Aldie Mill Historic Park
39401 John Mosby Highway
Aldie, VA 20105
703-327-9777
http://www.nvrpa.org/park/aldie_mill_historic_park
The restored Aldie Mill, an imposing four-story brick structure with tandem metal waterwheels, offers visitors and students a glimpse of how life was lived in the rural South during a time when the Mill served as a vital center of the community.
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Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Torpedo Factory Art Center, 3rd Floor
105 North Union Street, Studio #327
Alexandria, VA 22314
http://www.AlexandriaArchaeology.org/
The main exhibit, Archaeologists at Work: The Lee Street Site, highlights one city block to provide a fascinating glimpse of Alexandria’s history and the way in which archaeologists study the past.
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Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-746-4356
http://www.alexandriava.gov/BlackHistory
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA 22211
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm
6310 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
703-442-7557
http://www.nps.gov/clmo/index.htm
Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a reconstructed revolutionary war farm. The farm demonstrates the life of a poor family living on a small farm in northern Virginia just prior to the American Revolution.
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Collingwood Library and Museum on Americanism
8301 East Boulevard Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308
703-765-1652
http://www.collingwoodlibrary.org/
Collingwood Library and Museum consists of a historic mansion that houses thousands of books and artifacts relating to the history of America.
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Colvin Run Mill
10017 Colvin Run Road
Great Falls, Virginia 22066
703-759-2771
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/colvinrunmill/
Colvin Run is a restored mill – a water-powered technological marvel built c.1811. On this multi-sensory tour, you’ll see the massive waterwheel and gears, feel the furrowed stones that grind grain and smell the burn of mill stones set too close together.
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Dodona Manor – George C. Marshall International Center
217 Edwards Ferry Road
Leesburg, VA 20176
703-777-1880
http://www.georgecmarshall.org/
The mission of the George C. Marshall International Center is to preserve and advance the enduring legacy of General George Catlett Marshall. Marshall’s legacy of peace through international cooperation was best exemplified by the “Marshall Plan” for which General Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.
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Fairfax Museum
10209 Main St.
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-385-8414
http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources
The Fairfax Museum, located in the former Fairfax Elementary School. The museum produces special exhibitions on city history, provides educational outreach to school and youth groups and offers walking tours of Old Town Fairfax and the city’s historic buildings in the spring and fall.
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Fairfax Station Railroad Museum
11200 Fairfax Station Road
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
703-425-9225
http://www.fairfax-station.org/
Fairfax Station is rich in railroad, Civil War, and local history. Take a step back in time and discover the Fairfax Station Museum and the role it played during the Civil War. Learn about the humanitarian efforts begun here by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Come explore Civil War history, railroading, and the fascinating story of our local community.
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Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site
4301 West Braddock Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
703-746-4848
http://www.alexandriava.gov/FortWard
Fort Ward is the best preserved of the system of Union forts and batteries built to protect Washington, DC during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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Franconia Museum
6121 Franconia Road
Alexandria, VA 22310
703-971-7943
http://www.franconiamuseum.org/
The Franconia Museum is a private museum dedicated to preserving the past, present, and future of the Franconia area through pictures, artifacts, and stories.
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Freeman House Museum
131 Church St.
Vienna, VA 22182
703-938-5187
http://historicviennainc.org/
Built in 1859 and originally known as Lydecker Store, The Freeman Store and Museum operated as a general store until the late 1920s and then served as a residence until 1955. The building also operated as a post office and served in various capacities for both the Federal and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
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Friendship Firehouse Museum
107 S. Alfred Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-746-3891
http://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/friendship/default.aspx
The Friendship Fire Company was established in 1774, as the first volunteer fire company in Alexandria. The current firehouse was built in 1855, was substantially remodeled in 1871, and was restored by the City of Alexandria in 1992.
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Frying Pan Farm Park
2709 West Ox Rd.
Herndon, VA 20171
703-437-9101
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark/
Frying Pan Farm Park is part of the Floris Community in western Fairfax County, known as Frying Pan from 1726 to 1892 when the name was changed to Floris. Today, the park preserves and interprets a 1920s through 1950s farm, agricultural process, rural community life and landscape for the educational, cultural and recreational enrichment of citizens and visitors of Fairfax County.
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Gadsby’s Tavern Museum
134 N. Royal Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-746-4242
http://alexandriava.gov/GadsbysTavern
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum consists of two buildings, a ca. 1785 tavern and the 1792 City Hotel. The buildings are named for Englishman John Gadsby who operated them from 1796 to 1808. Mr. Gadsby’s establishment was a center of political, business, and social life in early Alexandria.
