Love the history of this building. Located close to the Capitol, the Leland Stanford Mansion transports the visitor to a different era. The grounds are immaculate and the juxtaposition of this building with more modern structures is visually striking.

Came here on Halloween because we heard it was haunted. Ran into Megan and she was wonderful. Stopped and talked to us about the mansion and was able to take us on a tour. She was great and so informative. Made this experience GREAT! Thanks Megan.

What a fantastic place,since the covid no inside tours as of yet. But you can stroll the outer grounds.Before the tours were free,I’ve been on five tours and each guide gives you more info and different parts of the house. Five stars all around.

The mansion offers excellent free tours of the house.- Youll get to see what the house looked like over the years. The house and most of the levels showcases beautifully well preserved architecture and furnishings. Other levels show off what the house looked like when it was remodeled to become an orphanage.-The tour guides are friendly, interesting, and can answer pretty much any questions you can think of. Definitely pay this land mark a visit!

It is a killer spot if you are a photographer taking portraits, the grand stairs in the front facia and the yard are wonderful backdrops.

Love history beautiful home just didnt have time to take the tour. Every hour the top of the hour. Admired the structure around the mansion though.

Beautiful mansion that was the office of the Governor during the Civil War. More recently it was the second office of Schwarzenegger. The grounds are kept vintage Victorian. The entire mansion and grounds are operated by California State Parks. Walk up Tours available...check the State Parks website for hours.I took these photos in the early morning. The juxtaposed image of Victorian Sacramento against a 1960s high rise is beautiful.

Amazing place of history. They only allow you to take photos outside. Inside photography are not allowed. I dont know why. It doesnt matter. The tour was short, but excellent. Amazing structure. Definitely will visit again for a full tour. Ill post more photos later.

Nice and well kept Historic home. Great backdrop for pictures. The exterior was open to walk around the property. Didnt get a chance to look inside.

A great historical place to visit! Cant beat the price! Its free! Guides in every room to give you some historical background. We will be back!

Nice house. Cozy little place to spend your weekends.

The visitors centre has some interesting informations. The conservation is good. The building from outside is already impressing. Tours every hour if you want to go inside.

I loved this place. They explain the history very well.I hope they can do Spanish tours, due to Sacrento and California in general high Spanish Speaker population.

This is a beautifully preserved building with a fantastic history. A must see and free at this time. Thank you to all who volunteer and share their love of history with others.

BEAUTIFUL HOUSE! Staff was very knowledgeable. We had a great time. Will definitely visit again.

Awesome staff excellent and knowledgeable tour guide and fascinating house and history.

Fascinating look at California history. Beautiful restoration.

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.

Great place to visit! Very knowledgeable people and a fun place to visit to learn a little history about Sacramento!

Beautiful building with lots of history

As the case with so many state parks very informative. My wife and I really enjoyed the tour guide as she was very knowledgeable.

Awesome place. I absolutely love this mansion. Take the free tour. You wont be disappointed.

Absolutely stunning. Beautiful original home with many of the original furnishings in a very walkable area of town.

We toured the museum on Sunday 12/1/2019. Richard our tour guide was awesome!! We learned alot about the Stanford family and the history of the mansion. Its a great piece of Sacramento & California history that all Californians can be proud of.

This house has beautiful architecture and furniture. The tour guide was awesome as well.

The park is simply amazing and the guides are very helpful, they will explain with lots of enthusiasm. The guide made the place so happening by sharing the history of the place. I would recommend all to visit this place.

Very interesting. Having work at Stanford it was nice to learn the history of the family. Great tour by Richard

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

Im so glad that we made time to do the mansion tour while we were in Sacramento! We started our day at the State Capital building for the free tour there which provided us with an excellent historical overview of Sacramento. We then walked over to the Leland Stanford Mansion for the tour. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and walking through the house was fascinating! All the information we learned complimented the information we had gotten at the state capitol. So, it was great to do these two tours in order. I would highly recommend this to anyone passing through Sacramento. Another note: From the mansion, we walked over to the State Library (914 Capitol Mall) and that was a great stop, as well! They have a self guided tour and some very significant murals, architecture, etc. inside to see.

