Newport History Tours is Newport’s leading tour group and has been recognized by media outlets such as Yankee Magazine for presenting outstanding tours. Led by expert guides, these tours offer a captivating journey through Newport’s storied streets.
Newport History Tours is a program of the Newport Historical Society, a non-profit founded in 1854. The Society’s purpose is to collect, document, and preserve Newport’s unique contribution to our national narrative over five centuries. Their continuing mission is to chronicle, advocate for the importance of, and communicate this history to a broad audience, to ensure that knowledge of Newport’s past will contribute to a deeper understanding of the present and better preparation for the future.
Newport History Tours invites you to discover our city’s rich past by exploring its historic buildings and landscape on walking tours that celebrate the many voices and stories that make up our community’s history. It is important to acknowledge that Newport is built on the ancestral lands of Native American nations who welcomed the first European settlers to Rhode Island. Furthermore, this State’s wealth and development were historically dependent on the unwilling labor of people of African and Native descent, who played an integral role in building this State.
