If you have any interest in Theodore Roosevelt or NY Living in the mid 18 hundreds , visiting this site is a great way to indulge it. A short film on the first floor is the perfect introduction to young Theodore. Tours of the house are offered and the guide on the one I took was knowledgeable and welcoming of questions. I omit one star since the original house was demolished and the current one a reproduction although many of the family artifacts were restored to their proper place in the house. It’s FREE, always an incentive in NYC. It’s relatively small with just one downstairs gallery so a must to take the tour up the steps into the living quarters and bedrooms. . Check website for tour schedule

Another stamp in our national passbook and a phenomenal guided tour of the home. Would recommend to those visiting and from New York!

For a free place, I suppose one shouldn’t complain. The outside (as well as inside) is well maintained and nice to look out. You have the park ranger behind the desk who is a Teddy Roosevelt fanatic and will tell you all about him, unprompted.The museum itself is a bit sparse, evidenced more so by the empty cases in the back. You get to learn about his family origins and Teddy’s rise to president. There are numerous inspirational quotes by Teddy about how he focused on conservation, antitrust, and progressive policies.I was very impressed that they still had artifacts from when Roosevelt was alive, such as autographs of his cabinet, the glasses case that prevented a bullet from killing him, and the manuscript that took the bullets.To make the museum better, I would suggest expanding the tour to upper floors (not sure what else is in the building) and perhaps adding more detail about his policies, even if not all of it would shed positive light on him.

If youre a history buff & like to visit historical houses, this will scratch your itch. The things in here are not original but they are good replicas.Like most houses, this is only like an hour trip so not a good option if you want a full day trip. But if you want something short & interesting, this is it.They offer guided tours & you cant really linger, they keep it going, which was kind of annoying.

Really interesting, be sure to get a tour or you cant see the house

Excellent historical location of Teddys birthplace. Thanks to National Park Service.

Incredible site, currently closed due to pandemic

I read about this NP somewhere and had it on my to do list for NYC. Nice way to slow down in the city, learn more about TR and tour the home.

Cool museum of Teddy Roosevelts childhood Manhattan home. I didnt take the tour (which was free, and highly recommended). There are some artifacts, photos, videos on the first floor. Worth a little side trip. Probably would take 30 minutes to see everything.

Very knowledgeable staff. Great stories. Take free tour. Off the beaten path but worth it moving little video as well

​Free admission everyday! Nice museum showcasing the life and times of the first US President born in New York City. There are free guided tours showing the different rooms in the house, explaining their purpose and grandeur. The current building is beautiful but is only a reconstruction of the original one, which was demolished after a new owner took over. The Roosevelt family bought back the place after the Presidents death. Allot at least an hour when visiting.

Fabulous and very interesting historic site! Alyssa, one of the park rangers, gave a very informative and interesting tour through all the rooms in the house. I was dramatically impacted to see the accomplishments and National impact of a man with a weak heart and asthma but a lot of determination and persistence! Very highly recommended if you are a history buff or if you are in need of inspiration.

Loved the tour and the Park Ranger who told us the story of Teddy Roosevelt. Will go back one day with more guests!

Very good experience. Knowledgable tour guides that provide an informative tour. Great display of Teddy trinkets, in particular the shirt that he was shot in during 1912 campaign and the speech that may have saved his life.

This is a precious gem in the heart of NYC. I am so surprised how I never knew about this place. The tour historian Tripp is super knowledgeable and was extremely nice to my children because he knew we were there for the Jr. Ranger Program. Bit is amazing this is here and it is all free by the US Park.

A wonderful historic experience right in the heart of the city. Great ranger led tours!!

Pretty informative place. The Rangers here works fantastic.

Amazing tour guides and awesome memorabilia from the life of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. My favorite is his speech and glasses case that saved his life with the bullet holes in it.

Cool place to visit and about 60% of the items in the house are authentic to the family. The house itself is a replica of the original house which was torn down.

Very cool tour. Lot of original furniture and possessions of TR and his family

A historic birth place of a great man we respect.

Great place to visit and learn about history. There are free tour available and park rangers are very friendly.

Very nice history lesson about one of the great American Presidents. Tours are free and will only cost you time!

Fantastic experience! Dont miss the short film and definitely take the tour. The tour guide (Joe) that gave me the tour was a walking encyclopedia of Roosevelt!!

