Had to help my son finish a assignment for 4th grade. It was perfect.

The museum itself is awesome, but the demeanor of the people working there did not make me feel welcome at all. I understand its private property, but just didnt want to return with all the rules and lack of friendliness.

Very interesting museum. Here you will learn about North Carolina and mostly Chartlotte history. We had the opportunity to heard a great explanation from an excelent tour guide. She was very instructive, nice and friendly. The most beautiful and interesting part of the tour was to visit the oldest house in Charlotte. It was amazing to discover the way people used to live in the 18th century. What they used to eat, where they used to sleep, how they used to cook, and what they used to do for living. I hardly recommend this experience. It was very instructive. We had a pretty awesome tour lady. There is an awesome explanation about North Carolina flags too. The house was extremely beautiful and comfortable. Totally worth it.

Awesome historical place. It is informative and knowledgeable.

Recently moved to NC and decided on this little gem as our first local history trip. The inside of the museum is beautiful, well-lit and open. Prepare to do lots of reading about the history of Hezekiah Alexander and Charlotte. There are some beautiful paintings in the Charlottes Road to Revolution exhibit by local artist Dan Nance and a nice little photography exhibit by photographer Daniel Coston. The real gem, however, is the guided tour of the history of the Hezekiah Alexander house and property. Our guide was friendly, patient, and knowledgeable. The grounds were beautiful and the tour was very informational. I highly recommend a visit!

Chocolate event. Loved it . They had beer chocolate everything plus food like macaroni and cheese and chicken

I loved historical places and this place are so amazing im gonna recomend this place to ma friend

Great place to gather with family and friends.

Enjoyed our visit. Tour of 1700s home was memorable. Extensive historical photos and information. Leave at least two hours to view photos and read explanations.

Beautiful place! Great for all ages. Multiple presentations happening throughout the facility. A surprising gem in Charlottes crown!

Always a nice place to relax and learn more.

I love historical places and this place also amazed me

Elegant space for real history lessons.

I absolutely love this Museum! The staff here are wonderful with children! I went with my sons School and was impressed with the tour. Furthermore, the tour guides where educators and comfortable with children. They accurately portrayed people of that time and provided a great deal of information about the colonial period here in Charlotte. Families should go learn about the history of Charlotte!

Always wanted to visit this place... One Fall day out of the blue... I went by this location to get info. on a future tour for my family & I... or for out of town guests I’d like to take there... The staff told me a tour was getting ready to start...They asked if I’d like to join the tour... I’m so happy I went on the tour... Great tour of the property, great tour guide, great staff, & I also enjoyed the art exhibit after the tour was over! I will definitely return, & I’ve been spreading the word on this being a great place to visit!

Just the history behind it. Its was an amazing amount of history in one day. I was amazed at seeing how these people lived over 200 years ago.

This place is beautiful. I didnt get to see everything inside of the building because its so huge but what I did see was awesome. This would be an amazing place to have a wedding.

Terrific experience learning about the early history of Mecklenburg county. The museum staff is very professional, friendly, and passionate about their history.

The museum itself is not that interesting, but the house tour was incredible! Really enjoyed learning about Charlottes history that way.

Very nice.just beautiful.think Im getting married in July their.i hope

Stick around for the guided tour of the house. Its definitely worth it!

Home tour was okay, but overall, not worth the price of admission.

Tour was amazing! Best guide I have ever had!

The tour was fun and entertaining and exciting the people that work there where friendly nice and funny overall it was really fun and some good history

Class trip really was interesting had as much enjoyment as the children

Recently held my wedding at this location and on the day of my wedding the event coordinator Tracy and her staff attempted to ruin my day. They locked my guest into the venue without letting me know what was going on and then refused to let one of my guest go to her car to get a change of clothes for their child because the child used the bathroom on themselves. She completely bashed the caterer and their ethics to me on numerous occasions. I’m glad that i didn’t listen to her. So rude and unprofessional.

I have been a patron of the museum for several years and I am impressed at the forward thinking of new leadership. No longer focused soley on Colonial history, the museum now includes other eras of Charlottes history and is striving to be more inclusive to new residents from far and wide. They have also made strategic partnerships with other groups in the community. The recent African American history celebration was a well planned event that focused on the arts.

The tour was great and very timely. Wear sensible shoes as you will be walking through history and nature.

Beautiful place to visit

Beautiful buildings. Meaningful displays. Nice grounds. Very friendly staff.

This place is very tiny and doesnt have anything to do but read a few paragraphs. The only few things I found interesting were the historical artifacts. Personally not worth the money. This place is not good for children at all. If you want something more involved and entertaining I would recommend discovery place.

