At Tudor Place: New Executive Director, New Exhibition

What’s new at Georgetown’s Tudor Place?

The exhibition “Founding Fortunes: The Estate Sale of Martha Washington,” opening on Tuesday, Feb. 10, and Executive Director Mary-Frances Wain, who started this month.

“Estate sales are certainly having a moment, here in Georgetown and frankly everywhere, and this is a fascinating and unprecedented presentation of the epic estate sale that was foundational to Tudor Place as we know it,” stated Wain, clearly excited to take the reins as the nation’s 250th anniversary year begins.

“Our expert curatorial team has unearthed new, never-before-seen records and artifacts that help tell an even fuller story of the ‘First Family,’ of our country at that time, of generational wealth and the capacity of excluded communities to claim power,” she added.

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