A Celebration of National Textiles Day

Victoria Mansion, built between 1858-1860 as a lavish summer home and now an historic house museum, is fortunate to have over 90% of the house’s original collection, including samples of the beautiful, intricate textiles from nearly every room. These delicate objects are usually housed in our climate-controlled textile storage room and are rarely on public view. Our community of Mansion Members, supporters, and visitors frequently express interest and curiosity in the textiles, and this May, we’re planning a special, limited exhibition of select objects.

National Textiles Day falls on May 3rd, which coincides with our 2024 regular season opening weekend. Textiles from the collection will remain on view in the Mansion’s rooms from Friday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 5th during regular tours. Victoria Mansion is open from 10:00am-4:00pm and tours run every 20 minutes on the :10s, :30s, and :50s of each hour; reservations are highly encouraged due to museum capacity.

This textiles exhibition is included with the cost of tour admission. The exhibit offers visitors the rare opportunity to view samples of ca.1860 textiles within the rooms for which they were originally created.