original works by artists such as Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish.
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Newport Art Museum
The Newport Art Museum, founded in 1912, occupies the John N. A. Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue.
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Old Colony House
Old Colony House at 82 Touro Street provides an insight into local heritage.
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The Breakers
The Breakers is a Gilded Age mansion located at 44 Ochre Point Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The Sailing Museum
The Sailing Museum is located at 365 Thames Street. It offers visitors a chance to explore maritime history through its exhibits.
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Whitehall Museum House
Whitehall Museum House at 311 Berkeley Avenue was a farmhouse altered by Dean George Berkeley between 1729 and 1731 while he resided in northern Newport, Rhode Island. The building later served as the Bishop George Berkeley House and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Founders Hall
The Founders Hall is an attraction located in Newport, Rhode Island. It serves as the Naval War College Museum and is part of a National Historic Landmark District.
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Museum of Newport History
The Museum of Newport History is located in the Old Brick Market building on Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island.
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The Doll Museum
The Doll Museum offers a collection of dolls that showcase various styles and historical periods. Visitors can explore the displays to learn about the evolution of doll-making.
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Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion
Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion at 474 Bellevue Avenue is owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and open to visitors as a museum.
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Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic house built in 1748, located at 54 Washington Street in East's Point, Newport.
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International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame at 194 Bellevue Avenue houses a museum and a complex with 13 grass courts, three indoor courts, three outdoor hard courts, one green clay court, a court tennis facility, and a theatre. It preserves the history of players and contributors to tennis worldwide.
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Isaac Bell House
The Isaac Bell House at 70 Perry Street offers a glimpse of Gilded Age elegance in Newport.
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Kingscote Mansion
Kingscote Mansion is a Gothic Revival house museum located at 253 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps
Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps is located on Narragansett Avenue.
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Newport Mansions Preservation Society
The Newport Mansions Preservation Society located at 424 Bellevue Avenue is an attraction.
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Rosecliff Mansion
Rosecliff Mansion at 548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, is a Gilded Age residence that has been converted into a historic house museum.
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The Elms Mansion
The Elms Mansion at 367 Bellevue Avenue in Newport showcases the work of architect Horace Trumbauer, who designed it for coal baron Edward Julius Berwind and drew inspiration from France’s Château d'Asnières. The gardens were crafted by C.H. Miller and E.W. Bowditch, and the Preservation Society opened the house to visitors after purchasing it in 1962.
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Breakers Observation Area
The Breakers Observation Area offers visitors a view of the surrounding landscape.
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Old Colony House
The Old Colony House, also called the Old State House or Newport Colony House, sits at the east end of Washington Square in Newport, Rhode Island.