Fall Hours
September – November
School & Field Trips Tuesday – Friday
Office/Business Hours 10am – 4pm T-F
Tours & Group Visits by appointment
Fall at the Norlands is full of field trips, archival work, and special events so we do not have regularly scheduled tours during our business hours. However, you are welcome to visit our grounds and hike on our trails during daylight hours. Please come say hi in the office.
To schedule a tour, fill out the form below.
Discover the Washburn Norlands
The Washburn Norlands is a 400-acre estate that includes a stately Victorian country mansion with a farmer’s cottage, a gothic-style granite library, a Universalist meetinghouse, a one-room schoolhouse, an expanse of picturesque working farmland, 400 acres of historic trails and an expansive archive of 19th century documents and ephemera.
Upcoming Events
Join us for a
Farm-to-Table Meal
Come to School in 1870
Who were the remarkable Washburns who built Norlands, led states and people, invented, explored, innovated and always returned home to Maine?
When you bring your class, camp, scout troop or youth group to the Washburn Norlands Living History Center, volunteer and staff interpreters lead your students in an educational and historical experience as if it were the 19th century. Our educational school-age program is designed for history lovers of all ages. Each session is within the capacity of today’s learners and they gain an understanding of what life was like in this crossroads neighborhood of Livermore, Maine. Small groups participate in a variety of activities throughout the buildings on the Washburn Norlands campus.
The Norlands Receives $150,000 Matching Gift Challenge
At the Washburn Norlands, we’re seeing double in 2024 – thanks to a generous Washburn Family Member, who has pledged to match every dollar donated to the Norlands, up to
Spring on the Norlands Farm: The Animals Have a Dramatic Sense of Timing
Good morning, Norlands. It’s the end of April, and the Dirigo high schoolers are coming to volunteer their time. It’s been almost a week since the black ewe, Arya, gave
Big News for the Library and Meeting House!
Empires may rise and fall; revolutions may convulse the world; governments may be dissolved; generations may come and generations may go; but this Library Building shall stand so long as
Our videos were filmed during a family visit by Dustin Tribou – Saylorink Tatoo. Thank you!