Great place to learn history. Definitely a must go to see the tour. 5 stars

My absolute favorite historical site in the city. The tour is comprehensive and the guides are knowledgeable!

Very nice house and National Historic site. Be sure to take the tour to truly understand what his house was all about. The displays in the museum are great, but not enough to tell the whole story.

Awesome museum amazing that they preserved this place

Wes Anderson should do a remake of the film they play. Very informative tour guide. Wonderful insight into life of the upper crust in the late 1800s.

The guide gave an informing and entertaining presentation about the origins of TRs values and personal mettle.

A wonderful insight into the early.life of Throsire Roosevelt.. so glad to have visited..l

We visited the TR birthplace birthplace museum on jan 2, 2020. we arrived 15 mins before the hourly guided tour was to begin. there is no fee for this tour with a national parks officer. it was great. the information, the history and being in the location where TR was born was a great experience. the building is beautiful. the display area was filled with interesting TR items & pictures. history comes alive. the parks officers were professional in their presentation , the ability to tell the background on the roosevelt family. it was a super way to spend 90 + minutes in new york city. this is a great country. this museum provides a glimpse in to a very important family who played an important role in our history. a great experience. jan 5, 2020. JDS/CT.

Pretty interesting museum in the middle of Manhattan for house rainy days. The free tour took about an hour and brought you through Teddys childhood.

Very helpful staff we visited at last minute on our last day of our vacation and was able to get a mini tour because it was late in the day

The welcomers are so knowledgeable and willing to answer any questions you might have. It’s a great stop to include in your NYC visit. You can get your passport stamp here.

This place is so beautiful. The rangers really know their stuff too!

I visited here with my sister during the summer of 1995. We were the only 2 visitors at the time. I guess its not very popular compared to other NYC attractions. We had a guided tour with a National Park Service employee. You can look but you cant touch. Even if youre not interested in Teddy Roosevelt, you get to see the inside of a historic NYC house.

A reconstruction of 5 period rooms in the house Theodore Roosevelt was born and lived in until he was 15. Walk inside the rooms themselves with a tour guide and learn how TR became the great man he became. Exhibits feature many historical items including his favorite childhood chair and his clothes and belongings he had when he survived the 1912 assassination attempt. Tour guide and customer service people are friendly, excited and always encourage questions. Visit is FREE!!!!

Amazing experience and truly a highlight of my vacation to NYC. The staff is really nice and helpful, and the artifacts are gorgeous and really teach you about history.

Very interesting. The exhibits are informative, the tour guides are awesome/super friendly, and seeing original items from TRs childhood is impressive and fascinating. This place is a must-see for any US history buff!

Really cool look a Roosevelt and just happened to stumble upon it

Learned about the 26th Presidents family historical

Our guide was wonderful. She gave us such interesting information about the building, the family, and Teddy himself as a child. We were able to look into all the beautiful rooms of the home, which we weren’t the last time we took the tour years ago. It was fascinating to see the objects and furnishings not only of the Roosevelt family, but of the period. I had never seen horsehair up close before!We want to thank our guide for a great hour of information, jokes, questions and answers. Also, she quoted Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor with inspiring words for our troubled times. She made it one of our favorite moments of our stay in New York—and that’s saying something!

Highly recommend doing one of the free hourly tours. The rangers are friendly, knowledgeable, and passionate about TR. Tour reservations must be done in person on a first come, first served basis. While the home is essentially a reconstruction, approximately 60% of the artifacts are original. Totally worth it!

Literally was the only person there for over an hour. Barely anything in the museum cabinets other than photocopied papers and didactic panels with quotes and no context. Staff were loafing and wouldn’t start the video because it wasn’t on the half hour (but it also wasn’t playing when I came in, and as mentioned, I was the only person there). Tour guide volunteer was animated and knowledgeable, but for a reconstructed house it seemed a shame. Incredibly disappointed. There’s essentially nothing to look at unless you take the tour.

Very nice little museum to get to know the dutch/American president

They teach you so many things and are super kind. i highly suggest you go there.

Good experiance

Nice place to visit. Time well spent, convenient to other Manhattan places.

Interesting slice of American History and a peek back into New York at the turn of the 20th century.

