Our history

About the Woodrow Wilson House

The Woodrow Wilson House, a historic landmark and a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, opened to the public as a museum in 1963.  We take our responsibilities seriously as stewards of this House.  We share Wilson's legacy, including WWI, the League of Nations, and his vision for world peace, as we try to learn from regressive policies that institutionalized racism, segregation and the loss and obstruction of civil liberties.  As historians, preservationists and educators we are determined to share the truth of history, even when it is not complimentary to its subjects.  An honest appraisal of history helps us understand ourselves as a nation and a people.