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George Mason's Gunston Hall

George Mason's Gunston Hall is a historic 18th-century house and garden, a museum with the current exhibition Revolutionary Rights, 550+ acres, three trails & Potomac River views. We are open everyday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and the first two weeks of January.

10709 Gunston Road

Mason Neck , VA , 22079

Phone: 703 550 9220

38° 39' 54.2592" N, 77° 9' 38.9844" W

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George Washington's Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is the historic home of America's first president, George Washington. The estate is located in northern Virginia, just a short drive from Washington, D.C.

3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway

Mount Vernon , VA , 22121

Phone: (703) 780-2000

38° 49' 51.2832" N, 77° 25' 56.1072" W

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B&O Railroad Museum - Baltimore, MD

African American Civil War Memorial Museum

Aldie Mill Historic Park

Archaeology Office, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George's County

Arlington Historical Museum

Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park

Battle of Upperville | Goose Creek Historic Park

Beaverdam Reservoir

Calvert Marine Museum - Solomons, MD

Capital Jewish Museum

Carlyle House Historic Park - Alexandria, VA

Cherry Hill Farmhouse - Falls Church, VA

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

College Park Aviation Museum

Colvin Run Mill Historic Site - Great Falls, VA

Congressional Cemetery - D.C.

Daughters of the American Revolution Museum

Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, VA

Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort Washington Park

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Gaithersburg Community Museum

Hillwood Museum

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Jewish Museum of Maryland

Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden

Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - D.C.

Museum of the Bible - Washington, D.C.

Museum of the Palestinian People - D.C.

National Archives Building - Washington, DC

National Capital Trolley Museum

National Law Enforcement Museum

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home

Riversdale House Museum - MD

Sandy Spring Museum, MD

Smithsonian - National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian - National Museum of African Art

Smithsonian - National Museum of American History

Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian - National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian - National Postal Museum

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian's Discovery Theater - D.C.

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

The Dumbarton House

The Mansion on O Street

United States Botanic Garden Conservatory

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

US Navy Memorial - Washington, D.C.

Walkersville Southern Railroad and Museum - MD

Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park - Montgomery Parks, MD