Guided Highlight Tours
Starting on January 18, 2025, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
January 18
February 15
March 22
Guided Highlight Tours
Starting on January 18, 2025, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
January 18
February 15
March 22
Guided Highlight Tours
Starting on January 18, 2025, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
January 18
February 15
March 22
Architects of Island Cemetery
Architects of Island Cemetery
Zach Russell is presenting a repeat of the November 23rd tour. This tour will highlight the architects buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Guided Tours
Highlights of Island Cemetery
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Guided Tours
Highlights of Island Cemetery
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Special Tour - Richard Morris Hunt
American Architect
Richard Morris Hunt was one of the most important architects in American history. His talent and vision brought respect to his profession in the mid-19th century and helped to craft the seductive style of the Gilded Age.
Island Cemetery has several connections to the man and his work. This tour will include the graves of people he designed buildings for in New York and Newport, monuments designed by Hunt, and the Hunt family burial lot. The tour will conclude inside the Belmont Chapel that was enhanced by Hunt.
This is a special tour and will only be offered on October 26th starting at 10 am.
Guided Tours
Highlights of Island Cemetery
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Spirits of Island Cemetery
Spirits of Island Cemetery
Step into Island Cemetery and experience history! This special event brings to life some of the people buried here who were important in the time in which they lived. Members of the Dirty Blue Shirts will portray individuals from the past both in spirit and appearance. Each presenation has been carefully researched. The 1.5-hour tour starts at the Warner Street entrance to the cemetery and ends in the Belmont Chapel where you’ll be greeted by August Belmont.
Three tour times are available, please register for the time you wish to join the tour (1 pm, 2pm, 3pm). Adult tickets are $30, children between the ages of 5-12 are $15. Use the link below for tickets.
Guided Tours
Highlights of Island Cemetery
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Special Tour - Gilded Age
Gilded Age Graves Tour
The city of Newport was the playground of Gilded Age Americans who built the “cottages” that provide us with a glimpse of how they lived. When death arrived, Island Cemetery became “the place” to be buried. The cemetery is the final resting place of ordinary people and world-famous individuals. While many buried here were part of the year-round Newport community, a surprising number of summer visitors chose Newport as their place for eternal rest.
This tour will feature some graves of the notable Gilded Age people and monuments and include a visit to the Belmont Chapel
Guided Tours
Highlights of Island Cemetery
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Tour
Guided Tours
Island Cemetery and Lew Keen are presenting tours every Saturday starting on June 15, 2024. These tours will highlight people buried on our grounds while promoting appreciation of our landscaped arboretum and our outdoor sculptural museum. Please register by donating $15 per adult, $5 for children under 10 years of age.
Highlight Tour
August Highlight Tour by a Native Newport
Frank Amaral, a native Newporter, has had a connection to Island Cemetery for over 50 years. He plans to lead an eclectic tour of the landscape that features history, art, horticulture, and he will share personal anecdotes from his decades of knowledge of the site. Hear stories about famous and not so famous people that rest in this remarkable place. The tour includes a visit inside the recently restored Belmont Chapel.
Frank has recently taken on the landscape job for Island Cemetery and his efforts have been celebrated by many people who walk the site on a daily basis. His keen knowledge from working the land gives him a unique perspective of Island Cemetery. His many years of connection allow you to look at the site through his eyes.
Join us Saturday, August 17th at 10 am for this special tour. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased below.
48 State Tour
While registration for this free workshop is not required, if you know you can come, please fill out our Special Events form so we can check off your name, when you come. This will also give us an idea of the size of our group. People can still come that day who have not completed a form beforehand, so pass the word! Thank you for volunteering!"
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Jamestown Historical Society
On July 9, the Sash and Solder Stained Glass restorers will install the four Maltese windows in the chancel of the Chapel.
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
June, 15, 22, 29
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
June, 15, 22, 29
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Guided Tours
Starting on June 15, 2024, Island Cemetery and Lew Keen will present guided tours on Saturday mornings to highlight and celebrate the people buried in the Island Cemetery. Visitors will experience the cemetery as an historic site, appreciate the landscaped arboretum and the outdoor sculptural museum.
$15 - Adults, $5 - children under 8, reservations required
2024 Saturday 10 am Guided Tour Schedule
June, 15, 22, 29
July 6, 13, 30, 29
August 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31
September 14*, 28
October 12*, 26
November 9*, 23
Belmont Stakes Race Day Fundraiser
Join us for a fun-filled afternoon at our annual Belmont Stakes Race Day fundraiser to celebrate its founder, August Belmont, the creator of the Belmont Chapel. Bet on your favorite horse, view the race on two screens, chat with friends, and enjoy a Belmont Jewel and cocktail refreshments. View the restore chapel and marvel over the transformation! Wear your favorite horse race hat and attire!
Belmont Chapel Foundation Online Auction
Items shown are from the 2023 silent auction held on the day of the race. Click below to get directed to the 2024 silent auction site.
Clean-up Day
Please bring a friend, but leave your four-legged friends at home.
More spruce up tasks connected to master landscape design plan
Bring pruners, limb/branch hand saws for tree/bush trimming
Bring garden gloves & rakes to clean leaves from along fence lines
Headstone cleaning – bring kitchen gloves, bucket & small brushes
Pizza donated by Domino’s to follow in the Cemetery Garage parking lot to thank volunteers and celebrate of Earth Day!
Belmont Chapel will be open to view the results of the restoration efforts from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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