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.
Located on the banks of the Potomac near the wharf, the four-acre Pioneer Farm site explores George Washington’s role as visionary farmer.
Washington used Mount Vernon as a laboratory for testing and implementing progressive farming practices and the Pioneer Farm represents the more than 3,000 acres he cultivated during the second half of the 18th century. It also offers visitors a chance to learn more about the lives of the enslaved workers who put Washington’s agrarian ideas into practice.
Visitors to Mount Vernon can tour the four-acre farm, whose highlights include a replica of Washington’s 16-sided treading barn and a reconstructed slave cabin. Open April to October.
Replicating Washington's soil box experiment to determine the best for growing oats, wheat, and barley.
One of Washington’s masterful farming innovations was a 16-sided barn designed for treading wheat—his most important cash crop. The barn at the Pioneer Farm site is an exact replica of the original that was located on Washington's estate.
Our recreated slave cabin allows you to see how many of Washington's slaves lived at Mount Vernon. You can walk into and through this structure that would have housed a slave family.
The Pioneer Farm is most active from April to October, visitors can see horses tread the 16-sided treading barn and other agricultural demonstration such as hoeing the fields, cracking corn, field plowing, and winnowing wheat.
George Washington to Theodorick Bland, August 15, 1786
George Washington's fishing operations brought in food for his enslaved and paid workers, and by selling the surplus, provided additional profits for his estate.
Learn more about George Washington's great innovation in wheat farming, the 16-sided treading barn.
Modern visitors to the estate can see many of the same animals who lived here in the 18th century.
Our integrated plant finder service allows you to better identify the names and details behind the amazing array of flowers, plants, shrubs, vegetables, and trees that you will find at Mount Vernon.
Our interactive estate map will show you all the great sites you can visit at George Washington's Mount Vernon.
Modern visitors to Mount Vernon can see many of the same animals who lived here in the 18th century.
Learn about George Washington's agricultural innovations forward-thinking approach to crop rotation.
Now you can explore historic Mount Vernon from your home or classroom. Our new Virtual Tour includes 360 degree panoramic images and clickable points of interest.
See photos and images from Mount Vernon's farms and our collection of 18th century farming documents
Plowing the Fields
Piglets at Mount Vernon
Pioneer Farm at Mount Vernon
Plows in the 18th Century
Map showing Washington's five farms at Mount Vernon
The Pioneer Farm and 16-Sided Barn at Mount Vernon
Duke and Earl haul treaded wheat from the 16-sided barn
Wheat Treading at the 16-Sided Barn
Sheep at Mount Vernon
Gathering wheat for treading
Corn growing at the Pioneer Farm
Upper Garden Vegetables
Potato Harvest at Mount Vernon
A Tobacco Leaf
Peaches at Mount Vernon
Videos of farming activities at the Pioneer Farm and elsewhere at Mount Vernon
