Rough Point Museum, Rhode Island, United States
4.5 (594 reviews) Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #5 in Newport Speciality Museums • Historic Sites
I Loved Being Here and Can't Praise It Enough
Rough Point is a mansion and a museum with an extensive collection of fine and decorative arts and a sprawling historic landscape with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. The property is experienced today largely as it was lived in during the lifetime of its most famous owner, the heiress Doris Duke.
Address
680 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4283
Mobile
Website
http://www.newportrestoration.org/roughpoint/
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Saturday, May 04, 2024, 11:55
User Ratings
4.5 based on (594 reviews)
Excellent
78%
Good
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Reviews
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5shchristy 5:00 PM Jan 5, 2022
Renovations and Friendliness!
Currently undergoing extensive renovations without and within but parts are still open and the staff were beyond friendly and helpful! Such a gracious group working there as befits a gracious old mansion of its day. Doris Duke donated the entire mansion with everything in it--- a great example of all types of furniture and paintings. Well worth a visit and tour!
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5Susan R 5:00 PM May 30, 2021
Beautiful house with lots of historical detail thrown in
We toured Rough Point over two days as it was pouring rain the day we went and the grounds are just as important to see as the main house. I think this house is one of the nicest of the Bellevue Ave mansions as it is a little more intimate and also because Doris Duke, the former owner, was someone still alive in my lifetime so it was all a bit more relatable than for instance the Breakers and the Marble House, owned by the Vanderbilts. The gardens are exquisite and, even though all the flowers hadnt blossomed yet at the time of my visit, they were really magnificent.
