The Newport Restoration Foundation’s Board of Trustees (NRF), following due deliberation and consultation, today announced via a press release that it is restructuring the organization’s leadership, which is now be centrally located at Doris Duke’s mansion, Rough Point. “With plans for an expanded board, bringing radically broadened expertise, it has been determined that leadership will […]
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Newport Restoration Foundation now accepting nominations for 2022 Doris Duke Historic Preservation Awards
The annual Doris Duke Historic Preservation Awards, a joint program of the Newport Restoration Foundation and the City of Newport, encourages excellence in historic preservation by recognizing exemplary preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation projects as well as education and advocacy initiatives that have taken place throughout Aquidneck Island. This year’s deadline has been extended to June […]
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Whitehorne House Museum reopens on May 25
Newport Restoration Foundation today announced the opening of the Whitehorne House Museum for the 2022 season. The museum will open on May 25 and remain open this season until October 30. Admission is free for all Newport County residents. Whitehorne House is the only museum in the world specializing in 18th century Newport furniture, craft, and design, according to […]
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Newport Restoration Foundation selects Franklin Vagnone as its new President
The Newport Restoration Foundation today announced that it has selected Franklin Vagnone to serve as the organization’s President, following a competitive national search. Vagnone comes to Newport from the Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, NC where he served as President and CEO of the renowned national historic landmark heritage site. He will assume this […]
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Newport Restoration Foundation Will Host Groundbreaking International Conference on the Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage
Keeping History Above Water addresses major threat to coastal communities, April 10 – 13 The international debate on climate change, cultural heritage, and how to reconcile the two gains a foothold on the East Coast in April with Keeping History Above Water, a 4-day conference organized by the Newport Restoration Foundation to address potential damage to […]