George Washington’s Office Museum

"Fun with the Family"

This small log cabin served as Washington’s office from September 1755 to December 1756 while he built Fort Loudon to defend the 300-mile frontier of Virginia during the French and Indian War. Memorabilia, including some rare surveying tools, are on display, but kids will probably be more interested in the detailed table model of the city of Winchester in the 1750s, plus the two authentic cannons. One is from Fort Loudon and the other was used by the British general Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. (Legend has it that Braddock’s cannon was fished out of the Potomac River, where his soldiers had tossed it.) An exhibit called George Washinton and the West demonstrates that the frontiers of Virginia were where Washington gained his military experience.