Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

Reading some of the other reviews I’m a little envious because they had great guides who offered a lot of interesting information. I love historical buildings and taking docent guided tours because you normally always glean a little extra information from the guide than what you normally would. That’s how we thought our visit to the Gadsby Tavern Museum would be last August. We arrived and inquired about tours. We were told there were «junior docents» in each of the rooms. I figured that meant they were still training. We paid the admission and away we went — only to discover that junior docents meant that 10 year olds were giving the tour. I’m sure their parents think they did a great job, and maybe for their age they did. However, as an exceptionally inquisitive, well read traveler who just paid full price admission to take part in what felt like some kind of school project without any real warning from the man who took our cash, it was the biggest waste of time. I love history and I’m sure the Gadsby Museum has some great stories and I really wish I could have heard them. Instead I was told that octopuses are smart. Good to know.

Museum was fun. It was really cool to know we were standing in the same place as George Washington.
Take the tour, you won’t be disappointed. The staff was very knowledgeable. They have some great props and what not as well to help you visualize.

This is a good, medium-​sized historic ‘house’ museum (not really a house, but it works in that category.) Our docent was very knowledgeable and was excited to answer questions. My tour group was very mixed by age and he made it interesting for everyone from the 7 year old to the 70 year old.
There are steps involved, just to warn you in case that’s a problem.
We thought it was a lovely way to spend half an hour in Old Town.

stairs. lot’s of them. for this girl with a cane, stairs suck. when i bought the tickets and they saw me with a cane, they should have mentioned the stairs.
i am a sucker for fake food. i love the plasticie representations of things we put in our mouths. they have some great plastic food up in here. too bad the liquor was plastic…

I gave the restaurant part only 2 stars but the museum part is better. I came here as part of a ghost tour with a group of students. I normally don’t go along with them but as they had an extra ticket, I was excited to go. This was just one stop but added greatly to the overall feel of the tour.
The one thing that really stands out in my head is the ball room upstairs. You could almost feel the energy of the dances and debates that must have gone on up there during the formative years of our country!