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George Mason’s Gunston Hall
10709 Gunston Rd
Mason Neck, VA 22079
703-550-9220
http://www.gunstonhall.org/
Gunston Hall was once the center of a 5,500-acre tobacco and corn plantation. Its owner, George Mason IV, was a fourth generation Virginian who became a senior statesman and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, Mason was among the first to call for such fundamental American liberties as religious toleration and freedom of the press.
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Great Falls National Park
9200 Old Dominion Dr.
McLean, VA 22102
703-285-2965
http://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm
At Great Falls, the Potomac River builds up speed and force as it falls over a series of steep, jagged rocks and flows through the narrow Mather Gorge. The Patowmack Canal offers a glimpse into the early history of this country. Great Falls Park has many opportunities to explore history and nature, all in a beautiful 800-acre park only 15 miles from the Nation’s Capital.
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Gum Springs Historical Society and Museum
8100 Fordson Rd.
Gum Springs, VA 22306
703-375-9825
http://gumspringsmuseum.blogspot.com/
The Museum is featuring an photographic exhibit of Gum Springs’ residents and founding families. Many of these photos are close to 100 years old, some older.
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Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center
3610 Old Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22030
703.591.0560
http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources/civil-war-interpretive-center
The Historic Blenheim home is a central-hall plan brick farmhouse built by Albert Willcoxon (c. 1859) just prior to the Civil War (1861-65). It is nationally significant for the more than 120 signatures, art, games, thoughts, and poetry left on the house walls by Union soldiers during their occupation of the Fairfax Court House area in 1862-63.
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Historic Herndon Depot Museum
717 Lynn Street
Herndon, VA 20170
703-435-2520
http://www.herndonhistoricalsociety.org/
The museum, which is open from noon to 3PM on Sundays, is located in Herndon’s historic train depot adjacent to the WO&D trail in the heart of the downtown. The museum contains an array of materials and collectables that illustrate the life, conditions, events, and activities of Herndon and the surrounding area.
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Iwo Jima US Marine Corps War Memorial
Arlington, VA 22209
703‑289‑2553
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/historyculture/usmcwarmemorial.htm
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial represents this nation’s gratitude to Marines and those who have fought beside them. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II, the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who have given their lives in the defense of the United States since 1775.
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Laurel Grove School
6840 Beulah St.
Alexandria, VA 22310
703-322-0833
http://chnm.gmu.edu/laurelgrove/
The Laurel Grove School in Franconia, Virginia is a restored one room “colored” schoolhouse built in the 1880s during Jim Crow Segregation by ordinary but astonishing people from the first generation born to freedom.
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Lee-Fendall House
614 Oronoco Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-548-1789
http://www.leefendallhouse.org/
The Lee-Fendall House, located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is a showcase of American history. Since its construction in 1785, the house has served as home to thirty-seven members of the Lee family (1785-1903), hundreds of convalescing Union soldiers during the American Civil War (1863-1865), Alexandria’s locally prominent Downham family (1903-1937), and one of our nation’s most controversial and significant 20th century labor leaders, John L. Lewis (1937-1969).
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Leesburg Animal Park
19270 James Monroe Highway
Leesburg, VA 20175
703-433-0002
http://www.leesburganimalpark.com/
The Leesburg Animal Park is a 21-acre park that is home to a variety of animal friends.
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Lloyd House
220 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-746-4554
http://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/lloyd/default.aspx
The Lloyd House now houses the administrative offices of the Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA). Constructed around 1796-1797, Lloyd House is one of the best examples of Alexandria’s late eighteenth-century Georgian style, and one of five buildings of the Georgian style remaining in the city.
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Loudoun Museum
16 Loudoun Street SW
Leesburg, Virginia 20175
703-777-7427
http://www.loudounmuseum.org/
The Loudoun Museum brings Loudoun’s history to life, right before your eyes.
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Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
21668 Heritage Farm Ln
Sterling, VA 20164
571 258-3800
http://www.heritagefarmmuseum.org/
The Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum is Loudoun County, Virginia’s museum of agriculture.
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The Lyceum: Alexandria’s History Museum
201 S. Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-746-4994
http://www.alexandriava.gov/Lyceum
In 1839, a group of gentlemen calling themselves The Alexandria Lyceum joined with the Alexandria Library Company to build a grand hall to provide a place for lectures, scientific experiments and quiet reading.
