Save 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 [...]
A free walking tour, offered as part of Jane's Walk Maine 2024! Explore Park Street, part of the West End Historic District, a well-preserved time capsule that offers a glimpse into 19th-century Portland. This one-hour stroll will highlight some of the people who helped create this fashionable residential enclave – which at the time [...]
Victoria Mansion Members are invited to the Cumberland Club for the organization's 81st Annual Meeting on April 24th. A brief business meeting and election of officers for the upcoming year will be followed by a scholarly lecture by Scott Hanson entitled The Final Flourish - Victoria Mansion's Missing Window Treatments. Mr. Hanson is an architectural [...]
Victoria Mansion is fortunate to have over 90% of the house’s original collection, including samples of beautiful, intricate textiles from nearly every room. These delicate objects are usually housed in our climate-controlled textile storage room on the third floor of the museum and are rarely on public view. Our community of Mansion Members, supporters, [...]
Mansion Members are invited to join us for an exclusive preview reception of our Celebration of National Textiles Day. About The Event: Victoria Mansion is fortunate to have over 90% of the house’s original collection, including samples of beautiful, intricate textiles from nearly every room. These delicate objects are usually housed in our climate-controlled textile [...]
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, customs, Spiritualism, and more. Learn about poison books and [...]
Celebrating 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, catering from Cheese Louise and goodies from Sullivan House Bakery, this annual fundraiser helps support our ongoing historic preservation projects, [...]
Victoria Mansion’s Preservation Trades Training Programs Workshop Series #1: Window Preservation Training Program PURPOSE: To train practicing tradespeople in the special knowledge required to preserve older and historic wood windows. FORMAT: 5 to 10 days of daily training in an on-site workspace. LOCATION: Victoria Mansion | 109 Danforth Street, Portland, ME 04101 SCHEDULE: 8 [...]
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 [...]
