Mary Washington House - Fredericksburg, Virginia

ivan V.

Un lugar muy acogedor y lleno de historia.

Marie G.

This is a terrific museum, rich with U.S. history. We started our tour of the Mary Washington House with a detailed overview from Heather, who is quite knowledgeable. Give yourself at least one hour to tour the house and longer, if you plan to read all of the historical placards throughout the house.

They have a very nice museum store; I bought quite a few items to give as gifts.

There is street parking and a public restroom.

no L.

Good for educational field trips for school and homeschool group. And for those who loves historic places like this one. The tour guide knows what he is talking about.

Ileana F.

This is a must stop for any visitors to Fredericksburg. Wealth of information and the best tour guides dressed in period clothes.
Recommended!

Cahmbriel A. Y.

Patriot Podcast (IG @snowsisland1780) here and I have some thoughts. I have been to many, many, many museums, historic sites, and homes across the country (and in Turkey as well) over the years and have never had such a strange and confusing experience. We were greeted by a lady who didn't seem to want to give much information or communication about how visiting the museum works. We had just come from the sister museum - the Rising Sun Tavern - where we paid admission but asked to explore at our own leisure rather than taking a tour. This was no issue. My conversation at this museum, however, went very strangely.

Me: We would like to just look around at our own leisure, we don't want to take a tour.

Staff: Okay. Well, it's $10 to see the house and it's free to see the gardens.

Me: Okay, we want to see the house, just don't want to do a tour.

Staff: (after I paid) Oh, well, you aren't allowed to look around the house unless you join a tour. You can join the tour right now.

I was annoyed that she clearly knew we didn't want to take a tour but chose not to tell us this until afterward, but just figured we'd do the tour if we weren't allowed to look around alone.)

Me: (hearing voices upstairs) Okay, is it upstairs?

Staff: Yes.

I then told my friend to go ahead upstairs because I'm too pregnant to go up and asked if I could sit in a nearby chair. Staff member agreed but looked annoyed. My friend went upstairs and came back down, confused. The tour wasn't going on upstairs. We asked staff member about it again and she tells me you aren't allowed to go upstairs (why didn't she stop my friend? Why did she tell us the tour was upstairs? Still very confused.) Finally she told us that the tour was gathering on the back porch and we could go out there. Maybe her hearing is not so good, I would understand that. But there should be upfront communication and clear outline of how the museum operates instead of vague non-answers. I was very clear upfront that I wanted to do as we had at Rising Sun. If that wasn't okay, she should have just said that instead of taking the money and then telling us we couldn't do that. She did offer to refund, but we wanted to see the house.

Having said that, the tour guide was excellent, full of in-depth information on the history of the house, and we enjoyed the tour. It seemed there were people of differing levels of knowledge regarding Mary Washington and the Washington family in general, and he managed to speak to everyone individually, which is rare for tour guides in my experience and made for an amazing tour. I also highly appreciated that he made mention of how some later historians painted Mary Washington in a harsh and someone negative light, I have actually spoken about this previously when I was still operating my tours in Yorktown. The house is beautifully preserved and it was such a joy to see it. Would love to visit again on my next visit up that way!

Carbo K. (.

開國元勳華盛頓的母親的居住地。他的母親名字叫瑪麗，跟耶穌生母一樣。顯示出了美國人對華盛頓的個人崇拜。

Wm S.

Great place to go see if you have the time... Visiting this place you get a chance to see how and where George Washington lived during that time... The house has had additions added to it over the years from what it had during his stay there, but it is still a interesting place to visit...

Scott

This is the house that George Washington bought for his mother Mary and she only lived in the middle section of this house. She would be closer to her doctor and daughter that lived at nearby historic Kenmore. George stopped by here on his way to his inauguration in New York City for his mother's blessing. The Marquis de Lafayette also visited Mary because he wanted to see the mother of his friend George Washington. Mary Washington University here is also named after her. No pictures were allowed inside. The lady that gave us a tour is very knowledgeable and so passionate about her job that my wife and her were in tears.