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Came to tour the house with a 16 YO girl and 17 YO boy, both of whom are typically hard to impress. They LOVED it. They loved all the hidden doors and rooms, and thought the history was incredibly interesting as well. Highly recommend for something unique to do in DC.

We had a great time during our visit! There was so many interesting things to see and learn about. We went for the hidden gems hunt but we ended up searching for the hidden doors also. A great time was had and we will definitely tell our friends to visit!

Looking for stuff to do while we stayed in Alexandria and found this place, and was curious as to what it'd be like. Was pleasantly surprised at how much fun my friend and I had walking around looking for secret doors. We also enjoyed walking through the various rooms and looking at the decor and different styles of the times. The stuff in there seems really random at times, and other times, you just find yourself gawking at the fact that all this stuff is contained in one residence. I still wonder how it simultaneously operates as a hotel, because there is stuff literally everywhere you look. The staff was kind and informative, I'm still fascinated about the fact that Rosa Parks lived there for 10 years (still not sure we made it to her room, but we definitely didn't see everything for the 3-4 hours we were there. Time flew! We found a little over 10 doors and we still discovered a room we missed the second time we went back for 10 extra minutes. Some doors are bound to be accidentally revealed to you when other people are also looking around, but it's no big deal. Would definitely bring a group back here to do this as a team building exercise or something with some friends. Also, highkey want to find more doors. If you're ever in DC or Alexandria, definitely check this place out. The seeming randomness of it this place is experience enough, and on top of that, you may really enjoy it!

A fascinating gem of local history! We loved the self-set pace for discovering the museum. We are recommending to friends & out of town guests.