William Root House Museum & Garden — Attraction in Marietta

The grounds are nice and the museum is interesting. The staff (one employee I encountered) was extremely rude to me, though.

My family and I walked over from the Farmer’s Market to check it out. There were no staff around and no clear signage that admission was required so we walked around the garden and peaked into one of the houses. When we came out a woman on staff moved my kid’s stroller across the parking lot and started aggressively questioning what I was doing. When I explained we didn’t know and it was an accident, and would be happy to pay, she shook her head at me and went inside to get the rest of my family out of the exhibit.

We came outside, paid 33 dollars for the literal 2 minutes we went inside, and then left.

TLDR: Nice grounds, rude staff, expensive admission for...

My family took advantage of the free admission (as part of the Second Sunday program) and went to the William Root house. There’s a lot to see even though the ground and houses are not very large. If you are into Marietta or Civil War era history, then this is a great little place to visit. The museum has recently been updated with a lot of nice improvements. They have touch screens in most of the exhibits and a few small things for little kids to enjoy. Their gift shop was also very cute. I would definitely recommend a visit!

FYI: -They do have a ramp and an outside elevator to get into the main levels of the buildings, but I did not see anything to help those with wheelchairs or strollers get to the second stories of these historic buildings. -there is a parking lot, but it is...

I have been to the William Root Museum once the first year that they opened, this summer, and then again this fall when we brought out-of-town family for a visit. Our previous two visits we had a tour guide… we heard stories and explanations that far exceeded the “self guided” tour where there are electronic podiums with tid-bits of information. Having had the in-person tours previously, there was a lot of great info missing when only having to “self guide”. I was highly disappointed in that, especially for the price of the tickets. I would like to encourage the museum to take visitors through and share all the amazing things that a tour guide can share. We felt a bit embarrassed taking our family this visit. I would have given a 5-star...