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Find answers to our most-asked questions about membership.
Yes, you can upgrade your membership mid-cycle. Your membership card will automatically be loaded with your new benefits and can be scanned at the estate.
All membership communications, including benefit updates and invitations, are primarily sent via email. If you wish to receive these communications, you must have a valid email in your membership record.
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans receive $20 off a one-year membership level. To receive the discount, click on the ID.me button when purchasing or renewing a membership.
Two adult members of a household or an adult member of a household plus one can enter.
No, a membership card has the member name(s) printed on them. The cards are to be used by the member(s) only who are named on the card.
Members at the contributing levels (Patron, Patron Plus and Regent’s Circles) are allowed to bring accompanied guests, depending on the level of their membership. Please see your membership card or the membership brochure.
Yes, all levels of membership allow you to participate in discounts and early sale for major events including:
Please visit our Mount Vernon calendar for event details. If you would like to purchase tickets for these major events or have questions, please call 703.780.2000 or email tickets@mountvernon.org.
Most daytime events are free for members, including:
Please visit our Mount Vernon calendar for event details.
No, free admission benefits are meant for daytime admission to the estate or for special events during the daytime hours. Tickets must be purchased for special evening events unless otherwise indicated.
An invitation to this special holiday reception and candlelight tour will be sent to all member levels who receive this benefit. The invitation will note the day of the reception and tours and will have instructions on how to register for the event.
We can usually accommodate requests for changes that are made in advance. Please call 703.780.2000 or email tickets@mountvernon.org.
Yes, you can opt-out of receiving benefits at the higher contributing levels of membership (Patron Plus and all Regent’s Circle levels), which will allow for your gift to be 100% tax-deductible. Individual, Dual and Family memberships are already 100% tax-deductible.
Membership at the Individual, Dual and Family Membership levels (no matter where you live) are fully tax-deductible.
For memberships at the contributing levels (Patron, Patron Plus, Regent’s Circle levels), a portion is tax-deductible. If a member declines benefits, it is 100% tax-deductible.
Yes, you should be prepared to show a valid/active membership card to receive any membership discount on the estate.
The Mount Vernon Inn and Pavilion offers a 10% discount (excluding ticketed dinners such as the Whiskey Dinner.)
The Shops at Mount Vernon offer 10% off (exclusions apply including distilled spirits). They offer special shopping days throughout the year:
Learn more about member discounts here.
Yes, you can come to the Guest Services ticketing desk in the Ford Orientation Center at your next visit to receive a new card, or you can email membership@mountvernon.org and a replacement card will be sent to you.
The Mount Vernon Magazine is published three times a year and is a benefit of any membership level. You will receive the next issue that is produced after your membership is received. Mount Vernon does not provide back issues of publications.
Membership locally and nationally has the same levels and benefits. Donors who live on the Five Farms of Mount Vernon (in zip codes 22309 or 22308) receive special invitations, including an invitation to a Neighborhood Friends picnic held in the summer. Members automatically have a Neighborhood Friends membership based on address.