Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Virginia Discovering Antiques and Art Tour T his 7 hour tour visits nu- merous fine collecons of art and anques in Freder- icksburg, including the furnishings of Kenmore, Belmont, Mary Washington House, James Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg Area Museum, and St. James Coage. Combine this tour with an aſternoon of browsing in dozens of anque shops in Old Town Freder- icksburg. It’s an anque lovers de- light. For Addional Informaon contact: Victoria Mahews 540-372-1216 * 800-260-3636 [email protected] VisitFred.com Stop 1 Fredericksburg Visitor Center—See the Fredericksburg orientaon film, meet your pre-arranged guide, and collect touring literature. Allow 30 minutes. Stop 2 St. James Coage.—The proporons of the fine 17 th and 18 th century furnishings are especially appropriate to this dimin- uve house. Chinese and Japanese ex- port porcelains, English chests and ta- bles, and a portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales, aſter whom Fredericksburg was named are featured here. Allow 30 minutes. Stop 3 Mary Washington House — This home was purchased and improved by George Washington for his mother in 1772 and contains many fine 17 th and 18 th century pieces. Parcularly notable are the Virginia-made Ferneyhough chair with doghead arms, a tallcase clock made by Henry White of Freder- icksburg, the Washington family Wedge- wood wheat-paerned china, and Mrs. Washington’s “best dressing glass,” willed to George at her death. Allow 45 minutes. Stop 4 James Monroe Museum —Remarkably, many of the personal possessions and papers of our naon’s fiſth President have been passed through generaons of his family and today they are on dis- play. Costumes worn by Monroe and his wife in some of the major events of his long public career, fine jewelry, painngs, miniatures, and the Louis XVI furniture purchased when Monroe was emissary to France are on exhibit. Allow 40 minutes. Stop 5 Historic Kenmore — This home was built for Fielding Lewis and his wife Bey, the only sister of George Wash- ington. The elaborate plasterwork ceil- ings and overmantels are especially no- table. This tour concentrates upon ar- chitecture and preservaon. Kenmore’s collecon of fine Virginia-made furni- ture is on view in the museum gallery and within the home’s first floor. Allow 60 minutes. James Monroe Museum Historic Kenmore