Newport Art Museum

The museum operates a gallery in the John N. A. Griswold House, a National Historic Landmark that is one of the first American Stick Style buildings.

[1] It was designed by the noted American architect, Richard Morris Hunt in 1864 and one was one of his first commissions in Newport.

Dedicated to the memory of the artist Howard Gardiner Cushing, the museum added the Sarah Rives lobby and Morris Gallery to the building in 1990.

[3] Today the museum has many notable works particularly from Rhode Island and New England artists, including William Trost Richards, John Frederick Kensett, John La Farge, Gilbert Stuart, and Catharine Morris Wright as well as many contemporary artists.

[3] In the summer of 2024, the museum eliminated four positions leaving it without a full time curator on staff.

The John N. A. Griswold House , designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt , was purchased in 1915 and converted into an art gallery.
The museum's Morris/Cushing Gallery was built in 1919 and designed by architects Delano & Aldrich .