A very nice museum that covers not only Fredericksburg's history but also African American and…read moreAmerican history from the Civil War to today. It's a very informative and well-curated museum.

This museum is free…read more Disappointed exhibit not much about civil war and development about this area. I was expecting more information about the battlefield history since we have so many places in this areas were Civil war battlefields. Half of this museum about slavery, LGBT.

Amazing piece of colonial history where George Washington's mother lived. This is a must see site…read moreamong many in Fredericksburg.

We stopped by Fredericksburg on our drive. Super cute town. We went by the Mary Washington House…read moreand walked the grounds. A few people were outside and one lady gave us a lot of history on the house and area. I would definitely come back to do a whole tour!

This has to be a stop while in historic Fredericksburg! After learning there was a James Monroe…read moreMuseum 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.

I was in my own era of good feelings visiting this museum of President James Monroe. This museum in…read morethe 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.

I bought the pass for 12 museums and this might have been my favorite out of all of them. So…read moreinteresting to learn what herbs and medicines were used...some of them effective, and some of them way off the mark for different ailments. We were allowed to smell some of the concoctions. Some of the 'medicines' of this time would still work today as many were based on herbs and plants. The people who do the tours dress in historic costume and stay in character for the tour and they do such an excellent job. Honestly, they were so full of interesting stories, that if I was ever back in Fredericksburg, I would take the tour again!

Such a cool tour!! Very much worth it. Two different rooms and a whole upstairs and don't skip the…read moregarden!

Great museum that was a historic tavern in Fredericksburg during colonial and early American times…read more One of a few stops we went to as part of the Historic Fredericksburg package.

Tony and I was enjoying tremendously all the old historic buildings and houses in Fredericksburg VA…read morethis past weekend. We visited quite a few and definitely will be coming back to the area in season and less Covid-19 active meanwhile we will continue you our version of social distancing by traveling during off season and viewing many from the sidewalk or the warmth of our car The Rising Sun Tavern has been around since the mid 1700s and many historic Nobel men have gathered under that roof Building is gorgeous and seems to be quite sound highly recommend you checking it out