Developed based on feedback from guests over the past two
years, this new experience allows guests to journey through the museum at their
own pace and immerse themselves in the spaces and stories of the tavern. Sit
down in the public dining room and catch up on the news of the
day. Challenge a friend or family member to a friendly game of Shut
the Box. Take a selfie with the “Learned Pig” and write a postcard
home. Reenact a ball as you dance to music in the ballroom. While touring,
you’ll learn how all social classes and people—free and enslaved, men and
women, African American and white—were part of not just the tavern but the
creation of Alexandria and the young nation.
Funded by Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society.