This spring, Victoria Mansion is taking a great step forward in improving the care of our collections and the comfort of our visitors. Contractors are now hard at work in the basement putting the finishing touches on an air handling system. This system is at once state-of-the-art and low-tech. It will monitor the temperature and [...]
Thanks in large part to the vision and determination of our events sub-committee and new board member Aaron Morris, our recent Broadway on the Stairway celebration was an unqualified hit! With wonderful performances by Julia Furtado, Thomas Smallwood, and Jennifer Miller accompanied by Jason Weber on piano, the Mansion was filled with the sounds of [...]
This season the museum is offering a new kind of tour. On the first and third Tuesday of each month during the regular season, members of staff will lead specialized theme tours focusing on one particular element of the house or using the Mansion as a jumping off point to explore a broader historical topic. [...]
We are thrilled to kick off our 75th season as a museum with the honor of being named Maine's Best Historic House Museum in Yankee Magazine's Best of New England issue. In a region known for celebrating history through historic house museums, the fact that Victoria Mansion's dedication to preservation is being recognized should make [...]
