Historic Sites & Museums
Celebrate a rich and fascinating history around every corner. Grand landmarks combine with fine museums to preserve and interpret local and regional culture, both ancient and modern.
Regional Museums
Culinary Archives & Museum
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum
Governor Henry Lippitt House
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Heritage Harbor Museum
Herreshoff Marine & America’s Cup Museum
International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Scholar-Athlete
Jamestown Fire Department Museum
John Brown House Museum
Linden Place Museum
Museum of the Artillery Company of Newport
Museum of Newport History
Museum of Rhode Island History
Museum of Work & Culture
The National Museum of American Illustration
Naval War College Museum
New England Wireless & Steam Museum
The Sailing Museum
South County History Center
South County Museum
Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
Varnum House Museum
Whitehall Museum House
Historic Sites
Aldrich Mansion
Babcock-Smith House
Barrington Civic Center
Beavertail Lighthouse Museum
Blithewold Mansions, Gardens and Arboretum
Blackstone River Valley
General Nathanael Greene Homestead
Newport Mansions
Phillip Walker House
Providence Athenaeum
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
Rhode Island Historical Society
Roger Williams National Memorial
Slater Mill Historic Site
Smith’s Castle Plantation
Touro Synagogue
Trinity Episcopal Church
Watson Farm