Portland is a dynamic small city on the rugged coast of Maine, and offers interesting cultural and historical sites as well as outstanding natural beauty. Consider visiting these other sites while you are in Portland:

Center for Maine History/Maine Historical Society. Public galleries with changing exhibitions on Maine history, research library with genealogical resources, and the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, all in one cluster of buildings.
www.mainehistory.org

Convention & Visitor’s Bureau of Greater Portland. Operates a visitor’s information office on the waterfront, and a website with general information on visiting Portland.
www.visitportland.com

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (ICA at MECA). Changing exhibitions of national and international contemporary art in some New England’s finest exhibit spaces for contemporary art.
www.meca.edu

Portland Harbor Museum and Spring Point Ledge Light. The museum focuses on maritime and local history and oversees Spring Point Ledge Light, which is situated at the mouth of Portland Harbor and has wonderful views of Casco Bay.
www.portlandharbormuseum.org

Portland Head Light. Maine’s oldest lighthouse, built in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. Also one of Maine’s most picturesque spots.
www.portlandheadlight.com

Portland Museum of Art. Maine’s oldest and largest art museum, in a building designed by I.M. Pei & Partners. Changing exhibitions, as well as a permanent collection of European and American art from the 18th century to the present.
www.portlandmuseum.org

Portland Observatory. The only extant maritime signal station in the United States, built 1807. Offers stunning views of Casco Bay.
www.portlandlandmarks.org/observatory.htm
Tate House. Pre-Revolutionary house, built 1755 for George Tate, Senior Mast Agent for the British Royal Navy.
www.tatehouse.org

Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Childhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 19th-century America’s most famous poet.
www.mainehistory.org/about.html

Contact us:
Victoria Mansion
109 Danforth Street
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 772-4841
victoria@maine.rr.com

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