National Textiles Day falls on May 3rd, which coincides with our regular season opening weekend. For the second year in a row, we will be celebrating National Textiles Day with a limited exhibition of items from our textiles collection in the rooms for which they were designed.
Victoria Mansion is OPEN for Juneteenth. In observance of this holiday, we are offering a community day with free admission and a special exhibit. Thank you to the Rines Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation for their support of our Free Admission Days. To reserve your free admission on June 19th, follow this link: https://www.showclix.com/event/juneteenth-2025.
Celebrate our 19-year partnership with Allagash Brewing! Enjoy food, beverage, live music, and first-floor Mansion tours—all included with your ticket.
Tickets on sale now!
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Americans turned to the spirit world to make sense of staggering mortal losses and uncertain futures. In New Orleans, Afro-Creole mediums gathered around séance tables to commune with the dead.
Join us for an evening tour, using the Mansion as a backdrop, for tales of the Victorian-era phenomenon of Spiritualism and the heavy influence of death and mourning on Victorian society. Following the tour with be a brief talk and demonstration on the special effects behind the seances that fooled and inspired the public for decades.
Join Victoria Mansion and Portland Ballet as we explore 6 stories from the 19th century that are told very differently in today's popular culture. Dancers will perform excerpts from their fall ballet, “Alice in Wonderland", then guests will be led around the Mansion to hear the original stories of tales we all think we know.
We are thrilled to announce that the restoration of Victoria Mansion’s front brownstone bay window, a project ten years in the planning, is now complete. Please join the Director, Tim Brosnihan, for select tours to hear more about the Front Bay. Tours are free but space is limited. Tickets can be reserved below.
We are thrilled to announce that the restoration of Victoria Mansion’s front brownstone bay window, a project ten years in the planning, is now complete. Please join the Director, Tim Brosnihan, for select tours to hear more about the Front Bay. Tours are free but space is limited. Tickets can be reserved below.
We are thrilled to announce that the restoration of Victoria Mansion’s front brownstone bay window, a project ten years in the planning, is now complete. Please join the Director, Tim Brosnihan, for select tours to hear more about the Front Bay. Tours are free but space is limited. Tickets can be reserved below.
Learn about “Cabinets of Curiosities,” which date back to the 1500s and were the origins of the modern natural history museum. Cabinets of Curiosities were early ways to organise and display objects of wonder, and sparked eclectic Victorian hobbies of collecting, displaying, and preserving the world around them.