This is worth a visit! If you go, definitely take the tour! Our tour guide sang a Stephen Foster song -- and he sang it well. The story of the home is interesting and well-told.There is a nice gift shop attached, too. The grounds are beautiful.

Such a beautiful place! The mansion was already closed for the day, but we were allowed to walk around the grounds and see the mansion from the outside. The highlight of the visit was listening to Stephen Fosters music playing throughout the property. So relaxing!

Didnt get to do the tour inside of the house, which is a little disappointing, but the grounds were great. I think the tours are different because of coronavirus, but its definitely worth a trip back. Staff were very friendly and informative. They were also setting up for a reception and/or a wedding. It looks like an idyllic place for any kind of event or photos.

We loved our time there ,& the convenience to Distillerys, Wineries, classic dining. The only thing was the lack of bathroom cleaning.

The home and property is full of historical facts that is told by your tour guides. It was a great adventure.

My Old Kentucky home is a beautiful place. The mansion tour is wonderful and the tour guides lively, engaging and very knowledgeable. A very good experience and a must do if youre in the Bardstown area.

Amazing story told by amazing people. The actors/guides are incredible story tellers and make this stop so very interesting!

We met friends there for an outdoor picnic on the grounds. Beautiful tree cover and color, friendly staff, perfectly maintained property. We have been going to Bardstown on weekends for almost 30 years and never visited before.

Beautiful grounds. Wonderful and knowledgeable tour. I highly recommend it.

Great historical adventure. Fun for the whole group ages 14 to 60.

Set up for a Wedding, Beautiful!

Loved the tour and especially love the biscuit making demonstration. The biscuits were delicious

Amazing tour, and amazing prices. Only $12 per adult and less for kids and seniors. Great gift shop, and beautiful grounds. Even available for events and business meetings. Will return with our children someday.

It was beautiful. Enjoyed the walking tour of the house. 80 percent of all items in the house was from that time period. Nice walk around the estate. You should go. I got some nice souvenirs for family and one for myself. Well worth getting off the parkway. Just to move around and see something new. Only one mile out of the way.

Wonderful place. The sound of the bells takes you a time long ago.

Its a very nice place and the people who work there are very nice..

I love coming to this park! Touring the historic mansion is a must, of course, but the green spaces are beautiful, particularly during the fall. It is a nice place to relax and enjoy nature. Last time I visited, I came home with a beautiful set of hand made pottery from their gift shop.

A great preservation of our Kentucky history. Good guides.

Not much to do or see in all honesty theres better museums around town

Very enjoyable tour. Loved it. Thank you so much

Nice, clean and cozy place. The staff were great and helpful. Most of the sites have beautiful tall trees with lots of cover. The town is very close with very decent offerings.

Love the place, unfortunately no photos allow to share

Always a great place to visit. Very nice tour

Tour 10/10 reccomend. Beautiful place to take pictures

Interesting tour, beautiful grounds.. Fascinating history..

Not much to do other than what you HAVE to pay for. Enjoyed a picnic table.

Such a picturesque place! I wish I would have had more time, to take it all in.Ill be back though; to take in the beauty, and history.

All great, the guide was lovely and seemed knowledgeable. I will be glad when the virus scare disappears.

The actual house and visitor center are worth a visit if you are in the area.

Wow - beautiful home, very interesting story and great guide to tell the story.

Anyone in Kentucky should really take the trip home, to My Old Kentucky Home. Located at Bardstown right off the Bluegrass Parkway about 1 hour west of Lexington this place ia beautiful even in the winter. Will post a spring or summer picture in the near future.Admission to just walk the grounds without a tour is a extremely modest $4 and to get a guided tour in the home youre looking at $14. Senior and children discounts are available. Plenty of parking and a extremely friendly staff and ranger on duty.

Remarkably knowledgeable tour guide. Highly recommended.

Very nice people and really clean exhibit with a lot of historical info, was worth the stop.

Good tour of 2 story home with renovation to period wallpaper and carpeting. The family portraits and furniture with accessories is lovely. Sweet young ladies give the Tour and answer all questions, Beautiful grounds to walk around- limited gardens.

Great place excellent customer service

Great tour. The home is very well preserved. Robert is a great tour guide. We enjoyed the experience very much.

If you love history you will love My Old Kentucky Home. Its a great place for families.

I’ve been here twice now, with two different guides, and both experiences were excellent. The guides are well-informed and both sang beautiful renditions of My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight. If you like local history, this is a tour you don’t want to miss. Cost is $14/person.

