Enjoy a “spooktacular” evening at the Hill House Museum before or after the Ghost Walk.

Click on this link to purchase tickets for Night at the Museum and Ghost Walk

https://otpcl.org/ghostwalktickets/

Buy Tickets here

About the Friday, October 27th event:

The Hill House Museum is offering an additional event! A Night at the Museum with Voices from the Grave. 

On this night of ghosts, the Hill Family and special guests return in flesh and blood with exciting costumed theatrical scenes. We’ve got Yellow Fever terror, cute puppies on pillows, an archaeologist digging up the back yard, and so much more at this mysterious Night at the Museum.

Meet the ghosts of the Hill family and notable citizens of Portsmouth! Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the marketplace or at the musuem. A Night at the Museum tours will run from 7-10 PM.  Tickets will be sold for tours starting 7-8pm and 8-9pm. Once 5-10 people arrive and check in a tour will start.  50 tickets will be sold per 1 hour timeslot.  

**The ghost walk tour takes about 1 hour and the Hill House tour is about 45 minutes, so please plan your tour times accordingly. 

** If you only want to attend the Hill House Event, please park at the Middle Street Garage. 

** There will be a shuttle running people from the Ghost Walk Market to the Hill House as needed. 

Come celebrate a Holiday Tea event at the Hill House, and enjoy a wonderful assortment of desserts, scones, and sandwiches as you savor a cup of our famous Hill House blend tea.   Also, the museum will be decorated for the holidays assuring to uplift your holiday spirts or rekindle a festive memory.    

$35 per person

($30 for PHA members)

*All proceeds go to the continued restoration of the museum.  To make a reservation, visit our website, Facebook page, email (info@thehillhousemuseum.org), or call 757-714-3223.  The museum is not handicap accessible and stairs are involved and seating is limited. 

Stop by the Hill House Museum Friday evening and tour it at night.  The museum will be decorated with mourning textiles along with a “make-shift” Victorian funeral in the upstairs parlor and be introduced to Victorian mourning customs. 

The Hill House Museum will be open on Friday, October 29th from 6:00pm-9:00pm.  Only $5 per person to tour the museum at night and view the exhibit.  Tickets sold at the door the night of the tour and at the City sponsored Grave Affair event on Court Street.

On Saturday, October 9, 2021 the Hill House Museum will host the sailors from the USS Constellation and soldiers from Fort Norfolk as they discus the Battle of Craney Island and the role Portsmouth and its militia played in the War of 1812.  This event will be in conjunction with Portsmouth's Museum Day and will be set-up in the gardens of the museum.  Everyone who stops by the Hill House Museum will not only learn more about the sailor’s tools, food/drink, weapons, and personal items but also tour the Hill House as well, Portsmouth’s only historic home museum.  Free to the public.  

Come to the Hill House Museum and celebrate Mardi Gras with a Tea. A prize will be given to the best Mardi Gras attire/costume, a masked photo booth will be available, and many more celebrations. Enjoy a hot cup of tea, scones, tea-sandwiches, desserts, and tour the house.

2:00pm on 2/22/2020
$30 for non-members and $25 for members (proceeds go toward the continued restoration)

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

757-714-3223 or info@thehillhousemuseum.org

Celebrate the holiday season at the Hill House Museum by attending our annual Holiday Tea. Reservations are required and you can make them by calling 757-714-3223.

In honor of Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday, the Hill House Museum will host a tea in her honor. Queen Victoria will be visiting during the tea and reservations are required. $30 for non-members and $25 for members.

Call David @ 757.714.3223 to make a reservation.

2nd Annual Museum Day

Jun 1, 2019 10:00 am - Jun 1, 2019 4:00 pm

Looking for a fun free event? Like trains, history or art? Join us Saturday, June 1st from 10-4 for a great day in Olde Towne! We have pulled out all the stops with FREE events and tours of interesting museums, galleries, and churches. With live music and more, there is something for everyone in the family!

COME VISIT THE HILL HOUSE MUSEUM FOR FREE ON JUNE 1ST

You will be amazed as you step back in time in this 4-story, 1825 English-basement home. The Hill sisters donated the house, including every piece of furniture, china, crystal, pottery, carpet, and all the window dressings, paintings, ceramics, and household goods that had been collected over a period of 190 years. Mr. Donnie Sadler, Vice President of the Nansemond Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, will speak in the gardens of the Museum. He will be speaking about artifacts found from the Hill House privy dig, along with showcasing artifacts from his own private collection.

The opening day for Tours at the Hill House Museum will be Saturday, May 18th @ noon.

We encourage all of you to stop by and tour the museum for the first time or revisit it allowing your love for the Hill House Museum to be rekindled.