Must visit. A truly historic place where you’ll learn a lot about the history of the Roosevelt family and NYC. Make sure you take a tour around the house with the rangers. They are very knowledgeable and friendly.

I’m a big fan of TR. Having said that, be aware that this is not really his birthplace, which was torn down, but a recreation that was rebuilt by Roosevelt family members around 1918. It is decorated with about 60% items that belonged to the family (the rest are period pieces). Having said all that, the museum is administered by the National Park Service, so it’s free to visit. If you’re in the neighborhood and not going out of your way, it’s interesting enough.

A national park gem in the middle of NYC. free admission. knowledgeable tour guide.

Drop by and learn more about TR than you ever thought. Seeing the house alone is worth the visit as you get to walk around in the actual rooms instead of peering in from the door. The real treat is from the volunteers who take you around the house and provide color to the whole experience. If you are visting and have an hour drop by it free and worth it.

A great place to learn about one of the greatest presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. Lots of history and artifacts from TRs youth with a very knowledgeable and helpful staff. Would highly recommend to all who are interested in Teddy Roosevelt and/or history.

The tour guides here are excellent.

Another well-run National Park Service site. 45-minute tours are on the hour throughout the day. Most of the artifacts are real, but interestingly the home itself is a recreation.Lots of interesting stories.

Speak softly and carry a big stick. While this quote from our 26th president was more related to his views on foreign policy, it is also an accurate representation of his historic birthhouse. While not as well known as other historical landmarks around NYC, it is a key view into one of our most impactful presidents.On the ground floor of the house, pictures and press clippings trace the history of TR from a little ahsmatic boy into the rugged rough rider and future president of the USA. However the main attraction here is a guided tour throughout the upstairs floors, taking you thru the early years of the Roosevelt family and providing a glimpse into the young life of a future president. Given his birthplace has been deemed a national historical park admission is free, and tours are every half hour on the hour.

The Park Ranger was so knowledgeable about all of the family.

A little gem in the middle of Manhattan. Would recommend for a good historical tour of Theodore Roosevelts childhood home.

Be sure to take the guided tour. The rangers are fantastic and bring the history to life.

Outstanding presidential museum, former family home, and complex of buildings and former residences. Immensely interesting for the history, and very well done. Truly a national treasure.

Very cool ! It is amazing the diamonds in our own backyard. The person who ran the tour was so knowledgeable on Teddy Roosevelt and the entire family.

Interesting tour provided for the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt. Authentically decorated rooms with a lot of the original 19th-c furniture. Exact reprints of the wallpapers. First and second floors on display. Definitely worth seeing if youre​ a history buff or interested in historic homes. The house is actually a replica built slightly​ after Theodore Roosevelts death, on its original site. It is free to tour, unusual in NYC!

Short but informative tour about a wonderful president. Good length for the kids. Informative and well balanced displays.

I am a huge fan of Theodore Roosevelt so going to his birthplace (although re-created) was quite the thrill. As I have come to expect with National Park sites, the tour was excellent. I always learn a great deal about whatever topic is being discussed. Even though TR has had many excellent books written about him, the tour provided some interesting facts about his early life. It is especially interesting visiting this site because most people think of TR as the rugged guy who lived in what is now North Dakota. It is hard to reconcile that image with the reality that he grew up in Manhattan (even though it wasnt quite as bustling when he was born). I havent been back here in a few years but I definitely intend to start bringing visitors along (as long as they appreciate history).

Super educational experience and such polite national park rangers! We did the junior ranger program here and had a lovely time!

Great museum to take the family, or a school trip. Adults and children will appreciate and enjoy this historical New York City gem. The museum is run by the Federal Government.

This is the brownstone house where Teddy Roosevelt was born and have lived there for some time. Today, it is a museum that arranges short-term excursions about the house for FREE! A very interesting and informative talk you will have during that walk along the rooms and corridors of the buiding. They preserved the then furniture, items o interior, and the ambience of those times. You will peep into the rooms where the president was born, where they discussed Civil War over the big dinner table, where Teddy did some physical exercises to improve his health. Apart for a wonderfully preserved ambience you will learn many intersting facts about Teddy. He was born brought up in a very special, aristocratic and wise family that devoted much time and effort to raise a noble person like Teddy. There, you will learn what noblesse oblige stand for. I recommend.