If you love history and especially Kentucky then you have to visit

This was a very informative and intriguing tour of the family, home, and property presented by characters in time costume. The property is very well maintained along with the attached campground, golf course, and amphitheater. This was a great area to set up our home base for our weekend family getaway when visiting nearby Hodgenville, KY (Lincolns birthplace). We will definitely be staying at the campground when we come back to explore much more in the area.

Very interesting history. Worth a visit.

Very informative and educational. The tour guide even sang to us. I dont remember his name but he had a curly mustache and always had a smile on his face. I would definitely go back there again.

We went tonight for An Old Kentucky Christmas Carol Tour and it was a Great night out with our granddaughter! Great memories celebrating Christmas together!

Historical home... love seeing the antiques and the grounds. Golfing for those interested, and an area with lots of picnic tables and a pavilion and a playground for the little ones. The old house is one of my childhood memories.

It was very nice. I had never been there. Very old. People where super nice though.

Tall trees provide nice shade on warm days and lend a nice ambiance but the campground is tight for maneuvering and many of the sites are wildly off-level. Most sites will require you to unhitch if you have a medium-sized trailer or larger, though there seem to be a few longer sites. Power and water posts are FAR from the sites, bring your extension cords. Those necessary extension cords will conspire with the low voltage on warm days if the campground is full, we ran the water heater on propane to keep the voltage from dipping too low to safely run the AC in the afternoon.

One of our favorite historical sites. I highly recommend the Christmas Carol

Would have enjoyed it more if the weather was nice. But still a beautiful place

Beautiful home, grounds and tour. Tour guides were wonderful and made the history come alive.

Campground is a little small and sites are fairly close together. Lots of trees, paved spots. Clean enough bathhouse.

My wife and I were in Kentucky for her niece and nephews 25th anniversary. While there we decided to do a little site seeing. We were very pleased with our experience at My Old Kentucky Home. The tour guides were dressed in period appropriate outfits and were quite knowledgeable on the history of the plantation and the 3 generations that lived there. I would have rated it 5 stars but I have a back injury and the walking alone with everything else I did that day had me in misery so my experience wasnt quite what it could have been.

My girlfriend and I went so she could see the Budweiser Clydesdale team that was visiting the park. Beautiful grounds with adequate parking. We didnt allow enough time to tour the home, but will do so soon. I have toured a few times in the past, but she never has.

Ye Olde Tourist Trappe! ($14.00 admission to an old house that was NOT home to Stephen Foster)!

We were under the impression that the home was the home of Stephen Foster, but it was his cousins house. The home is believed to be inspiration for the song. Nevertheless, the home is significant in several respects to Kentuckian and American history. The tour guide did a wonderful job explaining the mansion, the events of the time, and the relationships between the Rowan familys relevance to Kentucky history.

Enjoyed the holiday Christmas Carol and the holiday decor!

Been there 2x through the years and we have thoroughly enjoyed this performance.

DO NOT TAKE YOUR BABIES!I was so excited to tour My Old Kentucky Home, and in fact went out of my way to schedule a visit while going on a family trip with my mother, husband, and 7 month old son. My son was being worn in a carrier, and is an excitable and vocal baby, who sang along with the guide when she sang, and jabbered. He was not crying, was not throwing a fit, but happy to be there. We made it through the entry hall and library, and as we were passing into the front parlor, the tour guide said to me, Hes trying to take my job. I laughed and apologized, and to my surprise she said, Would you be more comfortable taking him outside? Im not trying to tell you what to do, but theyll refund your money. I was stunned, humiliated, and horrified, and quietly left. I was refunded my money, but I will NEVER go back, and I have never been treated so poorly. My husband is a state employee, we pay our taxes, and love visiting state parks- if babies arent welcome, it should be posted. If you have children, leave them at home, or plan to go somewhere else! If possible, I would leave ZERO stars.

Considering drought and heavy use course is holding up pretty good. Nice little pro shop, rates are ok but can find deals on Golf Now. Hydrate, its cooking out there, lucky for you plenty of shade available.

We were here before, but online, its impossible to tell if there are obstacles (trees) that could prevent you from getting into your site. Such was the case for the holiday weekend. Our frustration level was soaring. We tried and tried, but it was impossible. Fortunately the attendant on duty (Lindsey) was able to relocate us for which we are grateful. Many rvers had the same problem. More accurate site photos would help. The Bardstown area is beautiful, so that makes this park perfect, but the obstacles could make for a horrible experience. After relocating us, we found we were in the best site for us. Thank you Lindsey and her boss.

