For the first time since 2017, our outdoor Victorian Fair will return to the Mansion lawn this October, with an "odd" twist! Join us for A Bizarre Victorian Bazaar: An Exhibition of Oddities and the Obscure. This one-day fair kicks off the Halloween season with an educational (and entertaining!) take on Victorian folklore, camera trickery, [...]
Celebrating Victoria Mansion's 17-year partnership with Allagash Brewing, our annual summer fundraiser is back - with a new name - for the first time since 2019! Join us on the Mansion lawn on July 14th for great drinks, great food, and great company as we raise money for Victoria Mansion's historic preservation and educational [...]
Join Executive Director Tim Brosnihan for a FREE walking conversational tour of the Victoria Mansion neighborhood on Saturday, May 6th at 2pm. This walk is being offered as part of this year's Jane's Walk activities. No reservations required - arrive for the 2pm tour at the corner of Park & Danforth Streets to join the [...]
Despite outwardly quiet appearances, the Mansion is humming with activity in the off-season as staff prepares for the burst of work the warm months will bring. Director Tom Johnson and Assistant Director Tim Brosnihan are working closely with stone expert Ivan Myjer this winter to source brownstone for an upcoming project to restore the Reception [...]
This spring, the Mansion is pleased to be partnering with Maine's Boy Scouts. The Cape Elizabeth Boy Scouts are now working in the Mansion's third floor Cistern Room to transform the space into a dedicated archival storage area, as well as as a place for small meetings and scholarly research. The room once housed a [...]
Victoria Mansion has also proudly served as a Girl Scouts of Maine Community Partner over the past several years. This year, in addition to offering a variety of tours and lessons that tie into Girl Scout 'Journeys' and badges, Victoria Mansion has begun a series of informative posts about 19th-century women inventors, to tie into [...]
Despite the doors being closed to the public, Victoria Mansion's education department has some exciting developments of late. First, we would like to officially introduce our new Director of Education, Stacia Hanscom. Staci has served as the Curator of Education at the William Trent House in Trenton, New Jersey, Coordinator of School Programs at the [...]
