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Fall Season Hours

Office/ Business Hours

9:30am – 4pm Tues.-Saturday

Tours 2pm Tuesday – Friday

11am & 2pm Saturday

The Fall Season has begun! Come visit us for School & Homeschool Programs, Farm-to-Table Dinners, Special Events and Historical Site Tours. Enjoy the grounds and our trails during daylight hours any day of the week. 

At the Norlands, Fall means field trips – a favorite memory for generations of Mainers.  Our school age programs typically last from 9:30am until 2pm.

In addition to our scheduled tours, we welcome tours by appointment in the fall, just give us a call or send an email. If you have a group of 10 or more, please contact us about creating a special experience at the Norlands. We hope to see you soon!

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, historic carriage trails, and an expansive archive of 19th century documents and ephemera.

Upcoming Events

Join us for a
Farm-to-Table Meal

Get a taste of Maine at farm-to-table meals at the Norlands in the barn and the Mansion. Our farmer/chef Emelia Robbins has designed a series of classic Maine meals featuring seasonal products from Livermore area family owned farms. Dinners are held May - September.

Come to School in 1870

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.
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.

Get married at the Norlands! We are booking weddings for 2025 and beyond

Our videos were filmed during a family visit by Dustin Tribou – Saylorink Tatoo. Thank you!