Octagon Museum in Washington

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  Leslie Profit

  :: 14 March 2018 15:47:54

  Neat, off-the-beaten path place to visit. Highly recommend this museum. Features a self-guided tour with a hands-on approach. You can lay on the beds, try on a dress or try carrying buckets up the stairs to get a feel for what life was like for some of the inhabitants back then. Supposedly haunted but didn't experience anything unusual during our visit.

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  Robert Lyons

  :: 02 February 2018 14:58:41

  Make sure to check out the basement with its slave quarters. It's a fascinating look back at how these men and women lived and worked in this environment and situation.

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  AJ XYZ

  :: 07 January 2018 13:32:10

  Octagon maintained by AIA and others is a glimpse of early Washington and had minimal renovation in the last 100+ years but it was painted nice colors in 2017.

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  Kevin Young

  :: 04 January 2018 17:44:41

  This museum was one of the favorites for the kids. Interactive experience with a scavenger hunt for them. Staff was friendly and helpful. If you're looking for an obscure museum with a rich history that was very important to the history of the United States, this is the place for you. The Treaty of Ghent that ended the war of 1812 was signed in this house. The 5th President of the United States James Madison lived there after the British burned the white house.

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  Charles Rowell

  :: 28 July 2017 23:45:19

  A little known historic building. Sorry I couldn't get in to look at the interior (Sunday). Just glad to get some nice photos and to be able to tell others about the part it played in American history.