Touro, Loeb Visitors Center open house slated for Newport Winter Fest

NEWPORT - Touro Synagogue, a National Historic Site, and America’s oldest synagogue, will host an open house as part of the 37th Annual Newport Winter Festival schedule of events.  While normally closed for the season at this time of the year, the site will welcome visitors on Sunday, Feb. 16, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Open House guests will start their visit at the Loeb Visitors Center, 52 Spring Street, where they may explore two floors of multi-media exhibits about Newport’s colonial Jewish community and the origins of religious freedom in the United States. Knowledgeable and engaging guides will then welcome guests inside Touro Synagogue, one of the most architecturally distinguished buildings of 18th-century America, and answer questions and provide historical details. Complimentary cookies and cider will be available on the patio outside the visitor’s center to conclude the visit.

The fee per person is $5  – entry is free with a Newport Winter Festival bracelet. For information on where to obtain a Festival bracelet and for the entire 10-day schedule of Newport Winter Festival events, please visit www.NewportWinterFestival.com.

For more information about the open house, please email tours@tourosynaogogue.org or phone 401-847-4794, ext. 207.