So much amazing things about history.

I was here for a wedding on 7/13. The staff watch the wedding like a hawk and treated us like we can not conduct ourselves as human beings.. I wouldn’t recommend this place as a wedding spot..

Didnt visit this place. Went to a free event which was hosted on their property. It was called Backcountry Day. That event was fun.

Great time. Learned a lot. Staff is very warmfull and helpfull

It’s okay. Self-guided tour is alright. Very empty and it’s not worth the price of admission.

Went for a special event, interesting experience!

Very neat museum showing historical, ecological, economical, geographical perspectives. The original Hezekiah Alexander homestead is also on the property.Admission is typically $10/person. However, several nights throughout the year offer free events/admission. Its worth the trip. Good for adults and kids, alike.

Cool museum in Charlotte. Worth the time. Kids and adults will like the experiences.

Excellent. Our guide was very knowledgeable. An excellent your.

Totally enjoy the history and the 12th night event

A bit small, but worth a visit to see how early Charlottions lives in 1774. Ask to ring the big bell as it’s pretty much weird that they hide it out back.

Provides great historical. Knowledge

It was raining so we made a dash for the main house and didnt get to see the rest of the home but it was fascinating to see how life was compared to know very minimalist. It was cool to the see the diorama of Charlotte before all the big bank building in Uptown. The Different maps and histories were really insightful.

Its small and I was there for a specific special event, but what I did see of the museum was enough to peak my interest. I will visit again for real at some point.

Great place to explore some local history!

Very nice staff. Not very big. I feel it misses the whole natural history concept. The American Revolution exhibit is nice but needs to expand a great deal. NC has quite a bit more history than what is there. Perhaps a complete name change so that it coincides with what is actually on exhibit.

Small museum. Very good for local history. Oldest brick House also on site. Amazing history

Knowledgeable staff and interesting history

A very inviting place. My family was given a personal tour of the museum by a person who described the rich heritage of the south in great detail. I recommend the place for anyone interested in learning about Charlotte and the surrounding area.

Lots of fun with history plus music..

Nice facility, surrounding landscape looked great, but the upstairs portion of the museum was nearly empty. I was present for a mostly exterior event so Im unclear whether or not the museum usually has exhibits upstairs or not. The staff was nice and willing to ring the freedom bell on request.

Fun scotch tasting event

Wonderful facility, tour and guides were excellent. There was a tactical activity for the kids at each stop on the tour. This interaction made it all the more enjoyable!

A rather small museum, but totally worth it, the stone house alone is just amazing! Hezekiah Alexanders Homesite takes you back to the 1770s, being the oldest house in Mecklenburg County. There is a short guided tour every hour, the guide takes you into the house and tells you all about the life in those times. The tour ends with the bell of freedom, which has a hornet and the phrase remember that you are free on it. Theres a story about why Charlotte was called a hornets nest. The museum building is a 2 story self guided exhibition, featuring historical facts and artefacts as well as a photo exhibition of famous people that visited Charlotte and a creek and rivers pollution/ preservation awareness exhibition throughout the evolution of Charlotte as a city. Overall took about 2 hours. We surely enjoyed it, how about you?

We had a group visit the museum last weekend and we had an absolutely wonderful time. The staff was very helpful and there were a lot of interesting things to see. My son would not stop talking about the American Freedom Bell all afternoon! Definitely a must see in CharlotteTIP: be sure to ask about the guided tour of the house!

Doing the good work of preserving Charlotte history for people of all ages

I thought this tour was nice, and it actually was, until I found out the tour guide left out a vital piece of info. resulting in my downside. The older lady, who gave a wonderful presentation btw, did not mention the fact that the slave house we were sitting in, the one made out of wood and chinking, was actually made by the slaves and that’s the house that the Alexanders used as their kitchen. This made me a little upset, bc, the way she described it, she made it seem like it was just a house inhabited by the slaves (whom she referred to as “the Africans”) and never once said that it was the same kitchen that the Alexanders used; which was not a separate house. Sadly disappointed. The other tour guide, Angel, who gave a tour of the house was also not that nice to the kids and was impatient. She wasn’t also very fond of answering my questions, btw, when I asked about the “kitchen”. Nice field trip, I would say, on behalf of the school, but not a trip I would take my child to on a regular day.

Great place for kids, activities and local history.

The volunteers make this place come alive! I was so impressed by how enthusiastic and knowledgeable the staff were during my visit. This place is a gem!

