Reviews of North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum)

Ike Gaskins

Great Small Town America!

Wade Lee

Great place to visit and tour

Amy Preskitt

A reoccurring trip I keep making; I will go back again too. The new location of the museum was beautiful. The town has really worked hard to honor the past.

Stacy Turnage

Went today for the first time. Staff were great and very knowledgeable. We spent about 2 hours digging around. Was kind of busy. But it was also a Saturday and a Boy Scout troop was there. I definitely plan to go back. Prices are not bad in gift shop.

John Barnes

Love EVERYTHING!@IT MILITARY FRIENDLY!

Gary Burbage

Rich in history with friendly staff to guide you along the way.

Brad Pabst

If you're into history this is a great place to start in North Carolina. Literally the first town in the state, Historic Bath has some very well preserved houses from the turn of the century... the 19th century. The town is beautiful and peaceful, and the people are pretty friendly. There are a couple museums to visit and you can actually walk through several of the oldest houses. Make sure to stop by Blackbeard's Slices and Ice for some great food and ice cream. I had the Cappuccino flavored and it was delicious.

Susie Rogers

Beautiful town. Nice area to sit, relax and picnic. Always a breeze. One if my favorite day trip destinations. AKA. My happy place.

Chris Meyer

History!

Peggy Sandlin

This is a good day trip and if you like history it's a plus great place to bring the kids

William Wheeler

Only one house and the church were open the day we visited. The house wasn’t furnished. All others closed. Very disappointing. It was a wasted vacation day.

John Ray

It's worth touring some of the old houses from the 1700s. Oldest town in NC.

Heike Woolard

We took the Ghost Tour, which was great, but our tour guide was not prepared and got lost a couple of times. The actors did a great job.

Aimee LeBrun-Pelland

Beautiful town. Quiet. Has fun events.

Escobaria Gracilis

Interesting old historic town with some nice historic sites. I understand that Bath is one of the oldest towns in NC

Nicolle Johnson

Neat town with lots of history! Great day trip!

Rebecca Soule

Old and tiny and proud of it. Bring cash, they don't like credit cards here. :-)

Julie Sizemore

The employee there was full of information. We took the self walking tour with the map the gave us. The have guided tours also. Beautiful town.

MK Christiansen

Arrived for memorial day festival. Town is lovely and Bonner Point would be been peaceful excel for the semi truck running it's engine the whole time. We left.

Doug Sikora

Cute little town, blackbeard's pizza was pretty good! Very pretty area, bring you boat and fish

Vinnie Young

Speaks for itself

D Wil

Friendly and Historic little town.

Justin G

Cool historic area of eastern NC

Robert Legg

Nice museum of local history of Black Beard the pirate and items about the history of Eastern North Carolina vinegar based BBQ , also information about regional restaurants. Nice museum3 and helpful docent. No pics. Oh, also a gift shop and museum is free.

Dana Gunn

Quaint town. Very quiet and friendly.

Carlton Paul

Went to pickup a customer's golf cart.

Shari Herrera

Historically beautiful and informative.

Lee Dail

This is a great place to visit with you and your family... A very small town with very big stories.. The local shops are a must to stop shop and see..

Brandi Robbins

Such a beautiful place!!

Joshua Vesper

Cool little place learning about the earliest history of North Carolina

Karen Degraw

Such a lovely place to visit! Had a great time visiting history and taking in the scenic views. I highly recommend this area. Home of the Blackbeard pirate.

Thelma Hunt

Quaint little town

Katherine

Beautiful Place!!!

Elizabeth Richards

Very quiet cozy town with lots of historical sites

Courtney Battle

Great place for a day out! Not too far from Greenville.

Vance Heffern

Blackbeard's home when he quit pirating for a few months. Museum has relics from Queen Anne's Revenge ship wreck. Very cool!

Wayland Sermons

Great history here!

Lisa Mcbynum

I went there on a day that I just wanted to get away from where I live and I just started driving that way. And ended up in bath North Carolina. I went there and it was so beautiful and went to a little Country Restaurant if I'm not mistaken it was called Country Kitchen period and they sure do have the best food you could ever get and it is country style. I highly recommend the hamburger steak with gravy. But it's a very beautiful old historic place. I recommend it very highly.

Kev S.

I do enjoy a horseback riding a little bit but Bath is a nice little town sure.

Donna Hardy

Wonderful site with friendly knowable staff.

donald good

Just a cool little town!

Joel Davenport

Interesting history!

Mark Pollard

Cozy little spot on the pamlico, great fishing

Emily Nelson

Blackbeard, maps, and bicycles: what do they all have in common? They are all featured exhibits in historic Bath! I have thoroughly enjoyed all the exhibits I have seen at this free, little museum. Worth stopping by to see what they have. I did joke with my dad that the bicycle exhibit was a 'Guess It Yourself' exhibit, since they had about 15 extremely odd antique bicycles with no accompanying information. But I always learn something every time I go. Did you know the bicycle was associated with the Women's Rights and Suffrage movement? Or that the Pamlico River used to be called the Pamplicough on old maps? Or that Blackbeard was unique among pirates in that he knew how to read and write, and used a vast knowledge of human psychology to intimidate his opponents? Come here to learn something new and buy a little souvenier or gift to remember your visit!

Todd

Quaint and historic, stopped in on our way to Aurora Fossil museum. Bath should play up the pirate blackbeard connection more. Everyone loves a pirate! Town and history was awesome, but in a weird way tourist help keeps history relevant.

Jonathan Lawson

A hidden gem of history.

raoul sosa

Great Food awesome service!

Kelly Voss

You will never want to leave. Very quaint and quiet. Tranquil and serene. Love it.

Terrence Greene

Small Town with historical significantce to our country's early development

Kevin Dowling

Very interesting exhibits but only six of them when we were there. Good information provided by the people manning the exhibits.

Wanda Butler

First time to Bath, quiet little town

Teresa Fulford

Good. Depends on cook ..

Karl Philhower

Sm. Town. Family feel

Daniel Radford

Awesome place to go for a quiet time by the river. Also the first church is here as St. Thomas Episcopal church.

Claudiu Oros

Very awesome staff, and lovely facilities! This is a must for anyone even remotely serious about the history of NC! It's the oldest official town in NC with the oldest church also! I did not think there would be as much history as there turned out to be. Did you know this was basically Edward Teachs' second home? You'll learn a lot about his activities if you come! Also a hint, visit off season, take a guided tour, it's more personalized and you won't have to worry about being slowed down by others. More you time and more relaxation time.

Brady Harper

Bath is a very unique place with a tremendous amount of history. It is the oldest town in North Carolina and home to Blackbeard the Pyrate! He was killed off the coast of Ocracoke Island on the outer banks of North Carolina in 1718 (301 years ago nlin November 2019)

Joseph Mitchell

Great little town lot's of history and beautiful scenery.

Princess Glitter Sparkle

Loved loved loved! The 2 ladies in the Gift Shop were very pleasant and informative. Loved the bbq exhibit!!!! Actually enjoyed and learned a lot. Enjoyed touring the House located on property-HOWEVER, there were 2 HUGE wasps nests right by the front door. The grass was a little tall walking toward the 2nd red house and the mosquitoes were atrocious, but had a great time!

Jennifer Theriot

love coming here to share history with my kids.

Megan Hudnell

Nice house to see