Top rated Historical place museums in Newport, United States to elevate your visit (Updated May, 2024)

Top rated Historical place museums in Newport

Experience the best that Newport has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 26 places from Historical place museum category.

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Freetown Historical Society

Historical place museum

5.00 (36 reviews) (~39.95 km from centre)

The Old House at Peacefield - Adams National Historical Park

Historical place museum

Presidents John Adams & John Quincy Adams lived in this preserved family home built in 1731.

4.80 (266 reviews) (~88.81 km from centre)

Lippitt House Museum

Historical place museum

This lavish 1865 former family home turned museum is an unusually intact example of Victorian decor.

4.80 (64 reviews) (~38.25 km from centre)

The Breakers

Historical place museum

Palatial Gilded Age summer home of the Vanderbilts, with ornate artwork, gardens & guided tours.

4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~2.59 km from centre)

Marble House

Historical place museum

The former summer home for the Vanderbilts, this stone Beaux-Arts-style mansion is now a museum.

4.70 (3.1K reviews) (~3.17 km from centre)

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum

Historical landmark

Estate on 33 acres featuring a mansion & expansive gardens (with rare plants) offering group tours.

4.70 (297 reviews) (~18.67 km from centre)

General Nathanael Greene Homestead

Historical place museum

👍👍 Stopped on a whim. The grounds are nice, but the house is closed until later in the week. There are tours offered but it is by appointment. The gentleman there was really nice and answered a lot of my questions.

4.70 (134 reviews) (~29.71 km from centre)

Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum

Historical place museum

Scenic views & museum at historic 1796 lighthouse authorized under President George Washington.

4.60 (4.9K reviews) (~65.07 km from centre)

Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark

Historical place museum

Industrial Revolution museum in a 1793 textile mill, with artifacts, crafts exhibits & guided tours.

4.60 (428 reviews) (~43.47 km from centre)

Newport Tower

Historical place museum

👍👍 The Newport Tower is a nice little tower in the middle of a nice little park. At first glance it appears to to be a simple tower in a park, some claim that this tower has a much more complex history. There have been TV shows that have made the claim that the tower was built by the Knights Templar. T...

4.60 (247 reviews) (~0.57 km from centre)

Lyman Estate

Historical landmark

Federal-style 1793 mansion built for shipping merchant Theodore Lyman & his family, open for tours.

4.60 (233 reviews) (~99.56 km from centre)

The Bradley Estate

Non-profit organization

👍👍 a BEAUTIFUL LiL hidden gem right when you get off 95 North OR South! it's a huge gorgeous property where you are able to walk the grounds & see all the beautiful scenery! they have a small pond, tons of different flowers & Lots of different trails! I'd HIGHLY recommend this pLace if you haven't chec...

4.60 (226 reviews) (~80.45 km from centre)

The Great Hall

Historical place museum

👍👍 Great place to check out if you are in the history and the American Revolution!

4.60 (169 reviews) (~99.07 km from centre)

Linden Place

Historical place museum

Visitors can tour this storied mansion built in 1810, which is also popular as a wedding venue.

4.60 (138 reviews) (~20.38 km from centre)

The John Brown House Museum

History museum

Museum features social & cultural history of early America told through guided & audio tours.

4.60 (134 reviews) (~37.78 km from centre)

Plimoth Patuxet Crafts Center

Historical place museum

👍👍 Very good experience, a lot walk.

4.60 (55 reviews) (~75.91 km from centre)

Richard Sparrow House Inc

Historical place museum

Art gallery & house museum in the 17th-century colonial home of surveyor Richard Sparrow.

4.60 (45 reviews) (~74.57 km from centre)

Worcester Historical Museum

Historical place museum

Museum & archive focusing on Worcester city history, with rotating exhibits & a historic house tour.

4.60 (45 reviews) (~95.28 km from centre)

Gurleyville Grist Mill

Historical place museum

👍👍 The mill was owned by my late wife's Grandfather. The mill processed grains (the silk used to do so is still in the mill) and it operated as a sawmill. The water to power the mill was contained behind a dam, the remnants of which are still visible. My late mother-in-law told of watching salmon try t...

4.60 (31 reviews) (~83.3 km from centre)

Plimoth Patuxet Museums

History museum

Complete re-creation of a 17th-century Pilgrim village, including costumed actors & activities.

4.50 (3.6K reviews) (~75.81 km from centre)

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