Marble House is offered for evening events
The Gold Room hosts seated dinners for 60 guests at evening events.
Is this your business? Claim it
Gallery
Overview
About Marble House
This architectural landmark helped transform Newport into a resort of opulent Gilded Age mansions. Visitors can explore the Gilded Age through engaging audio tours, learning about figures such as Consuelo Vanderbilt. The mansion was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
Made for
- Marble House was built by William Vanderbilt as a birthday present for his wife Alva.
- The house hosted elaborate balls and rallies raising funds for women's suffrage.
- Visitors on the canopied terrace see the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Chinese Tea House.
- Kids Tours at Marble House and The Breakers introduce children to the mansions in a fun way.
- Visitors choose between self-guided audio tours and guide-led tours.
- Groups can be scheduled to see Marble House along with several other properties.
The packages
One Property
Single-property admission can be used at Marble House; the Operating Schedule confirms openings.
The Breakers + 1
A Breakers combination ticket adds one other open property such as Marble House.
Access Pass
The Access Pass covers general admission to all open properties for a year.
Event experiences
- Groups can dine at the Chinese Tea House on Marble House grounds, with a group mansion ticket required.
- On the terrace, a seated dinner for 120 guests is offered from May to October.
- Cocktail receptions hold 250 guests May to October and 100 guests in other months.
How it works
Group Tour Request Form
Group requests are scheduled in order received, and replies take a few business days.
Membership Upgrade
Buying a membership after tickets is possible by visiting a sales associate at several properties.
Good to know
- Marble House is rented exclusively, with only one event hosted each evening.
- Marble House audio tours on the app come in English, French, German, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
- Mobility-device access is partial at The Breakers, Marble House and Rosecliff; other houses are not accessible.
- Guests need their own earbuds or headphones for audio tours, though pairs can be bought on site.
- Smoking and vaping are not allowed on any property.
- Only water is permitted inside the museums; food, gum and other beverages are not.
- Visitors may not touch objects in the museum.
- Strollers are barred from the museums, and children under 16 need an adult with them throughout.
- Bags and luggage may not be stored, nor left unattended, at properties.
- Tickets and memberships cannot be transferred or refunded.
- Multi-property tickets need not be used in a single day.
- A group request form submission is a request only, not a confirmed reservation.
- Adult groups are booked for at least 20 persons who come through a tour company or organization.
- Plan about 90 minutes per house, travel time between mansions included.
- Hours change by season, so guests should check the Operating Schedule.
Details from newportmansions.org