Lorton Prison Museum featuring the Lucy Burns Gallery — Attraction in Lorton

This is a great museum to better understand the Lorton DC Prison Complex and the major role it played in the efforts by Suffragettes to push for the vote for women. The displays are wonderful and full of information. There are a great number of artifacts related to the prison ranging from confiscated items to prisoner created art. Admission is free unless you want to pay $5.00 if you are over 12 years old to see the preserved cell block behind the exhibit gallery (well worth it to better understand the life of incarcerated individuals at the Lorton Workhouse). The staff and docents were very kind and helpful. They have some great additional resources for students like scavenger hunts...

Visited 11/2/24 I like the museum had a lot of history about the area, the lorton prison and other important people. I didn't like how you had to pay $5 to see and touch an old cell blocks or walk down the hallways. I truly believe that's insensitive to the people who were housed there. I didn't pay for that experience but was allowed to snap a few shots without going down the hallways or inside the cell blocks. I was informed those are the original beds in the cell blocks. In the gift shops they were...

Small, free (donations accepted), the more interesting part was on the Lorton Workfarm history. Would have liked to see more detail in both the Workfarm and Sufragette histories.

Small gift shop with some interesting stuff.

When you pull into the Workfarm, it is not obvious where to go. Park, walk between any of the buildings, and you'll end up in a kind of yard. The museum (and artists' shops) are round the edge. Turn right, the museum is in the near...