Dumbarton Oaks - home of Robert and Mildred Bliss and the 1944 conference

Dumbarton Oaks is the historic estate and museum that was the residence of philanthropists Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss and later became a research institution. In 1944, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference was held at the estate; the conference produced proposals that formed a key basis for the structure of the United Nations. The gardens, mansion, and collections are interpreted for the public as part of the estate's documented cultural and diplomatic history.