Reviews of Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site (Museum)

Heidi Mayo

We went on a crazy hot day. This made the house crazy hot. But the last step in the house was the kitchen and that made it all worth it! Seriously, the sweat was pouring down all parts of me. My sunscreen was in my eyes. Joanna Hahn (I have her name written down but not in front of me and hope I'm remembering it correctly) was leading us through and just full of information. This was equally very old museum house and modern, interactive and informative. Great experience.

Clifford Nunn

A great way to spend a couple hours. Very interesting.

Braden Sparks

¨it was fun we went to a conservation center we learned abut the underground railroad there was a well inside.¨

Melissa Vance

Such a neat story! Tour the home and the new Interpretive Center!

John Leach

Excellent tour. Fascinating and important history.

jerry quigley

Very cool and helped to educated great time there

Rachel Herbig

Walking through history was informative and very revealing about our past in a good way. Our docent was knowledgeable and encouraged questions. Note the picture of the ropes and the Wooden Key on the bed. The ropes were the mattress on the beds in 1800s. Every night the Wooden Key was placed against the knob which are called a "bed bugs". Frequently fingers would get caught in the key when the mattress ropes were tighten hence the expression "don't the bedbugs bite."

Matthew Parker

Incredible piece of history. Tour guide was great. Passionate & knowledgeable.

Heidi Mayo

We went on a crazy hot day. This made the house crazy hot. But the last step in the house was the kitchen and that made it all worth it! Seriously, the sweat was pouring down all parts of me. My sunscreen was in my eyes. Joanna Hahn (I have her name written down but not in front of me and hope I'm remembering it correctly) was leading us through and just full of information. This was equally very old museum house and modern, interactive and informative. Great experience.

Audrey

Love the historical area and the people are so nice

Clifford Nunn

A great way to spend a couple hours. Very interesting.

Sara Kastner

The tour and new center we're top notch! What a great way to learn about the underground railroad.

Elon Love

Nice place to visit it is very interesting

David Lower

The fact is that I have lived & worked in the area all my life and this is one of the best sites to visit in the state of Indiana. I think the name of the town was once Newport.

Chad Linn

Great place to learn history. Very friendly staff.

Pup Army

Very cool house

Denver Conway

Educational, under construction to better serve visitors. Must see if you are in Wayne County Indiana

Joann Taylor- Robinson

The guides were excellent in telling the history of Levi and Catherine Coffin quests of making provisions as a safe haven, for African American slaves going to Canada, aka an underground railroad system. Nice day trip for anyone seeking knowledge.

DL WEBB

Very interesting and educational.

Brian Zirkelbach

Great place to learn about Indian history

Shadow Kitty

Eh

Anthony Hart

Its about that time

Melody Wilcox

Great piece of history. Everyone should learn the history of Levi Coffin and the Underground Railroad.

Nick Wilcox

Amazing history of Indiana everyone should visit. The tours are intimate and cover the whole history of the Coffin family while they lived here in Indiana. Their home served as one of the main stops in the Underground Railroad.

Tiffany Pulkowski

A great learning experience and a great picture of Indiana history! Very knowledgeable tour guide. A definite must see if you are nearby; worth the drive if you are a bit farther away!

edward schrey

If you want to learn the real history of the under ground railroad this is a must visit,tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the house and the under ground railroad best tour we have had in a long time.

Daniel Hayden

Magnificent, in every way. History in a house. Tour guide knew her stuff.

Kay Washer

Great tour!

N. M. Hayes

The Catherine and Levi Coffin house was has been maintained beautifully. My docent has been there for decades. She had a wealth of knowledge. I'm so glad this history has been preserved. It's a tribute to the brave freedom seekers who saught refuge there.

Don Jones

Very interesting...well worth seeing

Tiffany Pulkowski

A great learning experience and a great picture of Indiana history! Very knowledgeable tour guide. A definite must see if you are nearby; worth the drive if you are a bit farther away!

andy cline

Very educational

Da Fusion

Great tour and great educational expierience in history of the underground rail road.

edward schrey

If you want to learn the real history of the under ground railroad this is a must visit,tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the house and the under ground railroad best tour we have had in a long time.

Edward Chambers

Amazing museum! Excellent education and info.

Paul Richardson

Very informative and powerful

Daniel Hayden

Magnificent, in every way. History in a house. Tour guide knew her stuff.

Kelly Walker

Our guide was great and a wealth of knowledge. She saw us drive up and greeted us in the parking lot SO we would not miss the tour she was starting..

Misty Williams

Educational enjoyable visit with lovely kind tour guides.

