Located on the southernmost tip of Jamestown, the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum features a collection of information, artifacts, and conversations about the history and site of the third-oldest lighthouse in North America.

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum is the authentically restored and furnished 1750 home of the Stuart family. Learn about the life of one of America’s best-known portraitists, Gilbert Stuart.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame preserves and promotes the history of tennis and celebrates its champions, thereby serving as a vital partner in the growth of tennis globally.

Built in 1788, the John Brown House Museum was the home merchant, patriot, politician, and slave trader John Brown. He and his family were some of the wealthiest and most influential people in the colonies and United States.

Located in the 1762 Brick Market designed by Peter Harrison, the award-winning Museum of Newport History provides an engaging introduction to the area’s rich history and the beauty of its architecture.

The Museum of Work & Culture shares the stories of the men, women, and children who came to find a better life in Rhode Island’s mill towns in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

The historic Naval War College Museum features exhibits on the genesis of the Navy in the region, the evolution of permanent naval installations from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Founded in 1892, the Peace Dale Museum of Art and Culture is South County’s oldest museum housing more than 15,000 archaeological and ethnological objects from around the world.

The Rhode Island Historical Society Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center has the largest and most important historical collections in existence relating to Rhode Island.

Come to the South County Museum to explore a rich heritage of rural and coastal life on a beautiful seven-acre campus that was the part of 19th-century estate of Rhode Island’s Civil War-era governor and postwar senator, William Sprague.