See the home that George Washington shared with his wife, Martha. The Mansion at George Washington's Mount Vernon is one of the most iconic 18th-century homes in America.

We recommend reserving your Mansion tour in advance online, as capacity is limited. The Mansion is undergoing preservation work and some of the Mansion's rooms are not open for viewing.

Learn more about the Mansion Revitalization Project

Visit the final resting place of George and Martha Washington, as well as 28 other family members.

Walk through the estate’s four gardens and examine a great variety of trees, flowers, and plants that provided food for the Mansion’s table and beautiful settings for an evening stroll.

While the gardens look their best from April through September, you can visit the greenhouse in the upper garden year-round.

Visit with people from Washington’s world as they stroll the grounds.

Costumed interpreters portray members of the Washington family and the enslaved community. 

Mount Vernon keeps animals similar to the breeds that Washington had, including sheep, pigs, oxen, and horses.

Each spring, the estate welcomes more than twenty baby sheep, who guests can visit in the paddock south of the lower garden.

Mount Vernon offers a series of tours that dive deeper into topics such as the daily life of Mount Vernon's enslaved community. Tours vary by season.

Inside the Education Center, trace Washington’s life story. See hundreds of artifacts from Washington's lifetime, movies, a 4D theater about the Revolutionary War, and an interactive theater where you can Be Washington, all included with general admission.

March - September

Experience Mount Vernon from a different perspective during this 45-minute narrated photo cruise excursion on the Potomac River.

Boat cruises are offered seasonally.

Weekends, April - October

Visit the fully-functioning reconstructions of Washington's Distillery and Gristmill. Watch the mighty gears turning and the stones grinding at our Gristmill, where flour and cornmeal were produced.

Within our functioning distillery, you can see where we make George Washington's whiskey. 

Drive less than three miles to the reconstructed distillery and gristmill.

This site is open on weekends, April through October.