It may be a tough sell in this PC world, but the Duke Tobacco museum is an excellent interactive experience that exploits the tremendously successful tobacco industry in North Carolina with an understandable slant toward the Duke family and its incredibly popular BULL DURHAM brand for the first half of the twentieth century. Some fascinating dioramas, multi-screen push button exhibits... More

The area is very nice.... A little less interesting than some of the other historic sites...but we probably should have tried to go when there was something special going on.

I knew nothing about tobacco processing and industry, especially at this time period. Not being from the area, I also didn't realize the contribution of the Duke family to Durham. The tour was only about 45 minutes long and consisted of viewing the outdoor buildings where tobacco was processed and packaged as well as the family home. Our tour guide... More

The Duke Homestead is very close to our son's apartment so we dropped by for a very quick visit. We learned a lot about the tobacco industry in Durham. Walking on the beautiful grounds of the Duke Homestead felt like we had time-traveled to the mid-19th century. Lovely.

The movie was great, a little cheesy with some other actors. My teenage daughter objected to the sad tone taken with the demise of tobacco, but the point was how tobacco's rise and fall led to the rise of Durham, and fall unless an alternative was found (medicine, they say). Very interesting lesson in a slice of economic history, and... More

We go whenever we have out of town visitors. Very interesting and kid friendly. The guides we've gotten have been great and gear tours to the group. Many special programs during the year. Free.

There is an interesting musuem, which is free of charge, that is worth visiting. One starts with a good, educational, film on the growth of the tobacco industry. Outside, there was a very old home, which we found to be locked, and a number of small buildings used in tobacco farming.

We enjoyed the history of the Duke where we stayed, top accomodation so we thought we would go and see where it all started from. The guide was very helpful

I really enjoyed Duke Homestead just for a chance to step back in time and see what it was like so long ago. They still grow and dry tobacco here using the same methods. We went during the Summer Children's Festival and lots of local merchants were selling their wares, and there was a donkey-pulled wagon ride down the trail... More