Top rated Historical place museums in Ballston, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Historical place museums in Ballston

Experience the best that Ballston has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 52 places from Historical place museum category.

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General Adam Stephen House & Triple Brick Museum

Historical place museum

👍👍 Adam Stevens home is as much a home of love as it is one of curiosities. This is a tour that you must interact with the with the guide in order to get the full impact and enjoyment of your time. Ask about the portraits with the elongated necks, or the very special cabinet made specifically for ladie...

4.90 (60 reviews) (~98.84 km from centre)

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Art museum

Opulent estate with 18th-century Russian Imperial & French decorative art, 13-acre gardens & cafe.

$$ $$

4.80 (1.8K reviews) (~8.07 km from centre)

Antietam National Battlefield

Historical place

Historic site of the famous 1862 Civil War battle features tours, interpretive programs & park land.

4.80 (1.1K reviews) (~86.12 km from centre)

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Historical place museum

👍👍 A hopeful and inspiring place for all Americans as Frederick Douglass was born into slavery yet became free an spent his life working for the rights of African Americans and also women's rights.. Amazing view of DC cityscape and the capital. If you have kids, bring them to see this American hero's...

4.80 (887 reviews) (~9.14 km from centre)

Chatham Manor

Historical place

This 18th-century planation was the site of a slave rebellion & a former Civil War headquarters.

4.80 (786 reviews) (~70.77 km from centre)

Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters

History museum

Guided tours through the artifact-filled house where the Civil War general worked in 1861 & 1862.

4.80 (252 reviews) (~99.26 km from centre)

1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, CBMM

Historical landmark

Preserved 19th-century lighthouse once located in the middle of the bay with a sea hatch & lookout.

4.80 (118 reviews) (~76.02 km from centre)

Hampton National Historic Site Farm

Historical place museum

👍👍 In 2013, my husband and I saw Hampton House on the road map on our way home from Baltimore. To satisfy our curiosity, we stopped at the visitor’s center. Honestly, we weren’t aware that a Maryland plantation was actually preserved. A Park Ranger guided us through the house, adjacent grounds and to...

4.80 (41 reviews) (~74.43 km from centre)

John Brown Museum

Historical place museum

👍👍 Free admission and worth the one hour. I learned a great deal about John Brown, who is best remembered for his vigorous opposition to slavery and his doomed raid of Harpers Ferry to further his cause. He was captured during the raid and later executed for instigating it. His tactic might have been c...

4.80 (31 reviews) (~74.29 km from centre)

Ford's Theatre

Performing arts theater

The site of Lincoln's assassination, this historic theater offers nightly performances & tours.

4.70 (6.7K reviews) (~5.94 km from centre)

Arlington House

Historical place museum

Former home of Robert E. Lee, this Greek Revival mansion features a flower garden & on-site museum.

4.70 (804 reviews) (~1.52 km from centre)

Morven Park Grounds

Park

An 18th-century mansion & gardens, home to a former governor, now a museum & equestrian center.

4.70 (766 reviews) (~50.44 km from centre)

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Museum

Documenting the medicinal treatment of wounded soldiers through exhibits & life-size dioramas.

4.70 (620 reviews) (~65.78 km from centre)

George Washington's Distillery & Gristmill

Museum

👍👍 If you are visiting Mount Vernon this is a definite must to visit. It is included in the price of admission to Mount Vernon, you just hop on their complementary bus that takes you straight there. The people there are friendly and knowledgeable about their Mill and about the products that they produc...

4.70 (601 reviews) (~18.51 km from centre)

Carlyle House Historic Park

Historical place museum

Elegant 1753 manor home featuring lush gardens & guided tours, plus special events.

4.70 (373 reviews) (~8.97 km from centre)

George Mason's Gunston Hall

Museum

The 1750s home of Virginia statesman George Mason, featuring Georgian design & 250-year-old shrubs.

4.70 (215 reviews) (~24.34 km from centre)

Evergreen Museum & Library

Museum

This 48-room Gilded Age mansion houses fine arts & furnishings, a library & formal gardens.

4.70 (127 reviews) (~66.25 km from centre)

Neptune Fountain

Fountain

👍👍 Neptunes fountain is a beautiful fountain right outside of the library of Congress. The water was very blue and clean. It was interesting to see their depiction of Neptune in statue form and the surrounding architecture was well designed.

4.70 (95 reviews) (~7.36 km from centre)

Downtown Sykesville Connection

Non-profit organization

👍👍 Great little town to walk around. Plenty of places to eat or get something to drink - bakeries, ice cream shops, coffee shops, Patapsco Distilling Company as well as a variety of shops including clothing shops and a bookstore. Kids will live looking at the trains. Plenty of free parking and if you g...

4.70 (85 reviews) (~55.29 km from centre)

Old Wye Mill (Mid April - Mid November)

Historical place museum

👍👍 Actually amazing! No, really -- so surreal to realize that this little mill has been functioning since circa 1682!! Wye Mill supplied flour to George Washington's soldiers! The displays were very well done with photos, framed original flour sacks, models of the town, original artifacts, and much mor...

4.70 (66 reviews) (~87.53 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical place museums in Ballston, United States