Villa Montezuma Museum

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VILLA MONTEZUMA Historic House Museum

Built in 1887 for Pianist/Spiritualist Jesse Shepard..
Architect: Comstock & TrotscheQueen Anne Style

The Villa is currently closed undergoing some renovations.

11/22/2022
11/22/2022

For the fifth year Write Out Loud hosts PoeFest, a celebration of Edgar Allan Poe and all things macabre. This year the more immersive experience will take p...

💫 our local House Museum Villa Montezuma
07/06/2022

💫 our local House Museum Villa Montezuma

In March of 1986 a fire caused damage to the historic Villa Montezuma mansion in San Diego. A few months later, restoration work was underway when Carol Hass...

04/08/2022
10/22/2021
09/21/2021

spooky season is fast approaching and Halloween time ghost tours are booking now… join us for a haunt if you dare 👻

03/07/2020

Villa Montezuma Museum tours are available for Saturday, March 7, 2020! Come join me and many others and tour this historic Queen Anne Victorian House Museum and Cultural Center. To register for a FREE tour and guarantee a tour time, visit www.SDRecConnect.com.

10/29/2019

Museum's future hinges on city's decision on whether to award an operating agreement for Sherman Heights home

03/17/2018

Villa Montezuma tours tomorrow!3/17/18 starting @ 9am as always register at San Diego parks and Rec site.
No time? Stop by there is a chance you will be able to join a tour. Check www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org for more details on the Friends of the Villa site.

10/03/2017

REMINDER - NEXT VILLA MONTEZUMA OPENING IS SAT 10/21/17!

08/03/2016
SD RecConnect Your Online Connection To Recreation and Leisure Experiences

The FOVM give tours of the interior of the Villa Montezuma Museum on the half hour from 9:00 a.m to noon.

OCTOBER 21ST 2017 starting at 9am @ corner of 20th & K Streets
Register for the no-cost tour of the VILLA MONTEZUMA at the City's website at www.SDRecConnect.com

Once on the site search for "Villa"

NOTE: The FOVM (Friends of the Villa Montezuma) give the tours on behalf of the City of San Diego. No inside photography is allowed. Walk-ins welcome if there is space.

More information on the FOVM site www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org.

06/20/2016
SD RecConnect Your Online Connection To Recreation and Leisure Experiences

The FOVM give tours of the interior of the Villa Montezuma Museum on the half hour from 9:00 a.m to noon.

JUNE 25th starting at 9am @ corner of 20th & K Streets
Register for the no-cost tour of the VILLA MONTEZUMA at the City's website at www.SDRecConnect.com

Once on the site search for "Villa"

NOTE: The FOVM (Friends of the Villa Montezuma) give the tours on behalf of the City of San Diego. No inside photography is allowed. Walk-ins welcome if there is space.

More information on the FOVM site www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org.

09/25/2015
San Diego to get $231M for neighborhood projects

San Diego to get $231M for neighborhood projects

San Diego stands to receive nearly $231 million in neighborhood improvement funds as a result of a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill, SB107, will reverse an earlier state ruling that the money -- loan repayments for redevelopment startup efforts going back decades -- could not be pai…

09/25/2015



Photo By: Pita Verdin

09/17/2015

Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where: Villa Montezuma Museum, 1925 K Street, Sherman Heights

Cost: Free | Buy tickets

http://www.villamontezumamuseum.org/Villa_Site/Welcome-Home_Pg_files/VM_Museum_City_Flyer_Sept_26_2015_Tours.pdf

Age limit: All ages

The Villa Montezuma Museum, the 1887 Queen Anne Victorian mansion in the Sherman Heights Historic District, will be open by the City of San Diego for free tours by the nonprofit Friends of the Villa Montezuma, Inc.

After being closed for restoration for nine years, the museum has been restored and will be open once each quarter free of charge for the next five years thanks to the federal grant that paid for the restoration.

Learn about the fascinating spiritualist and pianist Jesse Shepard, who became better known later in life as the writer Francis Grierson. See San Diego's largest historic district (almost 400 historic buildings). Info: 619-255-9367.

