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.
Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025 (Rain date: Sunday June 8)
Join us for free sketching tours on Danforth Street starting at Victoria Mansion. The morning workshop is intended for working trades people. The afternoon is free and open to the public – no experience necessary!
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.
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.
Members of Victoria Mansion are invited to the museum’s 82nd Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025. More information about this year’s program is forthcoming. Members should receive invitations in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Explore a hands-on program designed for tradespeople in the Portland, Maine area. This training boosts basic carpentry knowledge for work on older and historic buildings. The focus will be on exterior woodwork details and takes place onsite at Victoria Mansion. This training program is for tradespeople actively working…
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!
Join us for a celebratory evening in the company of Mr. Charles Dickens (British actor Andrew Harris) as he shares how the Victorians celebrated New Year festivities, reads from some of his work and that of his contemporaries, and shares the Mansion in all its festive glory. Performances…
Come celebrate the opening of our 44th season of holiday tours and catch an early glimpse of this year’s décor imagining Stories of the Season, beloved winter tales from across the world. Join us: Thursday, December 5, 2024 At 5 p.m. at Victoria Mansion Kick off the event…
Our newest program for young visitors, their caregivers, and their stuffed animals returns this holiday season! Would your child’s stuffie like to explore the Mansion with host Ruffi the (stuffie) Museum Cat? Bring your stuffed animal friend from home to join us for a story time and a…