The James Monroe Museum

The James Monroe Museum is a National Historic Landmark in Fredericksburg, Virginia administered by the University of Mary Washington. Located on property owned by James Monroe from 1786 to 1789, the museum was founded in 1927 by Rose de Chine Gouverneur Hoes, and her son Laurence Gouverneur Hoes, Monroe's great-granddaughter and great-great grandson, respectively. In 1948 the James Monroe Memorial Foundation was created to operate the museum. This body conveyed the museum to the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1964.