Museum of American Presidents

Welcome to the Museum of American Presidents.

Appreciate the Story of America.... as it was shaped by the nation's chief executives. See a handwritten letter from Thomas Jefferson or stand by the desk on which the Constitution was crafted and James Madison labored on the Federalist Papers. You will appreciate as never before, the agonizing struggle of the Founding Fathers to declare independence from Britain, to create a new government and then forge a new nation.

Understand the remarkable influence of Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley on the presidency.

Four of the first five presidents, eight in all, were Virginians, born and reared to reflect the values of the Old Dominion. For these and several more presidents, the Shenandoah Valley provided respite, formative experiences and inspiration.

Washington had his first job and military command here; Jefferson marveled at the Valley's geology and mused about its warlike natives. Madison married Dolley here and honeymooned at nearby Belle Grove. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt took their ease in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Museum of American Presidents located at 130 North Massanutten Street