Built in 1770 for patriot minister William Emerson, The Old Manse, a National Historic Landmark, became the center of Concord’s political, literary, and social revolutions over the course of the next century. The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired nearby – and, less than a century later, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Thoreau spawned a... Learn More >

Chartered in 1747 by 46 prominent citizens of Newport, the Redwood Library & Athenæum is a hybrid museum, rare book repository, and the oldest continuously operating lending library still in its original structure and the nation’s oldest public Neoclassical building. Designed by Peter Harrison, the Library is a registered National Historic... Learn More >

Built by shipwrights in 1834 for whaling merchant William Rotch Jr., the Rotch-Jones-Duff (RJD) House and Garden Museum epitomizes the “brave houses and flowery gardens” described by Herman Melville in Moby-Dick. Greek Revival in style, it was designed by architect Richard Upjohn, a founder and first president of the American Institute or... Learn More >

Welcome to sailing's new home in the heart of Newport, RI. The Sailing Museum, a brand new highly immersive and interactive museum experience. Explore: Wind and Water, The Making of a Sailor - Physical, The Making of a Sailor - Mental, Competition, Team Work and the Legends of Sailing, celebrating members of the National Sailing Hall of Fame and... Learn More >

The Stanley Museum, founded in 1981, is based in Kingfield, Maine, the birthplace of the Stanley family, best known for the Stanley Steamer automobile. The Stanley twin brothers, started their career in photography, later selling out to Eastman Kodak. After building their first prototype Stanley Steamer in 1897, the Stanleys went on to spend 20... Learn More >

Tour the original home of Rhode Island's own Founding Father! This 8-room house, the oldest in the City, built in 1707 & 1742, was home for more than 4 decades to merchant, legislator, judge, 10-time Governor and Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins, his family, and their slaves. A Norman Isham restoration, twice moved... Learn More >

The Telephone Museum focuses on the era 1876-1984 when mechanical and electro-mechanical devices provided telephonic communication. Switchboards and operators, inventions and networks, technicians and customers are featured in interactive exhibits. The evolution from historic methods of communication to current technology is established through... Learn More >

The original Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway ran under various ownership from 1894 until 1933 when the railway closed due to a derailment and deferred maintenance. The railway was scrapped in 1937 and would’ve been largely forgotten. Luckily a few enthusiastic early railway preservationists stepped in at that time to save remnants... Learn More >

The Thomas Griswold House is a classic New England saltbox dwelling standing on a commanding knoll along a picturesque stretch of the old Post Road in Guilford-now designated as a state scenic road. Thomas Griswold III built the house for two of his sons, John and Ezra, circa 1774, on land that had been in the Griswold family since Thomas Griswold... Learn More >

Tomaquag Museum’s mission is to educate the public and promote thoughtful dialogue regarding Indigenous history, culture, arts, and Mother Earth and connect to Native issues of today. Tomaquag Museum was established in 1958 by Eva Butler, an anthropologist, with the guidance of the late Princess Red Wing (Narragansett/Wampanoag), and is... Learn More >