Open 365 days a year, Mount Vernon is located just 15 miles south of Washington DC.
From the mansion to lush gardens and grounds, intriguing museum galleries, immersive programs, and the distillery and gristmill. Spend the day with us!
Discover what made Washington "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association has been maintaining the Mount Vernon Estate since they acquired it from the Washington family in 1858.
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The Washington Library is open to all researchers and scholars, by appointment only.
Spend up to 6 months as a research fellow at the George Washington Library, located at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Northern Virginia.
Funded research opportunities are available to people researching the early American period.
The Washington Library is extending its reach through an academic partnership with King's College London to establish a scholarly exchange for a five-year period to support the Georgian Papers Programme. Mount Vernon's participation is funded through the generous support of the Amanda and Greg Gregory Family Fund.
