Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon Museum

  • Address: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA 22121
  • Phone: 703 / 780-2000
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  • Website:www.mountvernon.org
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Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121

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  • The estate, gardens and farm of Mount Vernon totaled some 8,000 acres in the 18th century. Today, roughly 500 acres of this historic estate have been preserved 16 miles south of Washington, D.C., on the banks of the Potomac River. Visitors ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • From beneath the 90-foot portico of Mount Vernon, visitors can gaze across an expanse of sloping lawn to the Potomac River, a mile wide, as its flows past George Washington's home. Costumed guides narrate the history of the elegant mansion and of the surrounding buildings, which have been preserv... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • You can't leave northern Virginia without visiting George and Martha Washington's magnificent home overlooking the Potomac River. Indeed, Mount Vernon has been one of America's most-visited shrines since 1858, when the Mount Vernon Ladies Association purchased the estate from Washington's great-g... more on Frommers

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5.0
A bit of history overload, but also beautiful scenery

If you go to Mt Vernon, be sure to leave yourself plenty of time to see everything. The Museum is very interesting, and the grounds are pretty. There is a lot of very educational stuff for kids about ... mbusath25, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Directions

8 miles S of Old Town Alexandria and I-95

Hours

Mount Vernon: Apr-Aug daily 8am-5pm; Sept-Oct daily 9am-5pm; Nov-Mar daily 9am-4pm. Gristmill: Apr-Oct daily 10am-5pm

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: open seven days a week ... April through August from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- March, September, October from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- November through February from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  • Collections: Collection of some 15,000 objects--furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles, metals, paintings, miniatures, and sculpture--is largely displayed in the mansion, its outbuildings, an online exhibition, and the museum facilities on the estate.

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