June 2025 Victoria Mansion Newsletter
Click HERE to Read the Newsletter! In this newsletter: Free Admission for Juneteenth Forward Facing Campaign Brownstone Brews and Bites Thanks to our Portland High School Volunteers Intern Update A Fond Farewell
RFQ: Preservation Trades Training Instructor
Victoria Mansion seeks a skilled preservation woodworker to plan and teach a two-week workshop in April 2025 focused on maintaining and preserving exterior woodwork on older and historic buildings. The class will run for ten eight-hour days and will be limited to five students to ensure significant personalized…
Victoria Mansion Initiatives Featured on 207 (News Center Maine)
News Center Maine’s Don Carrigan paid Victoria Mansion a visit recently, featuring our brownstone restoration, interior paint conservation, and Unwilling Architects research initiative on “207” on November 7th, 2024. Read Don’s article here, and check out the segment in the video below:
A Letter from the Executive Director
Dear friends, If you have driven by Victoria Mansion recently, you know there are big things afoot. In fact, the scaffolding rising on the front lawn only hints at the scale of the work going on. Inside and outside, we are gearing up for a series of transformational restoration projects…
September 2024 Newsletter: Front Bay Restoration Updates & Intern Guest Column
Our September 2024 Newsletter is now live! Click the link to read about exciting Front Bay restoration news, a guest column from our 2024 summer intern, and more.
August Newsletters: Conservation and Notable Summer Visitors at Victoria Mansion
Our August 2024 newsletters are now live! In our early August newsletter, read about the exciting conservation and restoration projects that have been going on throughout summer 2024, including Stair Hall conservation, and brownstone bay restoration plans. In our August-September newsletter, read about our visit from Maine State…
May 2024 Newsletter: A Celebration of National Textiles Day, Annual Report, and More
Our May 2024 Newsletter is now live! Click the link to read a recap of our opening weekend Celebration of National Textiles Day, our 81st Annual Meeting, and more.
June 2024 Newsletter: Reception Bay Restoration News and More
Our June 2024 Newsletter is now live! Click the link to read about our upcoming brownstone Reception Room Bay restoration, summer events, and more.
July 2024 Newsletter: Victoria Mansion in the Community
Our July 2024 Newsletter is now live! Click the link to learn about our Juneteenth programming and other Victoria Mansion programs and outreach this summer.
Window Preservation Trades Training
In early April 2024, Victoria Mansion hosted the first in a series of paid preservation trades training, taught by preservationist John Leeke, author of Save America’s Windows. The purpose of this training program, focused on window restoration, is to train practicing tradespeople in the special knowledge required to…