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, though by appointment only.
In recent years many rooms inside Mount Vernon's Mansion and outbuildings have undergone extensive restoration work.
Mount Vernon’s restoration efforts aim to represent the estate as it appeared in 1799, the last year of George Washington’s life and the culmination of his designs for Mount Vernon.
The restoration of each room in the Mansion and each outbuilding is accomplished through the collaboration of experts in multiple fields, including architectural historians, archaeologists, carpenters, curators, conservators, and collections managers on Mount Vernon’s staff and craftspeople and colleagues from other historic sites.
Mount Vernon is one of the best documented and most complete examples of an estate from early America, but discovering, analyzing, and interpreting the extraordinary mass of available evidence is an ongoing process.
The 2017-2019 restoration of George and Martha Washington’s front parlor is complete. One of the most elaborately finished rooms…
In 2018, Mount Vernon's preservation team began restoring the North Garden House, which suffers from significant deterioration.
Each year the Mansion endures rain, snow, sun, wind, and thousands of people. All of which stress the 18th-century wooden building. Permanent repairs are needed to better stabilize Washington's home.
After a major research and restoration effort, the largest and grandest room in George Washington’s Mount Vernon Mansion has reopened with a new look and a new interpretation.
The most dramatic transformation of this restoration was the application of the period-appropriate wallpaper and paint.
After more than two years of intense forensic investigations, documentary and material culture research, conservation, and restoration, one of Mount Vernon’s major bedchambers is now on view.
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For 150 years, Mount Vernon has never accepted any government funding. We rely upon people like you to preserve George Washington’s home and legacy.
