Specialty Tours

National Treasure Tour
This one-hour walking tour goes behind-the-scenes to areas where "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets" filming took place.
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 east lawn of George Washington's home was transformed into a Hollywood set for a day in July 1993. The Pelican Brief, based on the best-selling John Grisham novel, features scenes filmed at Mount Vernon.
Hundreds of crew members and extras descended upon Mount Vernon to film the scene involving a newspaper reporter, played by Denzel Washington, and his editor, played by John Lithgow. The reporter needs to update his editor on the progress of his investigation into the shocking murders of two Supreme Court justices. Yet he suspects that his home and office are being bugged, so he must find an out-of-the-way place to confer with his editor.
In the book, the two discuss the matter in the car on a drive to Virginia, but filmmakers wanted a more dramatic location, so they rewrote the scene so that the conversation could take place at Mount Vernon.
Several Mount Vernon employees made their motion-picture debuts in the film. The producers filled the east lawn with extras portraying Mount Vernon, and members of the Education Department, along with many college interns, portrayed interpreters and 18th century characters interacting with visitors.
In addition, the producers made a sizable contribution to Mount Vernon for the privilege of filming on the estate.