![]() NPS Photo Arlington House Self-Guided Tour (September-May, 9:30-4:30, with last entry to the plantation house at 4:00; June-August 9:00-4:30, with last entry to the plantation house at 4:00)
Arlington House is a self-guided experience. Public guided group tours are not available.
Please see the calendar for free ranger talks.
![]() NPS Photo The Museum at Arlington House contains exhibits and artifacts about Robert E. Lee and his family. Included are original objects from the Lee and Custis families. The two slave quarters are located on the North and South ends of Arlington House and help to tell the story of those enslaved at Arlington House.
![]() NPS Photo Arlington National Cemetery surrounds Arlington House, occupying more than half of the 1100 acres of land that was Arlington Plantation, home of George Washington Parke Custis and Robert E. Lee. Visit the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy and see the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The National Mall is just across the Potomac River from Arlington House. The National Mall and Memorial Parks include the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, and the National World War II Memorial. Arlington House is administered by the George Washington Memorial Parkway and also includes the Netherlands Carillon and the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (often called the Iwo Jima Memorial), both located just north of Arlington Cemetery. The parkways runs alongside the Potomac River from the American Legion Bridge on the beltway to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate. |
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Last updated: November 30, 2022