Reviews of Kelton House Museum & Garden (Museum)

Rosa

It is antiqueful

Sharissa Mikayla

Pretty cool place, was very interesting.

Adena Gwirtz

Such a rich history. Had a very abnormal experience in the dining room. I felt a sudden burst of tears and started bawling my eyes out during the tour. Not sure what happened but I felt fine as soon as I left the room. Beautiful gardens and wonderful staff. If your nearby it's worth the stop.

david lindley

Love this place. Has a great history and makes for a wonderful place to get married, as I did here!!

Carolyn Casper

I am so glad this wonderful place has been saved for us to enjoy!

William Fuller

A bit creepy. The ghost stories are great.

Heather Adkins

Beautiful historical and educational

Nicole Bergman

The Kelton House Museum & Garden is a true Columbus gem!

Bridget Lewis

Kelton House was beautiful and very educational. I highly recommend you visit when in Columbus, Ohio.

Jessica Short

Really neat place. Little more proper than we were expecting but it was a great experience learning about that time period. We got a little confused during our self guided tour but eventually got back on track.

Irene Barnett

The audio tour allows you to go at your own pace. Definitely worth stopping in.

danny t

This museum was a really nice Definitely a good place to visit

Leyda Febus

This truly is a little hidden gem of columbus. Its a historical house perfectly preserved with an absolutely beautiful garden. There's a self guided tour you can take, or you can have a docent show you around. As a wedding venue, this place is absolutely divine and affordable for a small ceremony and modest reception. Picturesque garden located in the back, charming covered area located inside. All around wonderful.

RICARDO QUINTERO SIERRA

The best historical site!

Libby Hall

Wonderful part of history.

Jennifer Callis

Intriguing place but I feel the tour could've been better and the storytelling in the basement could've been more. I left with more questions.

Melissa Holmes-Gregory

Beautifully maintained Victorian style home... worth a visit and little history lesson about a family home that was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Scott Peachey

Beautiful space and great tour. Plenty to look at!

Jack Davis

It was nice to learn some of the local history.

Jill Nelke

Mark gave a great tour and learned things about the Victorian Era that I didn't know. Many original furnishings in this historical home.

Patricia Migdalias

Wonderful walking tour inside

Eric V

Historical site

Morgan Ray

Really beautiful house and gardens. Very fascinating history with the underground railroad all in an audio tour so you can go on your pace.

Paul Carter

love the atmosphere covers any occasion

Kara Prem

A beautifully maintained Victorian home with ties to the Underground Railroad

Beth Hines

We stopped to read the plaque outside while out on a walk. They were already closed for the day but we will definitely be back. We did go back and the tour was interesting. I highly recommend it.

Ed Mash

Boring, no architectural interest

Andrew Giorgi

Really nice audio tour of a Victorian era house that was part of the Underground Railroad. Learn tons about life as a Victorian and the Underground Railroad at your own pace. HIGHLY recommend this for tourists.

Vallerie Greer

My students were very impressed!

Anthony Klein

was looking at this place as as possible wedding venue. would've worked if we stuck with the small wedding plan. house was really cool though especially the basement area which they had recently held an invent there.

Rachelle Janiga

Excellent tour.

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Dennis Hershey

This place offered a quaint, self guided audio tour. The audio tour was very informative and narrated by several different people so it wasn't monotonous. We learned many new facts about living in an older time period, and the Underground Railroad.

Joe Baskin

Wonderful self paced history tour

Jen Wolford

Not only is the house gorgeous, the tour guide was full off information and fascinating to listen to. Mark brought ALL the passion and fire talking about the Oberlin-Wellington rescue. Best historic house tour for me, personally.

Lucas Campbell

Nice place to spend the day.

Robert Kannal jr

This place boasts a ton of history and an absolutely beautiful back yard garden. Perfect for smaller weddings and historical enthusiasts.

Laurie Althoff

Wonderful

kevin leo

Watch out for the ghost that a beautiful place for a wedding

Darrin Maxwell

GO FOR THE $6 TOUR BUT BEWARE IF YOU'RE PLANNING A WEDDING - My wife, step daughter and I visited the Kelton House last year per a recommendation from a school teacher. The self-guided tour was great. In fact we liked the Kelton house so much that we decided to have our wedding there the following year (July of 2018). I'm not going go into details about the slow motion train wreck that ensued during the planning of our simple wedding but it was very a very traumatic experience. They are grossly underprepared and understaffed to properly coordinate even the simplest of weddings (of which ours was). We had about 90 guests and adhered to all of their suggestions but there were still consistent problems and a general lack of communication throughout the entire process. To their credit they refunded us 100% of the money we spent to rent the space on our wedding day. I think it's extremely unfortunately that this facility isn't better managed. It has SO much potential to be a wedding destination hot spot in a growing and thriving city with limited wedding venues. I hope they make some major changes so future couples don't have the awful experience that we had.

Michael Abel

We really enjoyed our visit. The costumed guide was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the local history. Unlike many similar places, we were allowed to walk in the rooms and see the historical items up close. We visited on a Sunday afternoon...probably the best time to go.

Deanna Stotler

Beautiful house and gardens/grounds that is preserved well. Great historical info provided on self guided tours.

Sherryl Johnson

So much history it was a wonderful experience.

BreAnn Shulsen

What a special spirit you feel here in the home of Ohio's early abolishonists. A must-see and do! Go to Topiary Park right next to it as well. Very cool and interesting museum and great for even the young ones.

