Naval War College Museum — Attraction in Newport

This is a great place to learn about the history of the Newport Navy base and War College. Admission is free, and there is a free audio tour (bring your own smartphone and headphones). The museum is in a lovely historic building and contains six rooms of exhibits, but if you want to read everything give yourself about 1 hour there. The exhibits are well presented and displayed. The staff is super friendly and very helpful, they will answer any questions you have. Just note, if you are not active military, you should call in advance to get gate clearance, as the museum is inside the Navy base. Civilians can enter, but staff prefer if you call the museum ahead as clearance (vetting process) can take time. But I would highly recommend this small, but wonderful museum if you like...

After doing research and making sure this was a museum that was open to the public, we decided to check it out. In several different areas I read that you needed to go through the Naval Base and they would ask for ID (no problem, did this before to see a Lighthouse) Followed Google's directions......we got to the gate and a young man asked if he could help us. We stated that we were here to see the Naval Museum. He stated that it wasn't open to the public, just those who had military ID. I even mentioned that it seemed to be open to public from Google reviews, he said that was incorrect. Oh well found something else to do. But definitely won't recommend anyone try going to see this unless you have the proper ID. Was a...

Gem of a museum tracing back Newport Naval history. We read about the origin of this Navy base, islands in the bay used for torpedo testing and much, much more. There is even a room devoted to relevant Japanese history. The Naval War College Museum displays exhibits on the history of the Naval War College since 1884; naval activities in the Narragansett Bay area since the colonial period; and the art and science of naval warfare since ancient times. Be sure to visit both floors in this historic building with a fantastic view of Narragansett Bay and the...