Spring Homeschool Day

The Mansion

Please note: in order to go inside the Mansion, you must reserve timed entry tickets when purchasing your Homeschool Day Ticket.

• The New Room is currently under restoration and not available for public viewing. For more information on our restoration efforts, click here.
• If you would like to take a virtual tour of the New Room, Mount Vernon staff will be giving them in the Smith Theater in the Ford Orientation Center until 2:00p.m.
• The rest of the Mansion will be open for tours.

Activity Stations on the Bowling Green in the Historic Area (9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.):

• Visit with Mount Vernon educators to learn about what the Thirteen Colonies faced in 1774. These stations will explore the Boston Tea Party, the other tea parties that occurred in 1773 and 1774, and the political aftermath, including the Fairfax Resolves written by George Washington and George Mason.
• Decorate your own tea chests with symbols important to you (while supplies last).
• Pick up materials for projects you can do at home (while supplies last).
• Meet with Mount Vernon archaeologists to learn about their role in learning about and preserving Mount Vernon history. 

On the 12-Acre field (9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.):

• Learn about 18th-century foodways from Mount Vernon Trades staff. 

Please note: while the farm will be open for visitation, it will not be staffed. All trades activities will take place in the Historic Area and on the 12-Acre field.

In the Historic Area (9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.):

• Watch 18^th-century spinning and weaving in the Spinning House, where enslaved and hired weavers made utilitarian wool and linen cloth.
• Visit the Blacksmith Shop to watch 18^th-century blacksmithing techniques.

On the Bowling Green:

• Hear our resident fifer and learn about the military music used during the American Revolution at 10:30a.m. and 2:30p.m.
• Read Colonial Voices with Mount Vernon staff at 11 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., then pick up a scavenger hunt you can do in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center.

In the Upper Garden: 

• Meet with Mount Vernon Horticulture staff to learn about sewing seeds and 18th-century gardening (while supplies last). 

In the Interpretative Center: 

• Meet Tobias Lear (11:30, 2:00)
• Meet Christopher Sheels (1:00; 2:30)
• Listen to Tobias Lear's Addressing a Nation Program (10:00)