Absolutely exquisite. The home has been beautifully restored and is a true showing of the glory of the guilded age. If you love history or architecture, take a stop here. The docents could answer all of my questions, and it was great to experience the home with a docent who clearly loved the house.

This home Id beautiful and so full of history. You arent allowed to take pictures inside, but their reason is understandable. I recommend this place for anyone who loves history or architecture.

Wonderful tour . It is a beautiful place. We really enjoyed our tour and highly recommend it.

Wow!!!! This home is absolutely extraordinary & Mark our Tour Guide was such a gracious host & extremely knowledgeable & fun. You will enjoy it so much more if you get involved & ask lots of questions, even quirky ones like, Is it haunted?I will leave the answer for you to find out when you plan a trip to visit this Mansion. You will be swept away at the Oppulence of Ruthmere.Mark is the Bonus, he was charming & genuine & made the afternoon so enjoyable.We visited Elkhart to walk some trails, we walked the trails at Cobus Creek County Park, just down the street, it is gorgeous, and the restrooms truly sparkle, they are soo clean.I can see why The Beardsley Family chose Elkhart to lay down roots.

Lived in Elkhart for 20 years and I visited inside for the first time a couple weeks ago when my aunt came to visit. It is a great tourist destination!They have guided tours every hour on the hour that last around 1hr. My tour guide was very willing to answer questions and showed us some cool secrets of the house.My aunt was surprised by the cool organ-type instrument inside the house, the goregous dining room, the china, Mrs. Beardsleys bedroom, and the electric car in the garage. Not to mention the calm beauty of the gardens. Learned so much about the Beardsleys and my own city. Definitely recommend!

Really nice place to learn about the history of the Beardsleys and their home in Elkhart. Very interesting looking at each room, their clothing and the designs on the wallpaper and art. Loved it.

So awesome to time travel and see what it was like back then. Lots of things in the house are originals! Gorgeous interior and striking exterior. Paige was our tour guide and answered a lot of our tough questions. Good find for our little weekend getaway!

Wonderful home preserving some of Elkharts fascinating past and the people who helped build her.

Well worth the money! This place is such a gem. So much to learn and so much to see. Our docent was very knowledgeable and its clear he enjoyed talking about the mansion and is passionate about what he does. He gave us excellent presentation on the tour. There is such artistry and craftsmanship in every inch of the house. This is an artists and a history buffs paradise. Every room in the house is so unique. I hope to go back again sometime!

Came here with my daughters for school. It was so fun and really educational.

I loved this place!!! It was like taking a walk back in time. If you are attracted to old things you have to treat yourself to a visit. You wont be disappointed!! Fascinating historical home with all the bells and whistles of yesteryear. Fabulous!!!!

We had very informative guide named Jan, who was a very kind welcoming person! The house is a spectacular treasure of the Elkhart area!

Very interesting to learn some if the local history. Be warned while it is a beautiful Museum it is not accessible and has many stairs.

Awesome! Stop and see the beautiful house!!!

Great museum. Great local history. Music and coffee on the porch on Saturdays, great for the whole family

Mark was a wonderful guide, very informative and knowledgable. The weather was perfect and the tea was a great ending to the beautiful day.

A major blast from the past.A great place to view the past.

Not just a gorgeous house museum, also an impressive art collection. Seriously -- more Rodins on display than the Art Institute in Chicago. The gardens are beautiful too.

The original owners property is there .the appointments are grand .the tour was spot on .

There is so much history in this wonderful historic mansion! Take some time out of your day and tour with a friend or family member. Youll be glad you did!

Ruthmere Museum is a walk back in time. The grounds are immaculate. The mansion is so well maintained, just walking room to room and soaking in the beauty and history is just so heart warming, a must see when you have time!

Great tour and so much more to see. I will for sure be back and bring my family to enjoy a great part of Elkhart history

We have been a few times, always a wonderful experience! Sadly you arent allowed to take photos, I hope someday they will have a book of pictures of the house you can purchase, since my MIL came from Germany to visit it would have been a great souvenir to take back and show people.

