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Welcome to Rough Point Museum, the Newport Home of Doris Duke. Thank you for coming to visit us today. There is a lot to see, hear, and smell (but not touch!) here at Rough Point, so we wanted to point out a few highlights to help guide you. Please select your experience below.
Purpose and Location. Rough Point is a Gothic-style home turned historic museum in Newport, R.I., that contains an extensive collection of fine and decorative arts. Located on a historic landscape with panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean, the property offers a window into a bygone era and is experienced today largely as it was lived in during ...
Jul 21, 2016 · Doris Duke’s Rough Point is just as she left it: in pristine condition. Take a step back into time and see how she lived in her extravagant mansion filled with wall to wall eclectic style. Each item has a story and history behind it ready to be discovered.
Rough Point is a 39,000-square-foot mansion on what many believe is the best piece of real estate in Newport. Its original owner, Frederick Vanderbilt, bought two villas, tore them down and hired the architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns to design a baronial manor house.
Rough Point is ranked #4 out of 8 things to do in Newport, RI. See pictures and our review of Rough Point.
680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. Newport County. (401) 849-7300. Rough Point is the oceanfront estate of Doris Duke—heiress, philanthropist, and art collector—still decorated as she left it with French furniture, European art, Chinese porcelains, and Flemish tapestries.
2023. nrf museums. Visit Rough Point. tickets & hours.
