Tudor Place Museum Unveils New Martha Washington Exhibit

The historic Tudor Place museum in Georgetown has preserved the material legacy of six generations of Martha Washington’s descendants. This includes items and history of the enslaved and free people who lived and labored with them as well.

To commemorate American 250, the museum is unveiling a new exhibit, Founding Fortunes: The Estate Sale of Martha Washington, on February 11. It will feature more than 60 objects with Washington family or Mount Vernon provenance.

The exhibition explores the historic 1802 public sale of Martha Washington’s household contents at Mount Vernon. The sale netted $3,735 to help pay educational expenses for Martha Washington’s nephews. Most buyers were white men, but a document uncovered in the Tudor Place archives revealed that some purchasers were enslaved women and men.

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