Stanford Mansion

Such a beautiful place. It's hidden in-between all the other buildings around it, but I'm glad I found it. The inside is even more breathtaking than the outside. This is truly a hidden gem.

The staff was extremely friendly and very knowledgeable. I learned so much by taking a tour. I highly recommend visiting here if you're in the area.

Such a great tour. Joseph was extremely knowledgeable and curated an interesting story. We only get to see a bit of it tho. Definitely a go to for visiting Sac.

This is a beautiful house with lots of interesting history. The director of the mansion gave us a private tour. He was so informative and engaging. The tour is free too!

Had a better time than I expected here. We had the best tour guide Kyle, very informative and witty. Plus it's free!

The mantion is really great. The tour guide is the heart of the experience. They explained it in detail and in a interactive way. You might need to wait for a while till the next tour starts

Nice free guided tour of the historic Stanford Mansion. No food, drinks, photography, or touching of anything allowed inside. I went on a weekday during the middle of summer and they had tours at the top of every hour. There are no self guided tours, and you must sign up for a tour at the tour office behind and to the left of the building. I gave this tour 4 stars because for some unknown reason they don't allow pictures inside. The tour takes you through about half of the building and lasts about 45 minutes. You learn about the history of the building and the people who lived there. It was very interesting and informative, and great for those enjoy history.

Mr. Richard was my tour guide, and was honestly the star of the show for me. He's worked here for 15 years, and it's clear that he deeply cares about the mansion, due to his unflagging enthusiasm throughout the tour, even as we were the last tour of the day. His jokes and fun facts elevated what could have been a dreary, historical mansion into a stellar experience.

The mansion itself was quite lovely and elegant. It retains a lot of its original furniture, so you can really get a feel for how the Stanfords lived. I think it's really cool that state events and foreign dignitaries are hosted here as well.

While the tours and admission are free, if you can, I would encourage you to donate whatever you can!

A very beautiful place for photos, and inside it is an interesting place to see and hear who lived there, everything is told by the instructor, very kind and friendly people work there, but you can’t take pictures inside, but this is a worthless entrance to the museum. It's just wonderful here, I advise you to go and see ?☺️

Loved our visit. We had a FANTASTIC guide, who was expert, articulate, and very funny. Hope she’s your point person, but a great place to visit irrespective of your guide.

This is an amazing hidden treasure in Sacramento. The Stanford Mansion story is the story of one of California's Governors whom after their only son died gifted their wealth to start Stanford University and orphage.