The National Museum of American Illustration


*This Museum IS NOT Participating in Museum Day 2011*
492 Bellevue Ave.
Newport, RI 02840
(401) 851-8949
The National Museum of American Illustration Website »

  • Museum Day Hours of Operation
  • 10:00am - 4:30pm





Original art works by 'Golden Age' artists Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, J.C. Leyendecker and 75 others displayed at Vernon Court, a Gilded Age mansion creating a unique alliance of art and architecture. The first museum devoted exclusively to illustration, "the most American of American Art."




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