Great place to learn about some of the history here around town. Very informitive.

Very authentic, very good tour.

Its a nice place but its spooky to me

Great beautiful place Christmas is wonderful

I didnt arrive in time for the tour. Well kept on the outside.

A beautiful display of early 20th century lifestyle for those with means. A house well ahead of its time in amenities.

Not handicapped accessible. Even though the website said it was.

We attended the Ruthmere and the Havilah-Beardsly house and surprisingly the Ruthmere was the lesser of the two tours that we went on. While it has an impressive collection of art and furniture, so much of the room seems locked off and the tour almost feels disorienting as you go through it, and we left feeling like we hadnt learned as much as we did at the other house and with less of a welcoming attitude.

Great historic value to elkhart amd the surrounding areas.

Good place to clear your head

Beatiful home. Very interesting architecture.

It was a great tour of an historical landmark

Love this place ️

Elkharts history perfectly preserved with love and reverence.

A little step back in time to when Elkhart was just beginning. Very cool to learn about a family that had such a large impact on this community.

Laura our tour guide, knew the history very well. She led an interesting and intimate tour and was able to answer most of our questions. Well worth the cost to tour, brought history alive for us. Highly recommend.

Great tour and tea. Wonderful historic home. Great to imagine living in another time.

What a wonderful place to visit! So much art, history, and architecture! Our tour guide was kind, witty, and knowledgeable. We had a great time and will definitely visit again!

My first visit to Ruthmere, the house is beautiful. Its sad that Ruth never lived there she would have had fun in that house. The workmanship in the house is amazing.

Would have lived to have seen the rest of the house but it was a free tour on Sunday!

Beautiful home with such history. My favorite room was the dining room. So gorgeous.

What an amzing home. The architecture, the finishes and the furnishings are all a site to see. And wait till they play the pipe organ for you. Wonderful experience, very affordable, cant wait to go again.

Loved the tour. Friendly staff, beautiful building. So much history..

The staff is amazing here. I always see or learn something new every time I go!!

Incredible house, especially in light of when it was built. Well worth touring.

The visiting Chinese delegation had a great tour and was really impressed! Thank you so much Mr. Bill Firstenberger for a wonderful tour!

Great tour, beautiful glimpse into what a mansion from a bygone age was like. Very impressive tour.

I had the best tour guide. I think her name was Jen.

Beautiful mansion in great shape. Tour was knowledgeable.

Excellent art and history

STUNNING! Absolutely one of the most breathtaking buildings in have been to. There is a musical surprise inside!

Great tour!

Cool mansion in NW Indiana. Wish theyd like you take photos like they do at the Biltmore. They need to update photo policy.

What a great day for coffee on the Piazza at Ruthmere & a surprise visit by a bagpipe player great morning

Beautiful! Had tour given by Callie,it was exceptional. She knows herstuff.

A great experience!!

2 stars for the integrety of antique items, i found the whole museum snobby, and stuffy. No photos allowed, the first guide was young and perky kept it going, the second guide was old and stale, stopped the tour multiple times obviously distracted (possibly discusted) by the kids. We left the tour early. It was a free day, glad i hadnt paid for that experience.

Fascinating history in this elegant home.

Amazing and fabulous

Beautiful home

We did not get to go in the museum cause it was closed on Sundays. We only went there for the quilted garden.

The Ruthmere mansion offers tours on the hour during the season.The building is in excellent shape, and contains a lovely variety of decor in the Beaux Arts style. The tour starts with a video about the building and family. There are stairs to climb, but you get a very thorough overview of the way things were in the early part of the 20th century.Our tourguide is also the caretaker, and provided a very knowledgable insight into the life and time of the building.One of the best historic house tours I have ever been on

Love it

Love the wood work

Good day there with friends

Interesting history of Elkhart

Great Museum, definitely worth the trip.

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