Newport Black History Walking Tour: Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, […]

Artists in Conversation Creative Collaboration Thursday, August 1 / 5:30-7 pm Museum Galleries About We welcome artists and designers at any stage of their career to come together in-person with fellow artists for informal discussions about work on view in the galleries. Join co-facilitators Fernando Mondragón and Sam Nehila in exploring variables in participation, material influence, and working patterns […]

Join us for Artists in Conversation to engage further with Waterfire's current exhibition, NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection: A Half-Century of RI Patronage, a large-scale exhibition featuring over 100 NetWorks Rhode Island artists. This exhibition celebrates a dynamic community of innovative artists living and working in Rhode Island and their champion, Joseph A. Chazan M.D. Over […]

Think & Drink! France Thursday, August 1 / 6-7:30 pm Museum Galleries About Take a trip to France via the notable French paintings in the collection. With the Summer Olympic games set for summer, this Think & Drink will take you away to France - no passport required! Join Maureen O'Brien, Curator of Painting and […]

Last of the season!!! STAR! Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, their contributions, acts of resistance, and […]

Planetarium Show Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Located in the Museum of Natural History, the planetarium is a dome theater with a Zeiss projector that casts images of stars, planets and constellations to simulate the night sky. Planetarium show tickets must be purchased online using our online ticketing system. Museum admission does not include the […]

Newport Black History Walking Tour: Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, […]

Create music in a relaxed setting! No experience necessary. Michelle Kaminsky will bring specially created wood and metal xylophones of varying sizes. Some of the instruments, designed by Carl Orff, have removable bars. The rich sounds of these instruments remind one of wind chimes, except the players create the music!! Young or old, musician or […]

Planetarium Show Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Located in the Museum of Natural History, the planetarium is a dome theater with a Zeiss projector that casts images of stars, planets and constellations to simulate the night sky. Planetarium show tickets must be purchased online using our online ticketing system. Museum admission does not include the […]