Take your time seeing the whole museum and youll be impressed on how much youll learn about Charlotte, a truly great American city. The photography exhibition was really well done. It was great to see how many musicians have traveled through Charlotte over the years.

Great place to spend some hands on history time with the nice house tour they give.

Great time there. Learned a lot about the history of Charlotte and Hezekiah

Great place to start if you want to learn about Charlotte!

Not much to see other than the old house, which is not accessible, so we couldnt go in with our wheelchair. The museum has disorganized posters very briefly describing some aspects of life around Charlotte, but no artifacts or interesting pieces. We wasted $10 each.

Beautiful day to see the museum and grounds. Historical home, oldest in Charlotte was gun to walk through. Great guide.

Good local history info

History is for sure very interesting and this museum is a proof! There is so much to learn about Charlotte and its development in many centuries. Youll enjoy the exhibition inside the museum as. Well the the American bell, garden and houses behind. Make sure you check the weather before you go...

When I think museum, I thinkartifacts, exhibits and displays. Not pictured on walls. Home tour was okay, but overall, DEFINITELY NOT worth the price of admission.

It was so fun! The guide was awesome, the springhouse was refreshing to go inside of on a hot day, overall it was so tasteful and amazingly awesome!

I chaperoned with my daughters third grade class from Carmel Christian School and had a wonderful visit with you this week. Survivor Jamestown was a big hit. Your docents were very courteous and professional and the facility is top notch. Thanks for all you do!

Excellent location for summits. Too cold regardless of the season

$10 for the exhibition & informative walking tour to the oldest house in the county is definitely a good way to spend your time!

A great place for history and events. We had a great time at The White Party. A Farewell to Summer.

Beautiful and informative! Wedding venue, too!

I hate that the museum closed but I was glad that the Alexander house was still there to tour. Really enjoyed the tour guide in period clothing. I would suggest anyone that likes history to stop by and see how life was before this country was formed.

We were very disappointed in our planned visit today as we were turned away from admittance at 4 pm. Both the museum website and the sign outside the museum said they closed at 5, but the woman inside said that they were closed for a private event! The staff was very unapologetic, we were shafted, and they didnt appear to care. Clearly, the revenue from the event is more important than both their published hours and concern for the public.

The photos there were beautiful.

Easy to follow lay-out of information. Very informative!

Presents a valuable image of the earliest days of the Charlotte Mecklenburg area. Very educational.

Museum is dated, but the personnel and guides are friendly and knowledgeable. The actual house and grounds are pretty neat.

Great history lesson during the Revolutionary War and the colonial periods.

Nothing much, just some photos I expected more because I spent 10$.

I love history..so if yu do too...go visit this place!

We attended an event here with the Charlotte Folk Society. Our tour guide was terrific! The house tour was very cool.

Waste of time. Big building, lots of potential, just expected more than mainly signs on the wall, with pictures. Liked the house, but expected more history with displays and artifacts. Like most history museums. Long drive. Just expected more.

Very educational, from 2yr-102yr fun for the entire family, some walking involved, very knowledgeable staff.

The diorama of Charlotte in 1775 is wonderful to look at!

Attended a wedding here and it was very nice! Plenty of parking and very nice accommodations for the guests.

Visit and listen the Hezekiah Alexanders story. Highly recommended.

This is a great place for learning about local Charlotte and Mecklenburg history. Wonderful diorama of how things were in the beginning. Nice gift shop too, but the crowning jewel is the Hezakiah Alexander home- a wonderfully restored 18th c structure! Watch for special programs offered frequently for adults and children.

Alexander house was interesting but that beautiful new museum main building is largely empty. The majority of displays are unengaging posters that are like enlarged pages of boring text-books.

Fun and educational

At a portrayer workshop/rehearsal for those of us who will be part of Voices From The Past. To be held April 14th, 1 to 4 pm at Elmwood-Pinewood Cemetery. Come, see and hear the history that is being shared.

Tried to make the slave part of history so sweet .. like they werent enslaved!!

An absolutely fabulous place for a family to learn about Charlottes history, as well as Mecklenburg County. Great for kids on a weekend or rainy day!

Its beautiful and nice to have an event of any kind

A small museum but with well deserved historical value

The traffic to this place at one time was ok, now it is a graveyard. I think I may know what the problem is , Its the nasty attitude of the older women directors that seem to in charge of customer relations, so cold and unattached,bitter,angry,etc. Someone that is in charge of operations needs to investigate and get them out of there before the museum of history is really history. Beautiful grounds, suckey old women.

Beautiful museum enjoyed the exhibits with my family especially the tour.