Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

"Fun with the Family"

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as now, nightlife sparkled. George and Martha Washington danced here in the second-floor ballroom. Frequent guests to this gentlemen’s pub, which dates to 1785, included the Marquis de Lafayette, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. On the tavern museum tour, you can envision these notables sipping ale and swapping political stories. There’s an open house on Tavern Day, held every summer, with storytelling and fencing matches. Gadsby’s Tavern is also a restaurant serving lunch and dinner.