surratt house museum

Worth the visit. Takes about an hour. Docents are thorough and interesting. Easy to find. First woman hung by our federal government. What did she know? It is lost to history.

Very clean and well maintained property. Only about 40 minute tour. Knowledgeable people and a small souvenir shop. I don't like visiting history spots but this place kept my attention.

If you are ever in the DMV take the time to take a walk in history and visit the Ford's Theatre, the Petersen House (across from the Fords Theatre), the Surratt House in Clinton, MD. and Dr Mudd's House in Southern MD. You can visit them all in the course of a day. It will be like stepping out of the present into a closet of history. I guarantee that it will be an experience that you will never forget! The Surratt House by itself is a historical gem. Not only will you get a glimpse of life during that tumultuous period in history but you may even get an opportunity to speak with a relative of Mary Surratt.

An excellent tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. A fascinating piece of history. Well maintained and well presented.

My husband and I stopped at Surratt House Museum on September 28,2014 and it was well worth the visit. A costumed storyteller takes you through the home once owned by Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by the US Federal Government. We were able to view the entire home with the exception of two rooms that were recently damaged. We were told the story of the Surratt family and the role the tavern played in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The usual fee is $3, but we only paid $1 due to the unviewable rooms. The visitor center and gift shop are also worth a stop.

It was a very nice place to visit as part of the John Wilks Booth escape tour. Two of the rooms had suffered water and mold damage and were not available for viewing. The guide Lindsey was dressed in period clothing and was very knowledgeable and entertaining. A lot of what never makes the history books was also shared during our tour.

There is a small fee for this museum, $4.00 I think, but because we are military, our admission was free. You buy your tickets in a small (used to be a house I believe) brick federal next door to the tavern which has been turned into a museum itself with various artifacts associated with Mary Surratt. Nice to browse through as you wait for your guided tour to begin. Our guide was Elaine, and she knew the house's and the Surratt's history well (and she clearly loved her job as a volunteer docent). Unlike the Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum (not far from Surratt's Tavern), very little of the home's original furnishing are there. Instead, it is furnished with period pieces. Those pieces that are original and that belonged to Mary Surratt are pointed out to you by your guide. No room was off limit, we were taken through the whole of the house and told the story and meaning behind the rooms (such as there were 2 dining rooms, one for travelers staying at the tavern and then one for the family). I think the only disappointing thing experienced is to see all of the development that has occurred around the house, making it hard to imagine just how it was back then. Very congested and commercially developed area, with a gas station across the road, heavy traffic, etc. Rather like visiting DC's Ford's Theater and the Peterson House across the street, not like it was back in 1865. Highly recommend a visit here.

I recently visited the Surratt House in Clinton, VA. It was very informative. I heard by a retired teacher that this was a great place to visit. The price of admission was very cheap. However, you can only go on the days and hours that are listed. They didn't care how many were in the guided tour. I was lead to the house by my personal guide. I don't remember her name but she was very nice and in period costuming. She was very informed of the history of the house and anything asked about the events that happened during the time of Lincoln"s assassination. I really didn't know that more people were hurt besides Lincoln. I really enjoyed it!

We really enjoyed visiting this important piece of our history and the guide was so informative. They also have additional programs of interest and we have been back many times.

We paid a visit to the museum as part of our family holiday to Washington,although small it is interesting and the lady that showed us round really knew her stuff.Worth seeing if you are interested in what happened to Lincoln.

Docents in period dress know their stuff. This is the first place John Wilkes Booth stopped after killing Lincoln, and for good reason. His closest associate was John Surratt, and this was a Confederate safe house during the war. Very interesting to see where John Surratt and John Lloyd hid the carbines for Booth and Herold to pick up on their escape. Great bookstore too, with plenty of Lincolnalia. Educational & fun!

If you're like me - you may be naive in thinking that John Wilkes Booth plan to assassinate Lincoln was planned quickly. Not so. The Surratt House tour tells the story of the assassination plot as well as the original kidnapping plot as well as the roll of Mrs. Surratt, her son and the many others involved. Our tour guide was a bit flighty in approach, but informative none-the-less. The tour was rehearsed. It was a good story, leaving lots of questions for tour participants to ponder. Follow this up with a tour of the Dr. Mudd house. Worth the trip.

My husband and I visited the Surratt House on a Wednesday, the day before the 4th of July. Tours begin every half hour and last about 45 minutes. We had a $1.00 off coupon, but when asked if anyone was military, my husband showed them his retired military ID and we got in free. There was a tour ahead of us and one behind us, but they weren't extremely busy. Our tour included just one other couple, but right before we started, we were asked if we would mind a group of summer camp children to go on the tour with us. We told them that was fine. Well, our tour turned into what seemed like a classroom complete with question and answer sessions. The kids seemed to be very behaved, but occasionally one of their escorts would be making a scene and dragging them out of the room, leaving us wondering what the child did. The tour of the house is interesting, and our guide seemed knowledgeable of the history of the Surratts.

While the house itself is very nice,there are very few original pieces thatbelonged to Mary herself. JWB never spent any time here,not much totell.

I enjoy history especially the Civil War period. this was very good place to visit since it was where one of the Lincoln conspiritors lived. I was glad my uncle recommented it when was visiting him and my aunt in 1997