Oak Hill & Martha Berry Museum — Attraction in Rome

I came through here excited to show my mom the place filmed for Sweet Home Alabama, however ended up frustrated. I pulled up to see that the drive to the house was blocked by cones so I went into the museum. The guy at the counter said we had to pay and go on the tour to see it. So I asked him if we could just pay and walk up there..he said no and we had to be escorted and needed to wait for the tour at 1. So we waited an hour and came back. We go in and pay and then one of the ladies that was at the counter with the guy earlier says, "You paid so you can go walk up there." I was frustrated and told her the guy said we had to be escorted and wait til 1. Then she says you can just go. I wanted to do that in the first place, but had to wait an hour for nothing. All I wanted was a picture of the outside and had to wait an hour and pay for a...

Every time we go to Rome we always say we will go here but just drive past. This time, we finally pulled in. I’m glad we did. This is such a beautiful place and I learned a lot from our experience. We had to wait foe about 5-10 min for our tour guide and then followed her up to the house (I thought it made more sense to ride in the trolley with the tour guide but whatever). She explained the home and a lot of interesting facts. I had no idea Sweet Home Alabama was filmed here which is neat (well some scenes were). My son kept asking a lot of questions and she answered all of them. After the tour she left and we went outside and were able to roam around on our own. We took our time exploring and had a lot of fun. I recommend...

This was a very interesting and educational place to visit. The students that are your tour guides or information guides are very knowledgeable and friendly. There is a lot of history to be found here. The buildings and the grounds are well kept and clean. It is a great place to bring school aged children to learn more about the past. Younger children must be well supervised because of the chance of destruction to antiques or important artifacts. There is the opportunity to get some fresh air walking the grounds or sitting in the gazebos. No food or beverages should be permitted in the buildings. And there isn't a place to order food so eat before or...