What a beautiful place full of timeless history! The staff were so kind and full of knowledge.

Very interesting tour and gift shop. We cant wait to bring our kids back.

Love this place. Great shows and a lovely park

The home has an interesting store and history. A good place to visit when in Bardstown.

To tour the grounds is free (highly recommend) to tour the house costs money. It is a similar situation to Colonial Williamsburg, if anyone is familiar with that. As a final note, plenty of Poke stops and Gyms.

Beautiful, quiet place to enjoy flowers and the scenery!

Great visit as always.

Picturesque. Historical. Tours are small. Park is lovely.

This was awesome! My daughters loved it and our tour guide was very knowledgeable and kind. Would highly recommend!

A nice family outing in the summer for the theater.

We did not get to tje house early enough to take a tour but we walked around the grounds and it is an interesting place.

Great. Need a better set up to watch the movie. It was resting but we couldnt see it. Loved the singing guides.

The guides were very knowledgable and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed my tour

Beautiful place to camp, RV, and golf. The facilities are clean and accommodating. The staff are all friendly and helpful. My family spent a couple of weeks here in the primitive camping area and really enjoyed ourselfs. The only problem we had was the ants were a bit of a pest but as long as you are smart about storing your food it is manageable.

Great mesuem. There were a lot of original pieces of furniture there. Great costume pieces.

Great Tour! Loved the the hoop skirted guide.she actually sang My Old Kentucky Home before the Tour started. It was beautiful.

My fiance and I are getting married here! And we love the location and the story behind the house. As our wedding theme is our old Kentucky home and the location is close to Louisville where Im from. Its a very cute town surrounding the venue. Im excited to get married there!

Went to see Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was good entertainment.Lively show with various music styles.

Fabulous visit! Our tour guides were great. Very interesting.

I have lived in Kentucky my entire life, and I visited here as a youth and had fond memories of that visit. But I took my wife here for the first time a few weeks ago and the disappointment I have for this place is great. It seems as though they are trying to be an upscale place. This is not what this place is. Please dont forget the heritage of this place. Keep it real.

Beautiful grounds that we got to enjoy at a lovely wedding

Had excellent historical actors. Just not much to this place for the price.

Lovely place with nice primitive camping spots. If you like to golf,this is the place to go.

This great summer play is world class!

We paid homage to Federal Hill a few years back. It is a lovely home with a great history. Worth a look if you enjoy house museums.

Tee boxes & greens were very dry due to lack of rain & high temps. A bit high on price for a state park but still like playing there .

Interesting to see and learn about the house and the family that lived there. Disappointed you were not allowed to take pictures. Guides were knowledgeable. Sad to see it was really built on backs of slavery and all that ugliness. Glad that ended. Definitely worth a visit.

Super cool. Went for the Shadows of Federal Hill tour. The actors were stunning.

What an iconic piece of history representing Kentucky during some of the most fascinating time periods in American history. For history fanatics such as myself, the tour through the mansion will give you chills. So much rich history and amazing stories in each room. The tour guides are scripted to say what they need to say, but I found that if you can think of some random questions about small details in a room, theyll often have an incredible story to explain whatever it is youre asking. Great times here.

Very nice venue to watch an outdoor play

Went to see a show, Joseph & the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat, and everything was excellent! From the staff, to the concessions, to the amphitheatre, to the production!!

Awesome

Great tour

Nice town lots of history here.

Beautiful home, wonderful tour guide who was extremely knowledgeable. The Christmas decorations were beautiful and historical. Highly recommend.

The renovations look great and the workers are as friendly as they have always been.

If you are within 100 miles of this beautiful home you must stop in! The guided tours are unique and informative, with very knowledgeable guides. Each of them will sing My Old Kentucky Home and bring a tear your to your eye.

Very much enjoyed this tour! Our guides were a lot of fun. Just the right amount of informal and appropriately historical.

The Stephen Foster story was an amazing play, celebrating the 60th year of performing. If you love American music and history, I would highly recommend attending. Also touring the property, the federal hill plantation and walking the grounds down the hill to one of the old cabins still standing

Convenient to town. Sites small and verrry close together. Quiet. Bath rooms, including showers and toilet stalls are not at all compliant with ADA standards which has been the law since the mid-70s. If you have a disability that includes mobility devices, you are out of luck unless your rig is self-contained.

The staff here are very pleasant and quite inviting! The tour is very intriguing. I love the history. We did the regular tour and also the Shadows tour. The Shadows tour brought the characters and stories to life!