Fredericksburg Tours

The Rising Sun Tavern Museum introduces you to 18th century tavern culture through costumed docents, period furniture, and entertaining attractions. By booking in advance, you can breeze through the ticket line and spend more time exploring this kid-friendly Fredericksburg attraction—visit on your own schedule during opening hours.

Visit the Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to see where George Washington's mother lived at the end of her life. Now part of the Washington Heritage Museums, the house was purchased by the future president for his mom in 1772.

Housed in an impeccably-preserved pre-Revolutionary building, the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop is a museum dedicated to colonial medical history. Find out from the museum’s guides about all the fantastic, grisly and deeply weird ways that American settlers dealt with illness and injury. Located in Fredericksburg, a roughly hour-long drive south of Washington DC, make sure to book your admission tickets in advance so you don’t miss out on a chance to visit this small but fascinating museum.