Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park

Address:	800 N St, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
Phone:	+1 916-324-0575
Site:	parks.ca.gov
Rating:	4.1
Working:	10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM 10AM–5PM

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Axis Jimenez

This is one of Sacramentos hidden gems and its FREE!!! Here you will see all manner of fine art. Everything from paintings, drawings, sculpture and lavish arcetectual room designs. The tour guides clearly love their jobs and unlike alot of other tours they are very happy to answer all questions. The tours usually start at the top of every hour. Considering how much visuals and interesting history you get, a tour like this would normally cost 20$ plus but its totally FREE!!! Do miss this opportunity.

Anna Hughes

“Surprising find -- well worth a visit” We stopped by on a Sunday morning thinking this would be a "filler" of something to do before we headed home and were startled with the interesting and informative tour conducted by a young man. The restored mansion and lifestyle of the Stanfords was quite interesting as the guide pointed out not only the features in the mansion but the

Ben Hipple

Beautiful building the tour is free and very worthwhile. The tour covered art architecture and history. Youre told no photographs are allowed on the tour. Our tour was led by very knowledgeable volunteer. Parking is not great in downtown Sacramento you may have to walk aways to get to the museum this may be a problem depending on your Mobility.

Tony Guo

Wonderful and (free) museum, though I would highly recommend a donation, as the docents and guides here are high passionate people and know their history. Coming here on a weekday, you will get a *private* tour, as there are not a lot of visitors. As some background, this was Leland Stanford (co-founder of Stanford University)s original residence.

Trevor Brown

No Photography Allowed in the house, so leave your cameras at home. The place is okay if you just want a brief encounter with freemasonry, but all and all its a mansion built by the Californian elites of the late 1800s. Its the kind of place you go to once, and thats bout it. Its nicer to walk around the garden and leave.

Joanie Cahill

We got the best tour at the Stanford Mansion and I had no idea it would be so interesting. Im not a big fan of house tours, but our guide really made the people and the stories of the time come alive. I learned a few things and was surprised at what a good time my sister and I had.

Wendy Jo

We had a wonderful time. Rourke was helpful explaining the outside who knows his stuff! Bonnie gave us an amazing tour. She is so enthusiastic and knowledgable, it was a delight to learn about the Stanford family from her, and her knowledge of the mansion was amazing! A+ tour!

Corrie Lindholm

The house inside really took me back to the 1800s it is so amazingly beautiful and our tour guide was great, the only one bad thing was that your not allowed to take pictures, I was really disappointed about that.

Janice Pontillas

Went with group of art students from Sacramento State University. The tour was very educational. Many of the modern art pieces display political and historical references to current events. Beautiful art work.

Marcus Anzelone

I havent taken an opportunity to take a free tour of the mansion but it is so wonderful to have this piece of architecture preserved. Its like a little block of history now surrounded by skyscrapers.

Jane Long

There is no parking. We had to dive around for 10 minutes and then walk ten minutes all the find out that they went on the tour without us. We also has a reservation for 15 which is the max.

Auna Summers

It was 19,000 square feet with 44 rooms?! Although you dont get to tour all of them you tour a lot. This is free and you really learn a lot about that time period and beyond.

Serena M.

Amazing mansion, gorgeous interior. Free tour by an extremely friendly tour guide! Only downside, no photos while on the tour- which is understandable.

Josh Croft

The outer garden is beautiful! The inside of the mansion is.. exactly how youd imagine it to be. Still, fun to check out!

Timmy Luo

Very unlikely, I cant go inside. But the story of this person and history on him should be interesting.

Ruth Buttino

Took a tour with docent.Great experience. Will be going back with out of state visitors.

William Kiene

In the late 1950s I went to summer school there with Carolyn Lawrence-Lucich.

Tricia Bowen Balonier

Excellent tour guide!

Afrodita Harville

I love it.