Wednesdays and Saturdays Noon-3:00.

Come celebrate Mother’s Day at the Hill House Museum gardens. Reservations are required

Prices are $30 for non-members and $25 for members.

Call 757-714-3223 to make a reservation.

Hill House Yard Sale this Saturday, June 2nd!!

Don't miss this yard sale because it will appeal to all tastes, styles, and interests.
We will have a large amount of many items including: Artwork, clothes, antiques, household items, glassware, and much much more. Stop by the gardens of the Hill House on Saturday, June 2nd 8:00-2:00. All sale proceeds go toward the continued restoration of the Museum. If you would like to drop items off for us to sell to help off-set the resto...ration costs, please let us know (757-714-3226, Dan) .

See you on Saturday @ 221 North Street.

Mother’s Day Tea in the Gardens at
Historic Hill House Museum
221 North Street, Portsmouth, VA

May 13, 2018 ...
(Inclement weather: tea will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church 424 Washington Street)
3 p.m.

Enjoy a hot or cold cup/glass of tea, scones, tea-sandwiches, and desserts
$30 non-members
$25 for PHA members
(proceeds go toward the continued restoration)

Payment options: Online (PayPal), check, mail
Check website for more details: thehillhousemuseum.org

Please R.S.V.P.

757.714.3223 or email info@thehillhousemuseum.org
To reserve your seat or questions

Sunday, December 10, 2017  

2:00 p.m.

Come celebrate a Holiday Tea event at the Hill House, and enjoy a wonderful assortment of desserts, scones, and sandwiches as you savor a cup of our famous Hill House blend tea.

$30 per person

($25 for PHA members)

(all proceeds go to the continued restoration of the museum)

Contact David for reservations

714-3223 or frog609@cox.net

Please note:

The museum is not handicap accessible and stairs are involved

Tour the Hill House Museum at night on Friday, October 27th from 7:30-10:00.  Also, the Olde Towne Civic League will be hosting the annual Ghost Walk tour.   Tickets for Hill House will be $5.00 per person, and can be purchased at Cider Park and at the Museum.  For more information call 757-714-3223

Blue and Gray Tea

May 28, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m.

221 North Street, Portsmouth, VA

In honor and celebration of Memorial Day, the Hill House Museum will partner with the Hunter House Museum by having a thematic tea in the gardens. 

The Blue and Gray theme will allow patrons the opportunity to sit at a Union or Confederate table while enjoying a hot or cold cup/glass of tea, scone, tea-sandwiches, desserts, view the gardens, listen to a re-enactor, participate in an interactive activity, and tour the museum.

$40 per person

(proceeds go toward the continued restoration of both museums)

Payment options: Online (PayPal), check, mail

Check website or Facebook for more details:  thehillhousemuseum.org

When making a reservation please specify if you wish to sit at a Union or Confederate table. 

Please R.S.V.P.   

757.393.0241

email: info@thehillhousemuseum.org

To reserve your seat or questions

Please note:

The museum is not handicap accessible and stairs are involved if Tea is moved inside due to the weather.

VALENTINE’S

TEA

At the Historic Hill House Museum

(221 North Street)

Sunday, February 12, 2017  

2:00 p.m.

Come celebrate a Valentine’s Tea event at the Hill House, and enjoy a wonderful assortment of desserts, scones, and sandwiches as you savor a cup of freshly brewed hot tea.

$25 per person

(all proceeds go to the continued restoration of the museum)

Contact David for reservations

714-3223 or frog609@cox.net

Please note:

The museum is not handicap accessible and stairs are involved

Holiday Tea

At the Historic Hill House Museum

(221 North Street)

Saturday, December 10, 2016  

2:00 p.m.

Come celebrate a Holiday Tea event at the Hill House, and enjoy a wonderful assortment of desserts, scones, and sandwiches as you savor a cup of our famous Hill House blend tea.

(Additionally, this year a few other celebrations will be recognized)

$25 per person

(all proceeds go to the continued restoration of the museum)

Contact David for reservations

714-3223 or frog609@cox.net

Please note:

The museum is not handicap accessible and stairs are involved

Eloise Hunter Chapter of the Victorian Society will host a  Symposium at the Hill House Museum on Saturday, November 12th from 10:00am-3:00pm.

Speakers include

Love Letters- Brittany Smith

Drinking Culture in the 19th Century- Matt Whitlock

History of Tea Leaf Reading- Becky Fawcett

19th Century Gardens- Dr. Agnieszka Whelan

Gustave Corbert's Woman with a Parrot- Lindsay Brown

$30 Members/$35 Non-members/$15 students (Boxed lunch included)

RSVP:  757.623.9814 or hunterhouse@juno.com