08/27/2015

Looking forward to the next opportunity for us all to see our Villa Montezuma Museum... you never know who might show up!
Photo by: Pita Verdin

06/28/2015
The Villa Montezuma

To see the introductory video about the Villa Montezuma Museum, made by the FOVM and City TV for the "soft" reopening on 6/27/15, please go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E-xL2kzvyQ.

The Villa Montezuma is an 1887 mansion in the Sherman Heights Historic District near downtown San Diego. Since 1972, the City of San Diego's Park & Recreatio...

06/28/2015

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/27/Villa-Montezuma-museum-reopening/ -module


The Friends of the Villa Montezuma give a giant Thank You to the City of San Diego staff at District 8, Park & Rec, and City Engineering for all the years of hard work that went into this Phase 2 restoration. Thanks to our elected officials (David Alvarez, Greg Cox, Lorena Gonzalez, Ben Hueso, and Juan Vargas) for the strong support for this museum and the FOVM's work. Next up: Phase 3 of the restoration process: repainting the museum exterior. Learn more about how you can get involved at www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org or take a walking tour of Jesse Shepard's neighborhood (the Sherman Heights Historic District) on July 25.

www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org

06/27/2015

What a gorgeous day for our reopening event!

06/27/2015

All ready for today's exciting reopening and first quarterly tour.

06/25/2015
www.villamontezumamuseum.org

Thanks to everyone who registered on the City’s website for a tour of the magnificent Villa Montezuma Museum on Saturday, June 27. While the tours are filled, the City has started a waiting list for each tour. The Friends of the Villa Montezuma (FOVM) will work with the City to try to get everyone into the museum on Saturday who signs up on the waiting list.

If you are driving to the museum, please plan on carpooling and getting to the museum at least 30 to15 minutes before your tour time in order to check in at the City booth in the back yard. People with registrations will get a wrist band from the City. If you don’t check in, your spot could be filled with someone on the waiting list.

See more information at www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org, or send us an email at [email protected]. Please support the efforts of the FOVM to operate and open the Villa Montezuma Museum all the time!

06/20/2015

FOVM at the Old House Fair in South Park

Old House Lovers: come to the Old House Fair on June 20 and stop by the Friends of the Villa booth from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hear more about the June 27 reopening event. Have you registered yet for a tour of the Villa Montezuma Museum? Space is going fast. Download the flyer at www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org to see details on how to register on the City's website.

06/20/2015
www.villamontezumamuseum.org

FOVM at the Old House Fair in South Park

Old House Lovers: come to the Old House Fair on June 20 and stop by the Friends of the Villa booth from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hear more about the June 27 reopening event. Have you registered yet for a tour of the Villa Montezuma Museum? Space is going fast. Download the flyer and see details on how to register on the City's website. www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org

06/18/2015

Please join us on Saturday, June 27, starting at 8:30 a.m. District 8 Councilmember David Alvarez will open the program by thanking all the parties involved with making the restoration happen the past 10 years. City TV has filmed a 10-minute interior tour video to showcase the highlights of the museum. Starting at 9:00 the FOVM will give free tours of the mansion on the hour, through 12 pm. Share this REVISED flyer!

06/16/2015

Please join us on Saturday, June 27, starting at 8:30 a.m. District 8 Councilmember David Alvarez will open the program by thanking all the parties involved with making the restoration happen the past 10 years. City TV has filmed a 10-minute interior tour video to showcase the highlights of the museum. Starting at 9:00 the FOVM will give free tours of the mansion on the hour, through 12 pm

06/16/2015
www.villamontezumamuseum.org

VILLA MONTEZUMA MUSEUM REOPENING JUNE 27!

Dear Friends, this is what the Friends of the Villa have been working toward for 10 years! Now that Phase 2 restoration of the foundation, roof, and chimneys is complete the City of San Diego will open the museum quarterly, free of charge, to fulfill the CDBG grant requirements. The City has asked the FOVM to conduct these quarterly tours to help the City remain compliant.

Please join us on Saturday, June 27, starting at 8:30 a.m. District 8 Councilmember David Alvarez will open the program by thanking all the parties involved with making the restoration happen the past 10 years. City TV has filmed a 10-minute interior tour video to showcase the highlights of the museum. Starting at 9:00 the FOVM will give free tours of the mansion on the hour, through 1:00 p.m.

