Arts & Entertainment
Newport Mansions & Other Attractions Offer Locals Free Admission This Weekend
Newport County residents and hospitality employees can sample local attractions for free this weekend.
NEWPORT, RI — Once a year, most of Newport County's big tourist attractions open their doors for free to residents and hospitality employees. The Preservation Society, Rough Point, Touro Synagogue and 11 others, including a few in Bristol County, will do it again this weekend, June 10, 11 and 12. Visitors showing proof of residency (driver's license or other identification with an address) or proof of hospitality employment (business card, employee ID or pay stub) will enjoy free admission or another value as noted when visiting the attractions listed below.
Specific dates of participation vary from location to location, as noted below. Please visit websites or call the individual attractions for details. Here is the list.
Audubon Society of RI Environmental Education Center
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Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 & 12
Free admission
Limit 6 persons per party
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum
Saturday & Sunday, June 11 & 12
Free admission
Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard
Sunday & Monday, June 11 & 12
Complimentary wine tasting
Greenvale Vineyards
Sunday & Monday, June 11 & 12
Complimentary tasting
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 & 12
Free admission
Guided tours available at 11 am & 2 pm Saturday & Sunday.
Linden Place
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 & 12
Free admission
June 10, 10 am – 3 pm
June 11 & 12, 12 pm – 4 pm
Museum of Newport History
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 & 12
Free admission
Newport Mansions®
The Preservation Society of Newport County
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 & 12
Free admission to The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, Chepstow, The Elms, Green Animals Topiary Garden, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote, Marble House, & Rosecliff; 10% discount at all Newport Mansions Stores. Limited admission tours included on a space available basis.
At Green Animals
Newport Vineyards & Winery
Sunday & Monday, June 11 & 12
Complimentary tour & half price tasting
Norman Bird Sanctuary Hiking Trails & Natural History Museum
Saturday, Sunday & Monday, June 10, 11 &12
Free admission
Rough Point
Saturday & Sunday, June 10 & 11
Free admission.
Self-guided tours 9:30 am - 5 pm
Save the Bay Exploration Center & Aquarium at Easton’s Beach
Sunday & Monday, June 10 & 11
Free admission
Limit six persons per visit
St. Columba’s Chapel
55 Vaucluse Ave., Middletown
401-847-5571
Saturday, June 10
Free admission to 26th Annual English Garden Party, 1 pm - 5 pm
Touro Synagogue
Sunday & Monday, June 11 & 12
Free admission
Loeb Visitor Center 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Guided Tours at 11am, 11:30am, 12 pm, 12:30 pm, 1 pm & 1:30 pm
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