Eric Utsler

A fascinating place to visit (underground railroad). Also great for meetings and small receptions. Beautiful outdoor garden is great for weddings.

Samuel Franklin

The docent was not knowledge about the musical instruments in the house but pretended to be, and obviously avoided questions about which he did not know.

Jad Busby

Great place with a lot of history.....

Ryan Jones

Very beautiful place to visit. Not crowded.

P Gajaananan

A historical place to visit.

Robert Allen

Highly recommended. Please go when tour guides are there. Period costumes and extremely knowledgeable. I can't say enough great things about this place!

Charlene Dubin

We recently had our wedding at Kelton House, and we couldn't have asked for a better place. The garden is beautiful, and the carriage house and downstairs rooms felt intimate and cozy. My guests also tell me the tour was great! My only suggestion for brides to be is to tell you wedding party to wear bug spray. Mosquitoes like shady gardens, too. Not Kelton House's fault, of course!

Blanket Bearer

I was here today at around 1:00pm give or take 5 minutes. I knocked hard for about 10 minutes and nobody came to the door. The place was supposed to be open. The date today is Thursday, 09/06/2018. I won't give this place a 1 star, because people really like it and the pictures look amazing. However, I think it's relevant to give this review because it's a 35 minute drive to here and another 35 minutes home for me :( I always attach pictures, so here are two pictures of the door.

Seth Foss

While the information was good the entire experience seemed self aggrandizing.

Tyler Burton

The place is absolutely beautiful.

Esther Coey

Beautiful!

Jupiter Rueda de Leon

Kool

david morrison

great place to sit and smoke a joint during the work week

patricia andrews

Historical site. The home belonged to the kelton family, who were abolitionist, and was used as a stop on the underground railroad. The house has been restored and contains many of the original furnishings & artifacts with newer wallpaper, carpeting, etc. A tour or headset guide is the best way to see this place otherwise you will be looking at a bunch of antiques and not appreciate their significance. The garden is small, but cute. Nominal fee for entry, discount for seniors & students. Open on weekends too. If you love history, you will love this place. TIP: Call before you come to make sure they are open & docent available. Doors are always locked & you will need to push buzzer for entry.

Tosha Boo

This place is nice to take your family!

Suzy Newton

Interesting history on Underground Railroad.

Missy Mae Walters

Great meeting venue!

Melinda Clendineng

EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE!

Pam Freed

Beaitiful place but parking sucks

Kasper James

Great for the out of towner looking for a little insight on the local past.

Krysteen

The building is absolutely lovely, and their staff are incredibly friendly. I stopped over during the Holiday Trolley Hop with Discover Columbus, and I had an incredible time there. It's really like taking a step back in time. They have self-guided tours on certain days of the week, too.

RichfungusV3

Amazing history teachings

Rosario Beltran

Amazing. Loved the tour.

Ria

Very interesting, great audio guide. Street parking is not easy, could hardly find a space

David Householder

Like stepping back in tim

Mary Morrison

Self guided tour. Nice tour. Takes about one hour

rebecca lazzell

It is absolutely beautiful. Everything in the house is original to the kelton family, me and my boyfriend went there to see some history and also ghost hunt a bit, this place is said to be haunted. And fortunately it's true! I actually captured a EVP ( electronic voice phenomenon) of a female telling me "go in" as I was looking into one of the rooms upstairs. It was a peaceful voice so don't worry, no mean spirits there. For only 6 dollars a person it's a great place to visit.

Galen Rogers

Very nice. Self guided tour and you could take your time, no rush. Wonderful

Theresa Kaza

Tour guide was VERY knowledgeable. Many original pieces of furniture. Lovely house ( although dusty by today standards)

Gary Warner

Interesting, not outstanding

John Miller

Definitely recommend it. Great history lesson, and lots of interesting artifacts to look at

Scott Dunn

Interesting local history

Nathan Ramirez

Beautiful home full of history and intrigue, great stop during our visit to Columbus. The staff was polite and helpful, and gave us a quick layout of the house, we chose the self-guided tour with audio guide. I highly recomend the audio guide for two reasons, without it, it is highly possible to breeze through the house because it isnt that large. And second, it gives a large amount of information about each room, and the artifacts inside.

Keri Riddle

I lived in Columbus most of my life (40+ years), but had no idea this place existed until I was visiting with my kids and they wanted to take a tour. WOW, what a cool place! It's a historical home that was part of the underground railroad. So very interesting and well worth the admission price. We paid $20 for the 4 of us to get in and have an audio tour. In addition to the audio tour we spoke at length with one of the curators and learned even more. I am so glad they found the Kelton House and took us there, what a great afternoon!

Pam Taylor

Great place. So much history. Great for parties & receptions. Love it.

Jennifer Chapple

Historic & beautiful

Shay Reddy

Very cool

Ben Rosh

Gardens are great. Friends live next door

Wanda Groves

Very knowledgeable docent. The actress in the reenactment was very talented. A beautiful place.

Matthew Mills

We visited on a weekday and did the self guided tour. I would suggest bringing headphones so you don't have to hold the tiny speaker to your ear the whole time. The place isn't very big and you can do the whole tour in just under an hour and a half. The house is well taken care of and they do a decent job explaining why things were done the way they were back then. The garden is small and pretty, but the house is what you are there for. Very little information aside from what is online audio tour. All the information about the underground railroad is packed into a small room, they could do a better job spreading that out more. Not for fidgety people with short attention spans, but these things never are.