This magnificent Georgian mansion, its various outbuildings and dependencies, and the historic ground which surrounds it represent a small preserve in which the entire scope of Virginia heritage from Colonial times to the 20th Century. Today Chatham ... Read More

Housed in historic Town Hall/Market House (c. 1816), FAM's collection of objects span more than ten thousand years of history! Ranging from Native American artifacts to Black Lives Matter posters, the objects support the vast and rich stories of our ... Read More

Fredericksburg is among the most famous battles of the Civil War. On December 13, 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside launched a series of brave but futile attacks against General Robert E. Lee's position on the heights behind town. Lee's men, posted ... Read More

The Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail follows the stories and sites of the local Civil Rights movement and highlights the role of Black residents in Fredericksburg's history. Our timeline for this tour begins at the end of the Civil War in 1865. F... Read More

Welcome to Belmont, home of American artist Gari Melchers and his wife Corinne. This 27-acre estate features the historic home, art studio and galleries, tours, gardens, historic buildings and several miles of walking trails.... Read More

This bronze statue of General Mercer was erected in 1906 by the US government. The sculptor was Edward Valentine of Richmond, who did the famous reclining statue of Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee University. Mercer, a general in the Revolutionar... Read More

George Washington's Ferry Farm is where young Washington spent his formative years and became an extraordinary man. The future general and first president was 6 years old when his family moved to King George County (now Stafford County), Virginia, i... Read More

Set foot into some of the most interesting periods in America's past with a stroll amoung more than 350 originial 18th and 19th century buildings in Fredericksburg's 40-block National Historic District. While here, visitors can also step into over 10... Read More

Historic Kenmore is a beautiful, Georgian-style brick mansion built by George Washington's sister, Betty Washington Lewis, and her husband, Fredericksburg merchant Fielding Lewis, reflecting their pre-Revolutionary War wealth and gentry status. Th... Read More

ca. 1772 This eighteenth-century building was restored to house the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop, a museum of medicine, pharmacy, and military and political affairs. Dr. Mercer served the citizens of Fredericksburg with medicines and treatments of the... Read More

The historic museum building houses a collection of over 1,600 items, including decorative arts, personal items, costumes and memorabilia, all belonging to 5th president James Monroe. Additionally, the on-site archives houses over 10,000 documents, a... Read More

Mary Ball Washington was born in Lancaster County, Virginia in 1708 and was orphaned as a child. She married Augustine Washington in 1731 and her oldest child, George, was born in 1732. Following the death of her husband in 1743, the young widow rais... Read More

When Mary Washington died in 1789 at the age of 81, she was buried at her request at her favorite spot near her daughter's home. In 1833 a cornerstone was laid by President Andrew Jackson but the monument was never finished. In 1894 President Grover ... Read More

Young visitors to Historic Kenmore can experience Hands-on History in Kenmore's new Discovery Room, full of experiential exhibits for small hands to touch, see, hear -- and even smell -- what life was like on the cusp of the Revolutionary War. ... Read More

Built by George Washington's youngest brother Charles around 1760 as his home, this frame building became a tavern in 1792 when it was purchased by the Wallace family. It operated for 35 years as a stopover for travelers in the bustling port town of... Read More