Tour through 110 of the 160 rooms and look for the bizarre phenomena that gave the mansion its name a window built into the floor, staircases leading to nowhere, a chimney that rises four floors, doors that open onto blank walls, and upside down posts! No one has been able to explain the mysteries that exist within the Winchester Mansion, or why Sarah Winchester kept the carpenters' hammers pounding 24 hours a day for 38 years. The Antique Products Museum displays a wide variety of everyday products manufactured by the Winchester Firearms Company in the early 1900's. The Winchester Grand Estate Tour is a 2 ½ hour experience that takes guests on a 65-minute guided tour of the Mansion interior and a 55-minute tour of the Behind-the-Scenes.Īlso included in the Grand Estate Tour are the Historic Firearms Museum, which houses the largest collections of Winchester Rifles on the West Coast, and the Antique Products Museum. Wheelchair guests are invited to tour the Gardens and Historic Firearms Museum as our guests and at no charge (unfortunately the Mansion Tour is NOT accessible to wheel chairs or infant strollers.) Guests also see the green house, garage, car wash, pump and tank houses. Winchester's fascination with the supernatural is evident in the gardens, where you can count 13 California Fan Palms lining the front driveway! The self-guided Garden Tour includes a guide map and narrative tapes at the 10 major points of interest. You will see the original mythological statues including Mother Nature, Cupid, a cherub, hippocampus, American Indian, deer, egret, frogs and swans. Numerous handcrafted European lead statues and elaborate fountains have been restored. Nearly 14,000 miniature boxwood hedges, large flowering Carolina cherry laurels, plants, and flowers have been replanted to provide beautiful color year-round. Great care has been taken to restore the grounds to that time when Sarah Winchester had a full-time staff of eight gardeners, and imported trees, shrubs, and flowers from all parts of the world. Guests will be provided with a link to the audio guide and digital map accessible on their own devices upon check-in.Ī visit to the Winchester Mystery House™ is not complete until you have strolled through the beautiful Victorian gardens that surround it.
It will be a completely touchless experience featuring 20 stops throughout four acres of the beautiful Victorian Gardens.
The Winchester Estate Self-Guided Garden Tour is now open. Here are the Winchester Mystery House tour details. The many oddities gave the house its name. This historic 160-room Victorian mansion was built by Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune.
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