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Manassas Museum System
9101 Prince William St.
Manassas, VA 20110
703-368-1873
http://www.manassascity.org/index.aspx?NID=211
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Manassas National Battlefield Park
6511 Sudley Rd
Manassas, VA 20109
703-361-1339
http://www.nps.gov/mana/index.htm
On July 21, 1861, two armies clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Heavy fighting swept away any notion of a quick war. In August 1862, Union and Confederate armies converged for a second time on the plains of Manassas. The Confederates won a solid victory bringing them to the height of their power.
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Morven Park
17263 Southern Planter Ln.
Leesburg, VA 20176
703-777-2414
http://www.morvenpark.org/
Morven Park, located on the northern edge of Leesburg, Va., was once the home of Virginia governor, Westmoreland Davis, and his wife Marguerite.
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Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway,
Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121
800-429-1520
http://www.mountvernon.org/
Mount Vernon is an American landmark and an enduring reminder of the life and legacy of the Father of Our Country, George Washington. In addition to visiting the mansion, guests can visit a dozen original structures, Washington’s Tomb, farm animals, and two museums.
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-572-4118
http://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center/
The Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia is a companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Opened in 2003, its two huge hangars — the Boeing Aviation Hangar and the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar — display thousands of aviation and space artifacts
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National Firearms Museum
11250 Waples Mill Rd.
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-267-1600
http://www.nramuseum.com/
The National Firearms Museum, located at the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, details and examines the nearly 700-year history of firearms with a special emphasis on firearms, freedom, and the American experience.
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National Marine Corps Museum
18900 Jefferson Davis Highway
Triangle, VA
877-635-1775
http://www.usmcmuseum.com/
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is a lasting tribute to U.S. Marines–past, present, and future.
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Oatlands Historic House and Gardens
20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane
Leesburg, VA 20175
703-777-3174
http://www.oatlands.org/
Oatlands is a stately mansion, beautiful rolling farmland, exquisite gardens, a repository of more than 200 years of American history and culture
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Old Town Hall Fairfax
3999 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-246-6321
http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources/historic-buildings-and-sites
Old Town Hall is the social and architectural cornerstone of the City. Joseph E. Willard presented the Hall as a gift to the citizens of Fairfax in 1900.
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Reston Museum
1639 Washington Plaza
Reston, VA 20190
703-709-7700
http://www.restonmuseum.org/
The Reston Museum & Shop offers community exhibits, archives, walking tours, and public events including the annual Home Tour and the annual Founder’s Day.
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Reston Zoo
1228 Hunter Mill Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
703-757-6222
http://www.restonzoo.coastalcms.com/
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
105-107 South Fairfax Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703-746-3852
http://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/apothecary/default.aspx
The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum was a family business founded in 1792 and operated in this location from 1796 until 1933. It represents one of Alexandria’s oldest continuously run businesses that combined retailing, wholesaling, and manufacturing.
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Stuart-Mosby Civil War Cavalry Museum
13938 Braddock Road
Centreville, VA 20120
703-785-5294
http://www.stuart-mosby.com/stuart-mosby-cavalry-museum
The museum display artifacts connected to Confederate stalwarts Gen. James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart (who first distinguished himself at the battle of First Manassas in July 1861) and Col. John Mosby, whose daring Partisan Raiders turned most of Fairfax County into what was known as Mosby’s Confederacy.
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Sully Historic Site
3650 Historic Sully Way
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-437-1794
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sully-historic-site/
An oasis of the past, Sully reflects the history of Fairfax County. Completed in 1799 by Richard Bland Lee, the main house at Sully combines aspects of Georgian and Federal architecture. Richard Bland Lee was Northern Virginia’s first Representative to Congress, as well as General Robert E. Lee’s uncle.
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Woodlawn Estate
9000 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA 22309
703-780-4000
http://www.woodlawnpopeleighey.org/
Woodlawn, the first site operated by the National Trust, was part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. In 1799, he gave the site to his nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and Lewis’ new bride, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis, Martha’s granddaughter, in hopes of keeping Nelly close to Mount Vernon. The site is also home to the Pope-Leighey House, a home by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Workhouse Prison Museum at Lorton
9601 Ox Rd
Lorton, VA 22079
703-495-0001
http://workhousemuseums.org/
The District of Columbia’s Workhouse opened in Lorton, Virginia in the summer of 1910. It was an experiment to see if hard work in an open air environment would be an effective deterrent for short term prisoners who were habitual drunkards, vagrants and family abusers.
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