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Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters

2,021 Reviews

#20 of 168 things to do in Savannah

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Closed Now: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

124 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401-3732

Open today: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Built as a beautiful Regency style mansion in 1819, the Owens-Thomas House, along with its adjacent gardens, carriage house, and slave quarters, allows visitors to explore the complicated relationships between the most and least powerful people in...more

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Suggested duration: 1-2 hours

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124 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401-3732

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AP-Squared

Clive, Iowa

Reviewed yesterday

Great tour

Very informative tour that illustrated the history of Savannah and complicated time periods in American history.

Date of experience: September 2019

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charlesdG8549DD

Villa Park, Illinois

Reviewed 3 days ago

Loved it a must see

If you like going back in time this is a great tour to take. Knowledgeable tour guide shows the unique house design -all rooms and cubby holes. Explains slave life and slave quarters. Nice written documentation displays at the end of tour

Date of experience: September 2019

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PHE22

London, United Kingdom

2690518

Reviewed 6 days ago via mobile

House

Whilst it was a beautiful house the guide worked to a script she had well learn't. She was unable to answer general questions on the life of the enslaved workers.More

Date of experience: September 2019

Thank PHE22

Hello, we are sorry if you had anything less than an extraordinary experience. We always try to improve the experience for our guests, so if you could share anything about your interpreter we would use the information for training purposes. If you don't remember her...More

kaiyybee

Morgantown, West Virginia

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Beautiful and interesting

The House was absolutely gorgeous, and with the fantastic renovations and conservation going on throughout it you feel incredibly transported. Phenomenal tour guide who had so much passion for the history. I was very pleasantly surprised with the respect that this museum showed for the...More

Date of experience: September 2019

Thank kaiyybee

We greatly appreciate your comments. We have spent years creating a narrative that tells the whole and complex story of all of the inhabitants of the home at a particular moment in time.

678maggiem

Webster, New York

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Way too pricey for a typical family

We walked here after a city guided tour. We could not bring ourselves to pay the ridiculous fees. $20 per adult and $15 per student. Would have been $70 for just our family. Our oldest two children are both away at college or it would...More

Date of experience: August 2019

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Julie D

Eustis, Florida

8723

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

Didn't do the tour

We were SHOCKED that a tour costed $20.00. We didn't do the tour or enter. We were able to see the gardens through the gate. They were pretty and we were able to read the sign outside and enjoyed that part for free.More

Date of experience: August 2019

Thank Julie D

Hi Julie, actually the $20 admission ticket allows you access to all 3 Telfair Museums. Also included are the Jepson Center and Telfair Academy and you have up to 7 days to visit each of them. Even if you only wanted to visit just the...More

STEVE S

Tampa, Florida

18845

Reviewed 3 weeks ago

A touch of the old South

House of plantation owner with details and decor. Interesting informational tour and history. Slave house tour was fascinating and put us back to what we learned in school with an informative twist.

Date of experience: August 2019

Thank STEVE S

Thanks Steve, we are glad you enjoyed the tour.

tml8882

Bronx, New York

17820

Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Absolutely stunning home with rich history

This is an incredible property as it is very well preserved and all of the furniture is authentic to the home which I appreciate very much. I do wish there was more depth to the slave quarters but going inside the basement of the home...More

Date of experience: August 2019

Thank tml8882

Thank you for your kind words and we will continue to keep digging!

cohoman

Sammamish, Washington

656174

Reviewed August 13, 2019 via mobile

Nicely restored home

My family went on the first tour of the day (10 am) on a Tuesday morning. It was a very humid and hot August day, so we did appreciate the fact that most of the tour was inside air conditioned buildings. This is a guided...More

Date of experience: August 2019

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ariellli

Gainesville, Florida

Reviewed August 10, 2019 via mobile

Racial discrimination? Obvious hostility

I’m Asian and so are all my family members. We went to the Harper Fowlkes House the day before we went here, and the ladies there were very nice and friendly. They actually asked us to stay for a little bit so they can know...More

Date of experience: August 2019

2 Thank ariellli

We are terribly sorry to hear about your experience at the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters. We would very much appreciate any additional information you can share with us so that we can figure out what happened. It sounds like a very unusual occurrence so...More

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Brittany T

If tickets are valid for one week from purchase date, does that allow you to visit each museum on different days of that week? Can you visit a museum more then once in the same day?

May 14, 2019|

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Yes. Be sure to go very early to the Owens-Thomas House. They only can take so many people on each tour. They can fill up quickly. The docent told us to show up early and we were very glad we did.