Member Event: Basement to Tower Tour
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the date! Victoria Mansion Members are invited to a rare opportunity to tour areas of the house not usually on public view. Join Mansion staff to tour the basement, once a vital center of operations for domestic staff, the third floor, today home to collections storage and conservation initiatives, and small group access [...]
Queen Victoria’s Birthday: Free Admission for Victorias and Alberts
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MEQueen Victoria's 205th birthday is Friday, May 24th! While the Queen never visited the Mansion during her lifetime, she became its namesake when siblings William and Clara Holmes saved the house from possible demolition and reopened it as a museum in 1941. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, co-designed their summer home, Osborne House, on the [...]
Member Event: Backstairs Lives Tour
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the date! Tours at Victoria Mansion have always included the Morses and the Libbys, but there was another group who also lived here - their domestic servants. For many years, we knew only minimal information about them. Recently, however, research through the Backstairs Lives Initiative has led to some interesting discoveries about the people [...]
Juneteenth: Free Admission
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MEVictoria Mansion is OPEN for Juneteenth. In observance of this holiday, we are offering a community day with free admission and a special program. (Stay tuned for program information.) Thank you to Kennebec Savings Bank for their support of our Free Admission Days. Tour admission is free, but reservations are encouraged due to museum [...]
Brownstone Brews & Bites, Brought to You by Allagash
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the DateCelebrating our 18-year partnership with Allagash Brewing, our summer fundraiser Brownstone Brews & Bites returns to the Mansion lawn this July!Featuring Allagash beer, Cellardoor wine, Green Bee soda, music by the Pete Kilpatrick Band, and catering from Cheese Louise, this annual fundraiser helps support our ongoing historic preservation projects, with a special eye [...]
Member Event: Open Shutters Tour
Victoria Mansion 109 Danforth Street, Portland, MESave the date! Members are invited to join us at Victoria Mansion for an exclusive open shutters tour! These rare but popular tours provide the opportunity to see the Mansion's rooms in full natural light, as they would have appeared in the 19th century. Light refreshments will be provided at this event. Members: keep an [...]