I liked it very much it was a neat place very interesting Id like to return when I have more time

I like the park is open during the day. Nice place to get away on lunch or break.

It was an excellent tour which displayed such a great history and and very interesting facts of the 1800 era

Great got pics

My friend and I were out wandering Sacramento and just stumbled across the mansion. We walked around it trying to find the entrance and when we finally got in we realized we were there an hour early for the tour. While debating whether we should hang out or take off Joe at the front desk started up a conversation about movie stars and actors. We sat there for about 45 minutes talking about different actors and movies and actually watched some trailers with him. It was a very pleasant experience and finally our tour time rolled around and Joe ended up being our guide. We were the last tour of the night so on top of having a really fun walk through the mansion filled with facts and laughs we got a couple behind the scenes moments with him. Joe has only been working there a short while but man was he knowledgeable and funny. It was definitely a 10/10 experience for me and we were very happy that we just stumbled across the mansion that day! Will return and highly suggest you go. There are some stairs so if those are an issue be wary but overall its not too much walking just a lot of standing. Thank you again Joe for such a pleasant experience!

My partner in crime and I have been to the *other* governors mansion in town, but hadnt visited LSM yet. On Saturday, while celebrating our 11th anniversary, we planned a visit to check out what this site was all about.The lobby is packed with great info on the development and history of the mansion Its INCREDIBLE what changes the home, the property, and Sacramento has gone through over the last 100 years.Our guide, Ryan, was so friendly and patient with the kids in our group. He had a very obvious passion for his job and for the history of the mansion and its owners and residents over time. I feel like I learned so much about Sacramento simply from our short little visit to this beautiful home.I am SO THIRSTY to sneak a peek at the rooms were not allowed to enter. You wont see it all because there isnt photographic evidence to help restoration of certain parts of the home. DO NOT expect to take any photos during the tour (you can outside of the mansion) and make sure to hydrate first because theres no opportunity to drink while youre inside.Very friendly docents, very informative and amazing tour, and its an incredible part of Sacramentos history.

The Leland Stanford Mansion is just absolutely gorgeous. I was very enamored of the grand architecture. Some of the decorative elements are reproductions, however most are original to the mansion. Unfortunately, no photography is allowed inside the mansion, due to the California executive security detail. The mansion is used by the governor for hosting events involving visiting dignitaries, hence the censorship of photography. Regardless of this, I strongly recommend visiting this California treasure, for she is probably the sole surviving residence of one of Californias big Railroad Four, Governor Leland Stanford. The tour is free to the public, and the mansions history is absolutely unique.

Formally the “home for friendless children“ now it serves it’s a handy place to throw a party!

Okay, if you like historical tours this place is cool. Also probably haunted. But if you want to have the best possible time, Kent is the man you want leading your tour! He is amazing. Chock full of information and clearly LOVES what he does which really adds infinitely to the experience!

Very well conserved property and people explained the history very well!

We loved this Victoria mansion. The tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.

Love this mansion and our time traveler guide sweet Joe. Must visit.

Very interesting tour allowing you to experience the lives of the Stanfords. The tour guides did a great job taking you back in time. And ghost hunters, you might find this home very interesting! Im just saying

Very beautiful place!

Once again I visited this place 4 years ago so I dont think that I will be able to tell you to much about it.

Fresh food great service

This is managed by the California state parks but it’s completely free. Tours start every hour and you have to stay with your group throughout the tour. It’s a lovely piece of Sacramento history.

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.

Not that great

“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

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.

Great historical gallery

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!

My husband and myself visited yesterday and we loved it. Our tour guide was amazing. Cant wait to return with our children sometime soon.

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.

Wonderful tour.

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.

Really worth a visit. Beautiful

Loved the tour.

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.

Ive only been outside and i am in love with the architecture. They were remodeling recently, cant wait to check out what they’ve changed!

Kent, was so helpful . We had a great time . Just 4 of us and no charge at all.

Wonderful guided tour. Informative. Beautiful mansion

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.

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

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.

Good place

Great history

Take the tour its worth it

I cant find an entrance to get in

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

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.

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

Great historic building..

Kent gives a great and funny tour

Love it #SacramentoProud

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

So cool.

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.

Excellent tour guide!

I love it.