For this special event, the City is asking that guests register on the City's Park & Rec website so they know to expect you. See the attached PDF with City flyer and FOVM flyer, giving instructions. If you have any trouble registering, email the FOVM at [email protected] and we'll take your registration that way.

Future dates for the quarterly free tours have not yet been scheduled. The FOVM is urging the City to allow us to reopen the museum all the time, for regular tours and events, and not just quarterly. Help the FOVM make this happen by attending on June 27!

Thank you to all who have supported and encourage the Friends of the Villa Montezuma the past 10 years. Let us know if you have any questions. See the website for more info: www.VillaMontezumaMuseum.org, or send us an email. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL FRIENDS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC MANSION.

04/18/2015
An evening at Villa Montezuma; Coda

http://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/apr/15/unforgettable-evening-villa-montezuma-coda/?templates=mobile
For more information about the Villa Montezuma please visit
Villamontezumamuseum.org

It’s after midnight, February 15, 1888. The last of the guests are finally leaving Jesse Shepard’s musicale at the Villa Montezuma. One- and two-horse carriages clop in the darkness. Behind them, the music room’s a multicolored sunburst: light from dozens of candles blazes like a furnace through sta…

03/08/2015

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03/08/2015

Villa Montezuma Museum

03/06/2015

As Phase 2 Restoration at the Villa Montezuma Museum wraps up and the Friends of the Villa get ready for Phase 3, please join us as at the Congress of History of San Diego and Imperial Counties 50th History Conference, "Balboa Park: 1915 & Beyond" on March 6 and 7, 2015, from 9:00 - 4:00 each day. The conference will be in the Recital Hall in Balboa Park, next to the Automotive Museum. Hear 16 dynamic historians talk about all aspects of our park, as we celebrate 100 years since the Panama-California Exposition. Cost is only $35/adult, $25/senior, or $15/student and walk-ins are welcome. Stop by the FOVM's table to hear the latest plans!

01/22/2015
2010-2013 Restoration

January 2015: Villa Montezuma Museum Phase 2 - ADA path to be installed soon!
The foundation is restored, the new roof is on, and the west chimney has been rebuilt to make it structurally safe. Next at the Villa Montezuma Museum is the pouring of a concrete ADA pathway that will lead to the Bistro door in the back yard. We can’t wait for Phase 2 work to be complete. Phase 3 is our work to fund the exterior repainting of the museum. Join the Friends of the Villa Montezuma, Inc. (FOVM) and contribute to the cause. We’re a 501-3-c nonprofit corporation, and your donations are tax deductible. Help us reopen this museum before Phase 3 is done!
For More information on the restoration of The Villa Montezuma:
http://villamontezumamuseum.org/Villa_Site/Restoration.html

Platt/Whitelaw Architects is the firm hired by the City to design the restoration plan. This experienced firm has a team of experts who have investigating all the needs of the museum, in order that all major repairs can take place. The City’s goal is to provide a complete, quality restoration that w…

12/06/2014

Have you taken the walking tour of the Sherman Heights Historic District (Jesse Shepard's neighborhood)? If not, Saturday, December 6, at 10:00 a.m. is the last chance in 2014 to take this 2.5 hour historical and architectural walk with us (we'll resume again in the spring). Donations benefit the nonprofit Friends of the Villa Montezuma, Inc. (FOVM). We suggest a $10 donation per adult, but donate what you'd like. Become a member of the FOVM (membership starts at only $25 per year). Learn all about the FOVM's work and the ongoing restoration of the Villa Montezuma Museum. (The museum is closed and will not be on tour.) RSVP to [email protected] so we know to expect you. Meet outside the museum at 1925 K Street (corner of 20th) in Sherman Heights. Plenty of free street parking. Sherman Heights is San Diego's largest historic district by number of contributing historically designated buildings. See the history with the Friends of the Villa Montezuma! [email protected] or text 619-233-8833.

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1925 K Street
San Diego, CA
92102

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(619) 239-2211

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