Naval War College Museum

The Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, occupies Founders Hall on Coasters Harbor Island, a building erected in 1819 as the Newport Poor Asylum and later given to the Navy as the first home of the Naval War College. Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce dedicated it to naval use, and in the late 1880s Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan delivered lectures there that became The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783, a foundational work in naval thought. Established in 1952 and housed in Founders Hall since 1978, the museum interprets the college’s history, regional naval activity, and naval warfare across time.

Newport, Rhode Island · United States