Jeffery Pass

The story of Levi Coffin is inspiring. Makes me proud to be a Hoosier. We have gone many times. Love it every time. Something very special about the place. Took 10 friends with us this time

Jeannine Winters

This is an interesting part of American history. Many people risked everything to help enslaved people and this shares part of that story. Also, it is a very well preserved house and a beautiful new interpretive center.

Misty Williams

Educational enjoyable visit with lovely kind tour guides.

Bob Glass

Very interesting

Lisa Tutkowski

Excellent tour. Loved it.

Carol Swaller

Levi Coffin is part of my Heritage and I am very proud that my family helped to free the Slaves that SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SLAVES OR ANY SLAVERY EVER ANYWHERE! My family was Quakers and did not believe in slavery thank God that they didn't. Because I think that I would not be proud of my heritage if they would have been slave keeper's! God bless all!

Kathleen Cooper

Great house, good for history of underground railroaf

Jeffery Pass

The story of Levi Coffin is inspiring. Makes me proud to be a Hoosier. We have gone many times. Love it every time. Something very special about the place. Took 10 friends with us this time

Sharon Roberts

Fascinating history, well preserved home, great tour!

Lisa Felch

Great knowledgeable tour guides and an excellent new museum next door.

George Hoskins

Historical architecture and American politics. I highly recommend this stop. The tour of Levi & Catharine Coffin's 19th century home is Great including secret hiding places and a basement kitchen with running water supplied by wooden pipe from a local artesian well.

Erwin Ibarra-Huerta

this trip was too long i was tired

Judy Stevens

Very interesting. It's worth the trip

Jeremy Gifford

Really cool museum and you learn a lot about the underground railroad.

Tim Ward

A great look at this historical period of time, with the staff being very knowledgeable and the artifacts and home being very well preserved and cared for. You can feel a sense of the lives affected as you take the guided tour.

B. Robert and Mary Katherine Mays

Great Experience

Sean Perkins

Saw the sign and had to turn around! The building was closed but the outside was beautifully kept up...I will return with my class :)

Linpn da Rittenhouse

Had volunteered for almost 12 years until the State took over. Price has raised dramatically.

Steven Mchugh

It's awesome i was fifteen when i went

Eric Johnson

Town wide garage sales, food vendors, lots of locally made items for sale. Something for everyone!!

Milda Ray

So much history, good road trip

Shawn McBeath

Worth the time and ticket

Dee Jay Hartley

Great historic site with a wonderful story to tell!

Jimmie Brock

One of the coolest places I went to for a field trip when I was a boy and a significant piece of American history and Freedom...!!!

Susandell Brodbeck

Tour leaders are great

David Estridge

Great

Brian Hammett

This is a wonderful place for a historical perspective of the Underground Railroad from a northern perspective. It offers a fantastic tour of this nearly 200 year old house built specifically for helping individuals making the travel from the South to freedom in Canada. Interactive museum exhibits help learners get a grasp on what it would be like be held in slavery and understand the horrible act that it was. Tour guides are incredibly knowledgeable and courteous. Highly recommend for all interested in learning about major historical events.

Amber Adams

My kids loved it. We went a week ago and they are still talking about it! A little piece of advice though go on a cool breezy day!

Heather Cox

Very informative and interesting

Thomas Milholland

Neat place nice people

Miss Andrea Reads

This place is a must-see. I reccomend for ages 7-77! (You do have to be able to walk up and down narrow stairs in the Coffin House, so 77 might be pushing it a little!) Take a tour by one of the very passionate and knowledgable volunteer tour guides. The lady who did our 4th grade tour had been doing it 40 years. Indiana made a very good decision in the 1960s to not let this place get torn down and a gas station built in its place! It's very humbling to stand on the very floors that a Freedom Seeker laid on. I was amazed at the courage of both the Coffins and the Freedom Seekers. The interpretive center next door was nice for restrooms, movie, gift shop, and a display upstairs, but the real treasure is the Coffin House.

Paul Feustel

Not as many vendors in 2018 as usual, seamed like only half. It was very disappointing.

Sean Perkins

Saw the sign and had to turn around! The building was closed but the outside was beautifully kept up...I will return with my class :)

Wayne Scott

Considered the Grand Central Station of the underground railroad, the Coffin house has a significant place in American history. The new visitors center next door give a film and a bunch of displays to provide background and context for the house tour.

Alexis Dent

A very good educational experience, if a bit long for young kids attention spans.

Angelic Gisclair-Hadad

Great site displaying history of Underground Railroad site in Indiana- very well done- accessible without overwhelming for kids - great look into history as well as architecture & lifestyle of the time period.

Erin Deloris

It's a great place to learn local and U.S. history, and the tour guides are very polite and knowledge able

Danielle Miller

Awesome place. I learned a lot. Great place to take kids. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.