Moore-Lindsay Historical House Museum — Attraction in Norman

If you are a fan of historic home tours, you must visit the Moore-Lindsay home! The tour guide is a huge part of an excellent tour, and Amy delivers a wonderful tour. Her tour is informative about the history of the family and the house of course, but it is the little details and stories of the house that I remember most from house tours and she provides lots of those on this tour. I also love her obvious appreciation for the home and its history. I can tell she loves this home like it’s her own and has a deep appreciation for the family behind the home and history in general. This isn’t the biggest historic home in the metro area, but it is one of my favorites because it feels like a home, as opposed to a vast mansion designed for entertaining. I love the front porch, the front entryway with its curved staircase, the light-filled turret room, and all the stained glass windows. Amy also does a fantastic job of creating microexhibits throughout the year to increase interest in the house and give a reason for repeat visits, which is something I haven’t seen at other homes. I have visited several times over the past few years and always find something new to appreciate with each visit. Definitely worth a visit if you’re...

Made a point to come out here shortly before moving across the country. It’s small and probably a bit too niche for the average passerby to visit, but historic home museums are hard to come by in Oklahoma outside of the opulent Oil rush mansions around OKC and Tulsa. If you have an interest in turn of the century anthropology, interior decoration and design, there plenty of examples of Edwardian and late Victorian artifacts to get a good look at. Even though I’ve gone a bit overboard with the photos on this review, I still recommend a visit as I think being a physical presence in the space is an important aspect of contextualizing the building as a place where people lived. It’s a very different, almost haunting feeling compared to walking around gallery-based history museums where you see a lot of artifacts from all over the place displayed in a very academic manner divorced from their original settings. It’s cozy, this house makes me miss Oklahoma even though I know I’m never gonna live in a house like this. I could always come here in a luxurious outfit and pretend for an hour or...

The tour is certainly worth it! The house is nicely decorated (according to the season most likely) and has timeless pieces from the family and others of the century. It's very well preserved and mighty interesting. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable when we went yesterday. She was kind and helpful, full of enthusiasm for the location and for us being there. There are also self-guide books people can use, however I did opt take one nor follow it. It most likely is nice also! The gift shop is cute and fair priced. Overall, it was a lovely experience. Certainly worth it if you are a Norman native or a visitor from...