Statement from Winchester Mystery House on Coronavirus (COVID-19) – March 31st, 2020
The Winchester Mystery House is aware of the recommendations made by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and we continue to actively monitor the situation. At this time, the Winchester Mystery House remains open to the public. We will be evaluating further upcoming events in the coming days.
Flashlight Tours Return this March
Back by popular demand, Winchester Mystery House will host its popular Flashlight Tour for one night only on Friday, March 13th, 2020. Tours will be available from 7:00 p.m. until midnight. During the Flashlight Tour, guests will be guided through the mansion while they hear unnerving stories of the home’s haunted history.
Journey Through the Beautiful & Bizarre Winchester Mystery House
Construction lasted for thirty-eight years on the Winchester Mystery House, one of North America’s most unusual and eccentric homes located in San Jose, California. Through the 160-room labyrinth-style mansion built by Sarah Pardee Winchester, there are many beautiful and extraordinary examples of the Queen-Anne Victorian Style architecture.
Everything Old is New Again
In early January of 2020, the Winchester Mystery House completed an eight-month restoration of one of the oldest rooms in Sarah Winchester’s San Jose mansion. Called the North Dining Room, it’s believed to be the original dining room of the modest farm house that Sarah bought when she moved to San Jose in the mid-1880s, and it forms the nucleus of what eventually became her 160-room “mystery house.”
The 2020 Must-do Experience: Illusions of the Passed – Ghosts of Valentine’s
Led by Aiden Sinclair, the ghostly ceremony beckons those residing in Sarah Winchester’s Victorian manse to come forth and be heard and seen. Chances are high that those in attendance will leave changed.
Axe Throwing – At the Stables
Axe Throwing is the hottest new Bay Area trend, and is Now Open at the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. Come Visit and try for yourself!
Room Restoration Solves Riddle
A room restoration at the Winchester Mystery House revealed a 100-year-old secret. Where did Sarah Winchester acquire her stained glass windows? An envelope hidden and preserved in a wall for over a century reveals the answer.
Rumored Hauntings at the Estate
Ahead of the upcoming Friday the 13th Flashlight Tour on December 13th, 2019, where guests will have the opportunity to explore the house at nighttime with nothing but a flashlight, let’s delve into some of these ghostly visitations and the types of hauntings that they may represent.
A Haunted History
Mystery is a well-earned middle name for this San Jose Victorian mansion built by owner Sarah Pardee Winchester to, allegedly, appease spirits—, specifically those who had fallen to the famous Winchester rifle.
The Secret Societies of the Victorian Age
One of the nation’s most productive agricultural regions, the Valley of Heart’s Delight, or the Santa Clara Valley.