Museum Collection

The most important piece of fire-fighting equipment from the seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries was a leather fire bucket. Standard-size buc...

The Washingtons had a keen interest in gardening and delighted in nurturing rare and exotic plants which were sent to them from all over the world....

George Washington was well known for his punctuality and he used the 18th century's most accurate method of telling time: the sundial. Washington's...

George Washington was well known for his punctuality and he used the 18th century's most accurate method of telling time: the sundial. Washington's...

After returning home from nine long years at war, General George Washington was eager to complete Mount Vernon's cupola. He commissioned architect ...

This extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets.   Of all the 18th century dinner...

Mount Vernon Ribbons and Cornflower pattern is adapted from a French porcelain mug originally used by George and Martha Washington. The original mu...

"No taxation without representation!" In March 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. It was the first dire...

George Washington wrote to the Marquis de Lafayette in Paris for assistance in acquiring silver-plated wares to properly equip his Mount Vernon tab...

This charming necklace is a modern interpretation of one of Lady Washington's garnet necklaces which is a part of the Mount Vernon Collection. The ...

In 1760 George Washington recorded the receipt of an invoice dated December 26th, detailing his latest purchases from London. Therein he listed "A ...

Martha Washington understood her role as a national figure and the meaning conveyed by her personal appearance. She owned a seed pearl pin that was...

Martha Washington understood her role as a national figure and the meaning conveyed by her personal appearance. She owned a seed pearl pin that was...

Diamond jewelry was in short supply in mid-eighteenth century America, making Martha Washington's diamond ring an impressive display of taste and w...

In jewelry, George Washington preferred what was simple and utilitarian. These are adaptations from English cufflinks, circa 1790, which were worn ...

This finely crafted paperweight is a scaled reproduction of Mount Vernon's famous Key to the Bastille, the infamous prison in Paris overthrown at t...

Replica edition.  ISBN: 978-1-4494-4838-7. Gilded and embossed hardcover with 112 pages presented in a rigid slip-case. A 48 page softcover compani...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...