Learn to Waltz at Historic Rosecliff
What better place to learn how to waltz than at Rosecliff in Newport’s largest, most elegant ballroom? On Friday evening, March 28, from 6-8:30 p.m., The Preservation Society of Newport County will host “Waltz into the Past,” offering introductory waltz lessons by The Dancing Feeling Studio, based in Warwick. The instructors will also perform a choreographed showcase dance before guests practice their new moves in the very room where Tessie Fair Oelrichs hosted Gilded Age parties in the early 1900s and
Preservation Society of Newport County Announces Schedule of Events for 2025
In addition to being one of New England’s premier museums hosting hundreds of thousands of tours at the Newport Mansions every year, The Preservation Society of Newport County holds major events that are highlights of the Newport calendar. Here is a list of the larger events scheduled for 2025 at the Newport Mansions: • “The Newport ‘Piccolo Simposio’: Italian Influence in Newport”:April 3, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave. This smaller-scale relaunch of the Newport Symposium, last held
Curators to Share Insights into Preservation Society Collections
This winter and spring, members of The Preservation Society of Newport County curatorial staff and resident scholars will share their expertise in a series of limited programs called “Lifting the Curtain: Behind the Scenes of Museum Work.”These programs, continuing through April, offer exclusive opportunities to see and learn about the work that happens behind the scenes at the Newport Mansions, including curatorial, conservation, preservation, historical research and interpretation. Most take the form of
