Reviews of Oakleigh House Museum (Museum)

Lisa Stewart

Went to Oakleigh House for a school project. It is so beautiful. The tour is very educational and fascinating. Enjoyed learning the history of the house and the time period. The grounds have an oak tree that is 300 years old as well as some of the prettiest Camellias that I have ever seen.

Marcello Scozzari

Disappointed. It was closed for flea infestation due to hot weather. It would have been nice to know ahead of time instead of driving all the way there and closed. We are on vacation and will not be able to visit.

Dyani Hasebe

Enjoyed the experience! Loved the tour with the Belles!

Robin Wright

Not exactly a mansion but interesting story by tour guide

lori haggard

Interesting look into local history. Outbuildings are a self guided tour.

brin allen

Amazing tour guides! Love the Belles!

Maureen Kennedy

Great Southern home to visit, built in 1833. Beautifully decorated at Christmas.

Jamie Malone

This place has a story to tell!

Victor Hills

I absolutely loved Oakleigh! We were lucky enough to take our tour with the manager, and she knew so much about the place. I'll admit I was kind of apprehensive when I got there because the outside is in some desperate need of renovations, but I'm so glad we decided to take the tour anyways.

David Ray

Staff are helpful and friendly gifts shop is filled with great items

Melissa Johnson

I had a very pleasant time at the Oakleigh House. Our Guide Mary was very helpful and made the tour very entertaining. I went with a group from The University of South Alabama in the Museum Studies program. Mary did a wonderful job answering all of our questions.

Darlennia Payton

Lots of history here. Staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. I would recommend visiting.

Robert Lamm

Over priced. Grounds needed maintenance, ruin by the city, not violates electrical code by running an extension cord around the outside of the building and in another window. Overall disappointment. I don't recommend.

Pam AskMe

Awesome tour and tour guide.

Brian Favorite

Very educational and informative!! Loved it

Bianca Turner

We were visiting Mobile for the day and had really planned to tour the Bragg Mitchell Mansion, but as they were closed for an event, we visited Oakleigh instead and were not disappointed. Both the house and the grounds were beautiful--it was azalea season and it was in full, gorgeous bloom! We really enjoyed the tour and hearing the stories of the families who lived in the house and seeing their things. Some really fascinating architecture, including the giant pocket doors and the windows with the half doors. Just a great example of American history and we're glad we visited!

Michael Mueller

It wasn't open when we went. No idea if it's any good. Probably was a place where black people were abused. Would be interested to see if "the help" was given credit for making the place run at below market cost.

M Herrera

Tour was excellant! Highly recommended. If you into shooting pix, your camera may shoot on it's own. Mine did. Great history.

Albert Abrams

Nice tour but someone needs to explain to the lovely young (16yo docent) belle that slavery was WRONG and not a matter of opinion. It doesn't matter how nice they were to their slaves (I guess nice is better than the alternative).

thetruth944

Great tour

Amy Walker

A beautiful slice of Mobile history hidden within its downtown neighborhoods...

Linda Lewis-Carde

Visited on Halloween..enjoyed

Steven Flaskerud

Historic 1830's Greek Revival House in a beautiful neighborhood. Excellent collection of furnishings throughout the house.

Kimberly Graham

it was closed, but I did get a few pictures of the outside

Paula G

Wow, what a place! The grounds (live oaks), waterfall garden, and the large home were simply amazing. I was greated promptly in the gift shop and shown the restroom prior to the tour. Facilities were clean and doors closed and latched (a treat in an older home). Great tour commenced of the upper level of the home with a discription of owners, their families, businesses, and times. The home is well maintained and filled with period paintings, mirrors, antique furniture, china dishes. Beautiful textiles too. The upper front outside staircase needed some maintenance (falling apart) but rest of home was in excellent condition. Dont miss this home! Its in a charming neighborhood and is one of the nicest homes to tour in town.

Julie Mitchell

Loved it!

Robert Kessler

Very knowledgeable tour guides. A bit too wordy. Tour was basically a Mobile history lesson with a very old home as a backdrop. Worth going once. The neighborhood was beautiful.

Carol

Special thanks to the docents, I really enjoyed hearing about the families from Oakliegh

Kimberly Dagg

Great piece of Mobile history. Kids really enjoyed the tour as well did I.

Donna Lowe

Very special home that has more than one story to tell in the Civil War.

Dixie Bennett

Main guide was very rude. Waited in gift shop over 45 mins before anyone even knew we ere there. The tour was rushed and trainee was very lacking.

christopher marshall

Grew up going. Still no better tour for the price.

Miss Victoria Doll

Such a pretty place. Great history but the guide spoke a little too fast to keep up.

Warner Arthur

Good part of house tours

Kelly Davis

Great little property, with fascinating period pieces in the huge house, interesting history, and surrounded by absolutely beautiful live oaks. The guided tour was very informative and was very worth the cost. I almost wish we had more time to view all of the little pieces in each room.

Sergey Kovalev

Currently during renovation. Beautiful historical building, charming dwelling with recognized South architecture

Amber A

Great place, great people, and simply a wonderful place to learn and see some of Mobile's history.

Britt Bischoff

This was a lovely house, and beautifully maintained and restored. I was mostly impressed and enchanted with the neighborhood and history of the surrounding homes. I toured this place with my (large) family, and I need to give a shout out to the staff at this place for handling this group very well.

Carmen Guilarte

We took our 3 and 5 yr old, we thought they would be running or bored. They totally behaved because it was entertaining! A lot of good information, truly knowledgeable tour guide.

Mary Wilstrup

Historic gem of Mobile

Albert Katryan

Well preserved piece of history. Guides were very informative and engaging.

Tammy Anderson

Historic and beautiful!!

Elizabeth N Teal

Tour was informative but short

James Dougherty

Beautiful piece of history

Mary Harris

Beautiful with a rich history.

Edward Flotte

Classic antebellum architecture.

Route 45

Great tour of the historic Victorian Oakleigh House. Our guide was very sweet and seemed to love telling us the history of the different familes that owned the house before it became an historic site.

Thick brix

The host was very nice. The house was full of interesting history and it felt like people still occupied it, creepy as it may seem.

Connie Muniz

BEAUTIFUL after alk these years

Janice Koch

Beautiful house and grounds. Loved the tour and the tour guide was very nice.

Betty Madison

Loved it. Was informed of new history facts

Patricia Odum

It was ok but I would have likes originalthanks that the own would have used AMD more detail of the house

Rhonda Belcher

Interesting History