Worth going for a guided tour. Very informative, free, and full of history. Ran by the National Park Services

Would recommend going on the tour to see the actual home and you can walk through the rooms!

Hidden gem full of Teddy Roosevelt’s history. Entrance is free with ranger led tours every hour. Great tribute to a great man.

Great tour! If you are interested in the Roosevelts Id recommend it!

Small museum on ground floor, guided tour through reconstructed brownstone where TR lived as a boy, really gives you a sense of his family history and dynamics, and how he developed into such an important part of the American story. We were in a rush when we visited, so only allowed about an hour, could easily spend 2 hours taking more time in the museum and gift shop. Excellent park ranger guide on the house tour. Museum also offers a very good docu-dramavideo that recreates TRs childhood, but it is very very old and there is not a proper theater so sound quality was terrible. Fortunately there were few people there so i just pulled my chair up close to the screen, or else i could not have heard it.

Great stop if your in Union Square area. Good for kids and adults. Tours start on the hour and can fill up fast!

Free tours. Rich historic content.

Cool free museum. Make sure to go through with the free guided tour!

Nice small museum in NYC to spend a couple of hours learning of Teddy Roosevelt upbringing!

Well maintained Historical site in the heart of NYC. Informative tour and quite a collection of artifacts related to the 26th President and his life.

Great museum and I learned a lot about the greatest president: Theordore Roosevelt

If your interested in history or of President Roosevelt well worth the visit

Great Tour, we loved it. The ranger was very knowledgeable and pleasant to listen.

What an awesome hidden gem

Great place to visit

First, this appears right under the stars on the review page: Museum founded in 1923 offering guided tours of period rooms in historic home of the 26th president.- Google. No, it isnt. This space (footprint/airspace) is Theodore Roosevelts birthplace, not the house. It wasnt there. The house he lived in was torn down. this is a recreation. It is nice to see the recreation of a period house with period furnishing, and hear and learn about Theodore Roosevelt and his family who didnt live there because it didnt exist. The tour is interesting and worth going on. And, as a National Parks site, its free. How can you go wrong

Such an amazing was to spend a few hours and learn something about our history! This is worth the time to go on the tour upstairs

Part of the National Park Service, so admission is free. Really enjoyed it, nice find in a fun neighborhood, Gramercy Park. Enjoyed the ranger tour. Good restaurants and small shops nearby.

Really nice piece of history. Park staff are over the top. A must see for any TR fan..

Great tour.Good insights into teddy roosvelt. Fun to see the house he was born in and grew up in or a least an accurate recreation(original was torn down)Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and interesting.You can only see the house with a tour on the hour though there is a small museum downstairs.

CLOSED?! Visited today and they had a sign on the door saying Closed until further notice

Small, but well designed museum located in a beautiful neighborhood. Essily accessable to most downtown or midtown locations.

Not only the home of the 26th President of the United States from birth to about age 12, but it is also the location of the founding of the American Museum of Natural History. The museum charter was developed and signed in the front parlor of the Roosevelt home on April 8, 1869.Your tour guide helps bring the place and its former occupants come to life.It has a pretty easy Junior Ranger program for the kids, which is a great introduction to TR (and the program if they havent done them elsewhere) and the kids love the badge they get, but they need to pay attention on the tour to get most of the answers. The rest can be figured out from reading the plaques in the visitor area or asking a ranger.Unfortunately, the museum exhibits on the lower level leave much to be desired. The only real items of interest are the shirt, eye glass case, and folded speech that TR had when shot in 1912, all showing the bullet holes. Years ago they used to have many of his own taxidermy birds from when he was a teenager, but they removed them after the renovation because they didnt have the right controlled environment for them.But if you are in lower Manhattan and have an hour to spare to grab the 40 minute tour and do it.

Well worth a visit.

Great place to learn about Teddy Roosevelt.

If you watch the video beforehand its a recap for the tour... skip the video and do the tour. The guide is well informed to say the least.

A great tour with National Park Service

Who would have thought that this gem of a National Park would be tucked away on this quiet block in New York City. This is the boyhood home of the first U.S. president to be born in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt. You can take a ranger guided tour a no cost and get a stamp for your National Park Collection

TR rocks! Good place!

Really enjoyed my visit. Went on a tour and learned a lot

Very interesting for what it is.