Pettigrew Home & Museum

This place is super cool, we love things like this, the young lady from West SD was super friendly(brunette or red haired lady).. the other woman (blondie) was not friendly and helpful at all, she thought I was a bother when I asked if she could start the movie in the movie room. Either way will definitely return here

The house tour was Amazing! Seeing a house set up so true to the 1920s was quite the experience! Well worth a quick visit. We saw the whole museum and the house in an hour.

The first full term senator in South Dakota, his house has been turned into a museum. Theres a 25 minute video; its good to watch explains the house and things from that time period. Then you can tour yourself. You have to actually have a guided tour, however, for the house part where Pettigrew and his wife lived. You can do it all in an hour and half; I mean unless youre a stickler about reading every single placard throughly. There is no gift shop but you can buy postcards, which I did. Staff is really nice offering tours that are about 10 minutes to length. Beautiful library.

Very nice. Absolutely beautiful inside ! They refurbished so you really can see what luxury was years back! Our tour guide and receptionist were welcoming and very knowledgeable! Our granddaughters never thought about the Old Days. Thanks again

The Pettigrew Home & Museum has free guided and self-led tours. I do believe that it is handicap accessible as I recall seeing an elevator. The tour guides were friendly and quite knowledgeable and eager to answer our childrens questions. The museum holds many interesting pieces of history and artifacts which we were told that Mr. Pettigrew was quite fond of and we were particularly fascinated with the exterior of the home which we were told that Mr. Pettigrew was fond of the petrified wood and desired it for his home. If you are ever in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota do make this museum one of your must-see sites.

The house is really pretty. Very nice attendants. Well worth an hour in the museum and house walkthrough.

Beautiful house, didnt get to do the tour but there was 3-4 rooms with various items

The day my husband and I stopped here they gave us a tour of the house. Make sure you dont touch anything. If you have little ones you probably need to put a leash on them (seriously). When we took the tour I couldnt wait until it was over with because there was a woman with her kids and the smallest one kept throwing tantrums and the older daughter was trying to help and the mom would scold the oldest one.The place is interesting and all but we just had a bad experience due to this broad not being to control her children. The staff were nice and tried to help by distracting the kid; anyways the kid was just being a kid.

A good taste of the local history with exhibits from across South Dakota and throughout the years - all free!

My kids love this place! Very informative and interesting. My kiddos really enjoy touring the house and stepping back in time to see how people lived over 100 years ago.

Great history... well put together

Love seeing history of the city, and a great picture into the past. The building is being kept up well.

Nice museum and really interesting. Very kind personnel.

Even though it is really small, we learned a lot! Its crazy how much has changed since then!! Awesome designing in the house and great museum all together.

Hands down, one of the best house tours I’ve ever taken (and I have taken a few). The gorgeous Victorian home itself is resplendent with a variety of original furniture, fixtures, and artifacts. What was not personally owned or installed by Senator Pettigrew is mostly period correct, and lovely! I also really liked a peek into the kitchen, as most old homes leave that, and other service focused rooms, out. Further - our tour guide was FANTASTIC. He was super knowledgeable about the home and Sioux Falls history. We learned a lot! Also it’s free!!!!

This is a return visit after nine years, and its still as beautiful. The fireplaces are exquisite and the architecture is very grand. However, there isnt as much of original pieces as I had hoped, but a lot of the decor is of the time period (you cant have everything). Our tour guide was really nice, but read almost everything off an iPad. She just needed to work on her delivery a bit if she needs to do that. After the tour there are exhibits of early Sioux Falls. Great place to visit, and its free.

The guided tour was really interesting. Small, but worth a look.

Pretty with a tour and enough information

Architectural work exquisite.

The Pettigrew Museum is one of the only, (if not the only) historical home open to the public in Sioux Falls. Part of the structure is open for you to walk around and explore at your own leisure and features antiques and other items from SD including old guns, Native American weaponry, clothing, etc.The exciting part of this museum is the guided tour where the house was left (for the most part) exactly how it was when it was lived in. Youll tour the kitchen, parlor, bedrooms, and even the bathroom. (no pit stops allowed). Its always fun to explore old houses!

Was a cool place. My wife and I had an afternoon with no kids so we toured it. Unique items. Beautiful old home. The tour guide young lady was very knowledgeable and nice. Highly recommend!

Murder mystery was so much fun! Beautiful museum!

This was a lot of fun to check out this beautiful home and see the history of Sioux Falls! I highly recommend the tour while youre here.

Was free and guide did nice tour of house. Museum is just one room of his stuff. Lots of local history displays though.

If you like history and culture then this museum is most definitely worth a visit

The tour guides are kind and friendly, and the house itself is amazing-way ahead of its time. The history crazy and fun and the tour guides can answer any questions the tour doesnt. The houses architecture and history make it well worth the tour. For little ones it may drag on some.

