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345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
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$11 adults
$9 seniors (65+)
$9 college students (valid ID)
$6 children ages 6-17

Free to the public Tuesdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Always free for MHS members and children age 5 and under.
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Exhibit Hours

10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday;
12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday (open Monday holidays year round).
Museum Holiday Hours

Library Hours

12 to 8 p.m. Tuesday;
12 to 5 p.m. Wed.-Fri.;
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday;
12-4 p.m. Sunday;
Closed Monday.
 
 

2012 May 17

 

Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon

Home | Exhibits | Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon

On display Feb. 22 - May 29, 2011

Learn about George Washington as a young surveyor, dauntless warrior, entrepreneur and presidential first. This new, traveling exhibit from Mount Vernon features forensic models of Washington at various ages; short films by the History Channel and computer interactives; portraits and decorative arts; period weapons; and personal artifacts, including the only surviving full set of Washington's dentures. Exhibit overview.

The exhibit also features three forensically reconstructed, wax figures of George Washington at three stages in his life, ages 19, 45 and 57. Find out how these came to life.

 

 

 

Exhibition made possible by the generous support of The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

Support provided by Marney and Conley Brooks Fund for the Minnesota History Center, Kenneth and Betty Jayne Dahlberg, The Scrooby Foundation, George W. Wells Jr. and Mary Cobb Wells Exhibition Fund and The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Minnesota.

George Washington, ca. 1798 by Gilbert Stuart Washington at age 19: Young surveyor; Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc Dentures, 1790-1799; Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc. Pin, c. 1789; Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc. 1799 Mansion and Estate Scale Model; Courtesy of Midwest Studios