The Preservation Society of Newport County is extending two popular guided tours of its historic mansions, offering visitors more opportunities to explore the Gilded Age and behind-the-scenes spaces.
Starting Sept. 3, the Inside “The Gilded Age” Tour will be available every Tuesday and Friday through Sept. 27. The 3.75-hour tour takes guests through four Newport mansions featured in HBO’s Emmy-winning series “The Gilded Age.”
Guides lead visitors through The Elms, Marble House, Chateau-sur-Mer and The Breakers, providing insights into the filming locations and the real-life inhabitants of these opulent homes. The tour also offers a glimpse into the logistics of hosting a major television production in National Historic Landmark museums.
Advance ticket purchase is required for the Inside “The Gilded Age” Tour, which can be booked through the Preservation Society’s website.
In addition to the HBO-inspired tour, The Breakers Third Floor Preservation in Progress Tour is expanding its availability. From Sept. 3 through Oct. 14, this unique experience will be offered twice daily at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. After Oct. 15, the tour will be available once daily at 1:30 p.m.
The Breakers tour provides unprecedented access to the mansion’s third floor, showcasing private spaces used by the Vanderbilt family and their staff. These areas have never been open to the public in the mansion’s 129-year history.
“This guide-led tour allows visitors to see and learn about third-floor private spaces, used by the Vanderbilt family and their household staff, that had never previously been open to the public in The Breakers’ 129-year history,” the Preservation Society states in its press release.
Advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended for The Breakers Third Floor tour, which can also be booked through the organization’s website.
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