Smithsonian Institution Affiliates: Mount Vernon, Georgia Aquarium, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, B&o Railroad Museum

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Mount Vernon, Georgia Aquarium, Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, B&O Railroad Museum, Cerritos Millennium Library, Museum of the Rockies, Conner Prairie, Chabot Space and Science Center, College Park Airport, Cold War Museum, High Museum of Art, Frost Art Museum, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science, Arab American National Museum, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, The National Museum of Play, Heinz History Center, Heard Museum, Institute of Texan Cultures, California Science Center, The Women's Museum, Wolfsonian-FIU, Discovery Science Center, Japanese American National Museum, Frazier International History Museum, Durham Museum, Aerospace Museum of California, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Lyman House Memorial Museum, American Museum of Science and Energy, Atomic Testing Museum, Frank H. McClung Museum, Hiller Aviation Museum, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Blackhawk Museum, American Jazz Museum, Museum of African American Music, National Museum of Dentistry, Historic Arkansas Museum, Arizona Historical Society. Excerpt: Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the estate is located on the banks of the Potomac River. Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and is open every day of the year. When Augustine Washington owned the estate, it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation after the nearby Little Hunting Creek. Lawrence Washington, George's older half-brother, inherited the estate and changed its name to Mount Vernon in ...