National Museum of American Illustration
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National Museum of American Illustration is a museum in Rhode Island, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Yorker Hill stands 98 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion, a museum 0.1 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI), founded in 1998, is the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork. The NMAI is located in the Vernon Court mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The museum's collection contains over 2,000 original works by noted American illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, J. C. Leyendecker, N.C. Wyeth, and others. The Museum has been closed for renovation for several years and its website does not provide a date for reopening. As of May, 2026, the Museum no longer responds to emails.
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Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q6974447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 1.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 12.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 20 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chateau-sur-Mer Mansion: 0.1 mi
- Rosecliff Mansion: 0.3 mi
- The Breakers: 0.4 mi
- Chepstow: 0.5 mi
- Marble House: 0.5 mi
- Murphy Field: 0.6 mi
- Spencer Park: 0.7 mi
- Rovensky Park: 0.7 mi
- Freebody Park: 0.8 mi
- King Park: 0.9 mi
- Oliver Perry Monument: 1.5 mi
- Fort Adams: 1.7 mi
- USS Bennington Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Archibald Gracie Lawence memorial stone: 2.3 mi
- Northwest Gun Mount: 2.7 mi
- Bliss Hill: 2.7 mi
- Fort Wetherill: 2.7 mi
- Miantonomi Hill: 2.8 mi
- Castle Hill: 2.9 mi
- Beacon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Racquet Road Wildlife Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Wilbour Woods: 6.9 mi
- John C. Whitehead Preserve: 7.0 mi
- High Hill Point: 7.1 mi
- Belmont Beach: 0.3 mi
- King Park Beach: 0.8 mi
- Bailey Beach: 1.0 mi
- Rejects Beach: 1.0 mi
- Gooseberry Beach: 1.1 mi
- Breakers Stable & Carriage House: 0.2 mi
- Newport Mansions Preservation Society: 0.4 mi
- Newport Cliff Walk – Forty Steps: 0.6 mi
- International Tennis Hall of Fame: 0.9 mi
- Rough Point Mansion: 1.0 mi
- Rochambeau Statue and Monument: 0.9 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 1.1 mi
- Channing Truro Statue: 1.1 mi
- Grafitti Tunnel: 9.4 mi
- Rhody the Ram: 11.4 mi
- The Blue Garden: 1.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 5.8 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 6.7 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 7.4 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 11.5 mi
- Marys Seat: 1.1 mi
- The Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Rams Head: 3.0 mi
- Lion Head: 4.5 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Big Beach: 17.1 mi
- Little Beach: 17.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 19.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 20.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 5.0 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 5.0 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 22.6 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 7.2 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 14.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.2 mi
- The Falls: 7.8 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 14.9 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of National Museum of American Illustration. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorker Hill | WNW 288° | 98 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | W 281° | 97 m | 12.9 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NNE 25° | 95 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 283° | 88 m | 11.0 mi |
| Slate Hill | NNE 23° | 87 m | 5.3 mi |
| Tefft Hill | W 268° | 78 m | 12.0 mi |
| Congdon Hill | WNW 293° | 75 m | 10.1 mi |
| Exeter Hill | WNW 300° | 75 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:35 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport Rose, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Newport · 1 mi
- Brenton Point State Park · 3 mi
- Middletown · 3 mi
- Dutch Island · 5 mi
- Jamestown · 5 mi
- Newport County · 7 mi
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