This is no Madame Tussauds, so if you're expecting lifelike recrations of John Brown's life and times, then consider this a warning. However, if you're looking for a retelling that has changed little over the past several decades, then you're in the right place. I took my kids and was amused to find that nothing had changed from when I visited this on a field trip during the fourth grade. The rise and fall of the chest of the barely-breathing John Brown in the last scene is just as delightfully creepy now as it was then.

Very interesting place, great history, a little creepy. If you are in the area you should see this one.

As wax museums go, this one is rather small. It tells the story of John Brown's life, but honestly, I'm not sure it was worth the $7 admission fee. Still, it does inform.

Many people "dinged" the museum as needing updating. I beg the owners to touch nothing. If you want a fancy wax museum, go to Madame Tussauds. If you want to see a museum that beautifully tells the John Brown story while also making you feel like you stepped back into the 50s, go to this one. I loved the wallpaper, old staircases that meander around the attraction, the old building and the kitchy wax figures. I would miss this place if it was replaced by new and shiny. It wouldn't fit. The age and condition of this attraction is part of the attraction! Enjoy it.