The
Breakers Mansion 'new' Welcome Centre is not simply a victory for the Presevation Society but a victory for Newport itself! The $4.2 million, 3,650 square foot welcome centre has been carefully designed to blend in with its surrounds, situated in a grove of trees, so it does not detract from the majestic Breakers estate. Inside, the one-story, pavilion-style building will offer high-tech and assessible amenities including ticket sales, information about the society's other attractions, restrooms and a 'servery' where pre-packaged sandwiches, snacks and beverages can be purchased.
These are the kinds of amenities visitors to historic sites around the world are accustomed to.
The Breakers draws more then 4,000 visitors a year to Newport which makes the mansion the Preservation Society’s most
visited property in Newport, and the fourth most-visited museum in
New England surpassed only by three major attractions in Boston.
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