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For the ultimate learning experience, give your group its own guided tour. This opportunity is offered exclusively to groups with 20 or more and is led by guides with expertise in just about everything and anything you’d want to know about George Washington and his estate! During this one-hour walking tour, the guide will emphasize slave life, gardens and landscapes, National Treasure, or Martha Washington, depending on your group’s interests. Guided walking tours take place around the grounds and at significant stops throughout the estate. Your special tour ends at the line to the Mansion. Guide Service does not include the Mansion, and does not give the group preferential line status. For your convenience, these popular tours may be scheduled three times daily at: (maximum of 75 per tour time)
Expert Guide Service is $5 per person in addition to admission. Please scroll below to the bottom of the page for Policy and Instructions on Guide Service. Reservations are required at least 2 weeks prior to arrival. Adult Group Guide Service Themes Landscape Tour Slave Life Tour They’ll hear the stories of people like Hercules, the Presidential cook, whose life took a dramatic turn after General Washington’s decision not to serve a third term, of Oney Judge who decided that she didn’t want to be a slave when she was informed by Mrs. Washington that she would be given to Mrs. Washington’s grand daughter Eliza as a wedding gift, and of Frank and Lucy for whom freedom brought both joy and pain. Guests will also learn of General Washington’s changing attitude toward the institution of slavery. Adult Walking Tour Each of the tours runs between 45 and 60 minutes covering various terrain of the Mount Vernon Estate. Please see the Policy and Instructions for Guide Service document for more information. |
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