This has to be a stop while in historic Fredericksburg! After learning there was a James Monroe Museum and Memorial in Fredericksburg, we planned a day trip to this historic town and made this museum our first stop. We visited on a weekday before lunch time and had the entire museum to ourselves. Masks were required, and the employee let us know that if someone else came in, that we would have to leave if we had been there for awhile. I was just relieved that the museum was even open, as the other historic museums and sites in town were only open during the weekend. But since this is owned by Mary Washington University and the school is open, they've opened this museum. Admission was only $6 and there's a discount for AAA members. Where this museum sits is the location of James Monroe's law office back in the day. You will learn a lot about James Monroe here, as there were many artifacts about him. After we paid admission, the friendly employee showed us to the front room where most information about James Monroe can be found, as the displays talked about his childhood, time in Fredericksburg and beyond and his public service. She gave us a brief introduction and the rest of the tour was self-guided. It's not a huge museum, with three rooms, but we ended up spending an hour here, reading all the displays. If you like U.S. history then do not miss visiting the James Monroe Museum and Memorial. You will learn a lot about our fifth president and the many years of public service in various roles he held. Though I have visited James Monroe's Highland, I still learned more about James Monroe at this museum. read more

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I was in my own era of good feelings visiting this museum of President James Monroe. This museum in the quaint downtown area of Fredericksburg has plenty of street parking and is a self-guided tour through artifacts from Monroe. This doesn't take too long to go through a few rooms (maybe an hour) but there are a lot of good things to see including clothing, portraits, and sculptures. The gift shop is small. There were a couple of employees who were there to answer questions if needed. It's worth the price to come and see more about one of our Founding Fathers. read more

Small cute and work it. Must go if you like history.

How am I the first to review this place? It's been a museum since 1927. C'mon people. C'mon, American people! This man was your president, among several, several other things. There's pretty much no position he wasn't elected to. For $6, this was well worth an hour of my time. If I wasn't starving, I probably would have spent an extra hour in here but the words on the self guided tour started to blur as I became in desperate need of a beer and some food. Karen was an excellent hostess and spent about 5-10 minutes with me to give a brief overview of the museum and the life of James Monroe. The museum itself is not that big, but deserves a visit. read more

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This amazing museum is small but priced well. There is some great exhibits for sure go

The James Monroe Museum has well labeled and very interesting artifacts. That said I believe that the admission fee is outrageous. But they have Open Houses at some points through the year and there is an extremely dedicated Monroe impersonator who attends the events. I do not know if he is there on a daily basis, and perhaps I should be leaving this review for him, since his presence brings the museum out of the ordinary and into the realm of extraordinary. I recommend waiting for an Open House day to go here; until Fredericksburg museums finally figure out a network with a family discount for visiting all the museums. read more

Impromptu visit and we're so glad we went. The family as well as the museum has done a really wonderful job preserving items to help illustrate the life of James Monroe. It was educational for the adults and fun for the children. It's a manageable museum to do with young children. They had a scavenger hunt type activity for young kids as well as for older kids. It made the museum engaging for the kids. We were impressed and will likely go back. The curator that day was so kind to us. Which also helped make our time there enjoyable. For parents considering going with his: we went with a 6 year old, 9 year old and a 16 year old. They all liked it a lot. We also had our infant in tow. My nephew who generally gets bored quickly had fun in the hands on area. This museum is a Must see! read more