The tour guide was very lacking in education and had an agenda based on feelings rather than facts. The human aspect was very lacking in the interjection of opinions trying to get a political point across. Vaughnette Goode-Walker, Director of the civil rights museum, stated that an Owens family letter indicated that the nursemaids for their children were obviously thought highly of. The two women and Diana, the cook, were in the will of the senior Owens, in his 1856 will, he left $100 to...

My husband and I visited over Memorial Day weekend. We were able to walk up and book a time slot 15 minutes later. They require masks on the property in order to keep everyone safe. The groups are small. This is a self guided audio tour that requires you to scan a QR code with your smart phone. It would be wise to bring headphones. The QR code scanner on my phone would not work, so my husband and I proceeded without the audio. The home and slave quarters were amazing. There is a lot of...

One of the worst tours I have ever taken. It appears to be run by well-meaning, guilt-ridden people who want to make you feel guilty instead of bringing the history alive. When you ask the question, "What did all these people do all day?" and the guide can't answer you, that's pretty bad. I'm a fairly progressive person so I won't use the "W" word, but this tour is so burdened with the fact that there were slaves here, that everything else about the experience is vanilla. They tell you who...