Join us for our 50th anniversary summer season
at the Washburn Norlands Living History Center.
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.
Come spend a day in 19th century in Maine with us!
Schedule Your Visit
The Norlands opens for our summer season June 29 until August 26. We will be open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10-4 .
Save on your visit by purchasing advance admissions tickets online for $12/ adults and $8/children 12 and under.
Regular admission is $15/adults and $10 children under 12.
We can’t wait to welcome you!
Become a Member
Your membership supports our essential operations, making it possible for us to remain open all year. Plus, you receive free admission to Norlands all year.
Experience Norlands as it was in 1870 - as it is today.
"We really enjoyed our visit to Norlands this past Friday. The staff were both pleasant and professional. The history is quite alive at the Washburn home! Thanks again for a memorable time!"
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.
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?
Try your hand...
Re-discover the tools and skills that built rural Maine in our barn and working farm.