Things are happening at the Norlands!
Experience Norlands as it was in 1870 - as it is today.
Discover Norlands
Norlands is a 400-acre estate which includes a stately Victorian country mansion with farmer’s cottage, a gothic-style granite library, a Universalist meetinghouse, a one-room schoolhouse, and an expanse of picturesque working farmland.
Community Gatherings
Special things happen at Norlands - mostly when it involves the whole Norlands Community.
School-age Educational Learning Experiences
Students learn how life was in the 1870s by doing the things Norlands residents have done since its founding.
Dirigo - I Lead
Who were the remarkable Washburns who built Norlands, led states and people, invented, explored, innovated and always returned home to Maine?
Powered by People & Tools
Take a Rural Arts Course and re-discover the tools and skills that built rural Maine.
Powered by Animals & Natural Energy
Experience life on a working farm in the 1870s (and today).