I was lucky enough to go when the only person available to give the tour was the man that has been the caretaker for many years. He was most informative.

Was in Sioux Falls visiting family and stopped by this museum to see the old artifacts and furniture in the house. I thought the free tour was informative. It was enjoyable learning about the history of Sioux falls and fun to see the old furniture, including the old ice chest! I didnt think the tour was too long and the museum itself (not the house) was interesting to read.

Well-preserved home and some unique artifacts. A great museum for some interesting local history.

Well kept. Nice tour guide.

House tour was interesting, Museum part wouldnt interest younger children, more reading is required than actually stuff to look at. As an adult it was interesting to me.

Awesome! Experience and learned alot of history about the home.

Many interesting things to see. Definitely a great place to learn about the past. You might have to ask for a tour guide yourself if you want one. The last time we were there they only looked at us (No greetings or explanations) and we went ahead venturing ourselves to look at the exhibits. However, later on, a tour guide intercept us and he showed us around. However we ended up doing everything in reverse. Also, if you are the type of person who loves to look at everything in more details, the tour guide may be a little bit too fast in moving on from one exhibit to the other.

Cool house. Very interesting. Give dad wonderful.

Got to get a tour through the house and it was amazing.

Cool upstairs model of City downtown

Wonderful historic perspective of Sioux Falls from a local time period I did not know much about (Make sure you take the guided tour). Once you are done you can drive around them local historic district to check out the other vintage houses.

Tour guide was very informative, really enjoyed the tour and the museum.

A wonderful free museum about the history of Sioux Falls. The mansion its self is beautifully preserved and the guided tour is outstanding. There are even a few interactive exhibits for the kids. Well worth your time to visit!

In addition to being Pettigrews personal residence, the museum has a lot to show about Sioux Falls early history too. Be sure to check out the surrounding Cathedral Historic District if youre interested in seeing more beautiful homes.

Interesting place. Wonderful guides.

Good historical site to better understand Sioux Falls SD.

Staff was very nice and informative, even when i said i was out of town where can i grab a bite to eat.

So gnarly man

Amazing staff. Tour guide was very knowledgeable an friendly! So much to explore. Guided or self guided tours! Walk back into time.

My wife and I used this as a stay-cation stop. Very cool house and a really amazing history lesson. The guide was amazing, he had the answers to everyones questions. Dont miss this secret gem.

Good account of Mr. Pettigrews life in Sioux Falls and the Dakota territory. He was elected in 1889 as South Dakotas first U.S Senator and served two terms in the U.S. Senate. Additionally, there was historical records on his political views and the parties he was affiliated with, including the Populist Party.

Love Old Time History

Good historical resource for early development of Sioux Falls

Free! A super cool, quick way to learn more about Sioux Falls history. Free tour through the house itself lasts about 30 minutes. Free Muesem to browse through at your leisure. Tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable.

The history of the house is interesting

Extraordinary home and woodwork. The museum part was extremely well done with knowledge. I am dissappointed that the wall coverings have not been popularized to be easily done for todays walls.

Nice, quaint and full of fascinating history.

Great history and wonderful tour

Excellent experience. Short, but neat tours.

Nice old house with a lot of character!!!

Informational on Pettigrew a d his life.

Fun local history

Beautiful home full of history. Unfortunately NO pictures allowed inside house. Love The early 19th century decour.

Very interesting and great tour. Would definitely go back again.

Was pretty cool learning about the history of sioux falls. The pictures were very interesting.

Excellent historical experience

We had a lovely tea party and would absolutely go again

This place was really interesting! My boyfriend and I went here one afternoon and it was so cool to learn about what life was like in Sioux Falls way back when. The staff was very knowledgeable... Our tour guide was the maintainance guy and he knew a ton about the Pettegrew family. And best of all it was totally free!

Great place to learn about some of sioux falls culture.

It was a really cool museum. Had a lot of interesting facts and objects of history from around sioux falls.

Lots of history in a place easy to get to. Very fun

Super educational and the home is one of a kind. The tours are free.

A must see.

Beautiful, Lots of history

Very unique place to visit, the tour guide was awesome. Its free admission too.

Great way to quickly learn about the early history of Sioux Falls.

Boring

Great small museum for kids and adults alike.

Awesome displays in there

Solve a murder mystery!

I was disappointed! We traveled from Iowa to visit this historical museum and house. Arrived for them to tell us that the tour was full and we would have to wait another 45 minutes for the next one. There were literally only 2 people waiting. Needless to say, we didnt stick around.

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Free and a great place to learn about Sioux Falls local history.

Fun place to visit for some local history.

Great museum and a knowledgeable staff!

Nice place

Good history

Neat place

The tour makes the experience

Cool

Great museum

A great Museum

So fun!

Great historical home

Cool museum!

Beautiful place, I was sad it was closed when I went to visit.

Interesting exhibits & knowledge staff.