Gunston Hall

🇺🇸On #PresidentsDay we honor the legacy of leadership & US history. 🇺🇸#GeorgeMason was a friend & colleague to 4 US Presidents.Visit historic #GunstonHall & see where George exchanged ideas & corresponded with these men who would become US Presidents. gunstonhall.org.

#OTD in 1775, #GeorgeMason shares insights about family and the tensions with Great Britain in his letter to his friend & neighbor #GeorgeWashington. Read it here: ow.ly/uVEk50QxW7U. #AmericanHistory #FoundingFathers #ExploreHistory #VA250 #AmericanRevolution

#OTD in 1775, #GeorgeMason shares insights about family and the tensions with Great Britain in his letter to his friend & neighbor #GeorgeWashington. Read it here: ow.ly/uVEk50QxW7U. #AmericanHistory #FoundingFathers #ExploreHistory #VA250 #AmericanRevolution

🥾☀️Join us in 1-week for Nature Thursdays on Feb 5 at 10:30 AM! 🌳Preschoolers enjoy story time, a guided hike and do weather observations. ☔🌞 Dress for the weather! 🎟️ Register now: ow.ly/nlL550XyrZt Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Kids 6-18: $5, under 6: Free. #LortonVA

🥾☀️Join us for Nature Thursdays on Feb 5 at 10:30 AM! 🌳Preschoolers enjoy story time, a guided hike and do weather observations. ☔🌞 Dress for the weather! 🎟️ Register now: ow.ly/nlL550XyrZt Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Kids 6-18: $5, under 6: Free.

#OTD #GeorgeMason wrote to his son John Mason in 1792 "I am also anxious to hear how you keep your Health;...The Snow is now as deep here,as it was in the hard Winter of 1740;..." Letter: ow.ly/iHpC50Y29rq #Snow #FoundingFathers #VirginiaHistory Pic: Gunston Hall 01/06/25

Exciting news at #GunstonHall! Christopher R. Eck is the new Executive Director of Gunston Hall. He started his role on January 12th. With 20+ years in preservation, he’ll lead our mission. Welcome, Chris! 🎉#GunstonHall #Leadership #MuseumLeadership #CulturalHeritage

⭐🗓️One month till Game Night on Friday, February 20th, 6pm - 9 pm! ⭐ Many people in the 18th-C. played a variety of card, dice & board games. Learn how to play over a glass of wine 🍷or treat. 21 & older | 🎟️Tkts: Individual $35 Members $25 ow.ly/AObE50XZTyC

🎙️🍽️ Join us on our YouTube channel TOMORROW, Jan 21st at 12:30 pm for History Bites with Dr. Emily Norweg on the rights of the incarcerated! More info: ow.ly/jJEl50XXIH9 #HistoryBites #GunstonHall #HistoryTalk #LunchtimeLearning #YouTubeSeries

⭐ 🍷🎉Save the Date for the Gunston Hall Fundraising Gala! ⭐ 🍷🎉 For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kate Zidek at kate.zidek@gunstonhall.org.

⭐We can’t wait to welcome you back to the museum, mansion & grounds when we reopen this Sat., Jan. 17th, at 9:30 am!⭐While closed, we have been busy cleaning & caring for important preservation & curatorial work. 📌15 minutes from Mt. Vernon 🎟️ ow.ly/kWkT50XWTQj

⭐We hope to have the pleasure of seeing YOU at Gunston Hall in 2026!⭐ 📌 We are only 15 minutes from Mt. Vernon! Tickets:ow.ly/RBwn50XRLxb @TJMonticello #GunstonHall #HistoricSites #VirginiaHistory #GeorgeMason #ExploreVirginia #AmericanHistory #ThomasJefferson #FXVA

❄️🌟We look forward to seeing everyone at our January events!🌟❄️

⏲️#HistoryInTheKitchen is this Sat., Jan. 10th, 10:30 am - 11:45 am! 🍽️ Join us for this #free, online series that illuminates the kinds of food different people ate in colonial Virginia. Jan. 10th will be Eggs in Croquets! 🍳 ow.ly/BhRg50XOqRQ #DMVFoodie

In the 18th-C., the #FeastOfTheEpiphany was when people exchanged gifts. Watch as our former Curator, Dr. Kate Steir highlights 3 gifts (book, puzzle & coin) that might have been given during the period. Puzzle: Gift of Mrs. John Theodore Tenneson of the Washington Society, 1959

⏲️ Only 1-week away! #HistoryInTheKitchen is Sat., Jan. 10th, 10:30 am - 11:45 am! 🍽️ Join us for this #Free, online series that illuminates the kinds of food different people ate in colonial Virginia. Jan. 10th will be Eggs in Croquets! 🍳 ow.ly/BhRg50XOqRQ #DMVFoodie