Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
Use the city’s current historic-resources information to confirm museum location, public opening and exhibitions. Check renovation or program notices before making a dedicated visit.
Plan this visit ↗Northern Virginia / Find your place
Fairfax
City history · Historic landscapes · Public art
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Fairfax.
Slow down in Fairfax City with a local collection, a historic landscape or public art between meals. The city and surrounding county share a name but have different boundaries. Use exact addresses, current openings and tour arrangements to shape a manageable day.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Historic Blenheim
Plan this city historic-site visit through official guidance for its Civil War interpretation and preserved historic landscape. Confirm building access and tour times; grounds access does not imply entry to every interior.
Plan this visit ↗Fairfax City public art
Use the city’s cultural-arts information to choose an accessible public-art or current gallery interval. Confirm the location and public opening of any indoor venue or scheduled event.
Plan this visit ↗Eat & drink
Use the visitor portal to find current food and drink information around Fairfax. Regional directories may cover several communities; confirm the address, opening, menus and reservations with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Fairfax. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Local places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Fairfax. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Virginia photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Old Town Hall (Fairfax, Virginia) (53890424273).jpg — ajay_suresh. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Old Town Alexandria from George Washington Masonic National Memorial.jpg — Ben Schumin. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Center of Leesburg, Virginia 2012.jpg — Wallygva. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
Independent visitor sources; inclusion is not a paid placement or an endorsement by the source.
County and independent-city outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Virginia FIPS 51, all 95 counties and 38 independent cities. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not Virginia’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.