Burgwin-Wright Museum and Gardens

My mom and I very much enjoyed taking a tour with Erica recently. The price was $12 a piece and included the guided tour. Ours was just ourselves and one other guest so it was very nice and small. Erica was very informative and spent a good amount of time in each room explaining the history of the family, area, furniture, etc. The tour took about 50 minutes and included the house, a brief overview of the gardens, and the old kitchen. This is definitely worth the money if you are interested in history.

Well worth the time and money to visit this historic home. The guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and engaging. I learned a lot about the home, the region, and culture of the time. The home has been mostly renovated and gardens are fantastic. The tour and garden visit lasted for about 90 minutes and we enjoyed every part of it.

Great location for portrait sessions! We photographed our clients engagement photos here and loved all the wonderful backdrops this venue had. photos by: Keepsake Memories Photography

Fantastic museum. Great yard sale with unique finds!

Nice place if you like house tours. Guide was very knowledgeable.

I recently took the candlelight tour at Burgwin Wright. I am just giving it 3 stars because you could not see anything inside the house. The tour was too dark to enjoy the architecture and decor of the home. The docent gave very interesting facts, etc. about the home and the history was very interesting. A few more candles or some other type of lighting would be helpful.

Well preserved, friendly knowledgeable staff. Tour is about 45-60 minutes.

Cool gardens, a little pricy and hard to get in because they only do tours every hour.

It was really neat to see how John Burgwin lived back in the 1700s. I learned while I was there this past week that the whole house had gone under a renovation, and it looks beautiful inside and out. Highly recommended if youre a history buff.

Spring craft fair was great. Garden is always lovely and always free.

My wife and I like going to these old houses and learning about the history. This one is built on top of a very old jail foundation so that makes it very interesting. The tour guide explains everything nicely.

What a wonderful place found in the heart of Wilmington! Be sure to check out all the gardens, too.

Very awesome place to learn history and see architectural house from the past. They were ahead of their time when they built this. A lot of ingenuous things that Ive never seen at a house of this age

Young lady tour guide did a great job explaining a complex history of this house.

Interesting house tour of the areas oldest home.

Nice way to spend a hot day in Wilmington while you are casually strolling around downtown. The house is air conditioned, and the tour runs roughly an hour. There is a charge for the tour - it was about $12 per adult if memory serves. The guides were well informed on the history of the house and those that resided in it as well as the history of Wilmington in general. My wife and I spent 30 minutes before the tour walking around and lounging in the multi-terraced garden adjacent to the house with pomegranate trees, pecan trees, and other flora. Keep your eyes open for little, bright green, jumping lizards (anoles) who live in the garden.

Great tour, guide gal was super and the info was interesting and it wasnt too long. Wish all tours were like this one

One of the best restorations Ive seen inpeckable condition! Well narrated tour full of unknown history stories of amazing times ! Must see luv it very nice 1 1/2 hrs of my life thank u Erica for making the past come to life!

Beautiful historical home. The young ladies who assisted is were so friendly, helpful, and, most of all, extremely knowledgeable. I highly recommend this tour.

Amazing.. Staff girl was awsome. So much info and well rounded tour. So worth it.

Great tour guide very nice and informative beautiful house as close to the time as you can get.

This is a beautiful Museum of Wilmington history. It may be the only Museum in the country that used to be a jail! The restoration that was recently done is beautiful and accurate to the time. You owe it to yourself to see this piece of History, the oldest restored building in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Fabulous home; wonderful new paint and windows. So glad to see it in such fine shape; great tour guides and gift shop. Gardens are amazing too

Pretty neat place!

A beautiful example of historic architecture and lifestyle in Wilmington. Handsomely restored and a beautiful location for a wedding or special event. A must see when visiting historical sites.

Beautiful building that has been masterfully restored, situated upon gorgeous grounds hosting a small but intricate garden. With incredibly knowledgeable staff and intuitive guides, any history buff will surely enjoy the tour.

This is one of my favorite sites in Wilmington. Our guide was very knowledgeable, but she did leave out some very interesting details, like this house was used as Lord Cornwalliss headquarters while he was in the area during the Revolutionary War. Still had a great time, and the prices in the gift shop were very inexpensive.

Very interesting tour of one of the oldest homes in Wilmington NC (circa 1770s).

Just went through the gardens. BEAUTIFUL!

Beautiful gardens and very interesting history.

The staff is amazing and informative, love the house.

Our guide was wonderful and very knowledgeable

Loved this home. Put on your stair walking legs. Theres four floors!

It was great the tour guide was very good and friendly

Great visit of an interesting house! An eccentric character indeed.

Excellent tour. The guidrs knew what they were talking about and answered questions .

Good information and great tour!

Very nice, interesting history.

Our tour guide was great, and the house is beautifully kept.

Great historical outing for the young and old. Definitely enjoyable!!! I promise, you will be glad you went!

Very interesting tour - watch your politics though

Gardens beautifully maintained by YardNique.Management of the property... questionable.

Terrific staff and great tour! If youre in Wilmington, take time to visit!

An absolute beauty to walk around and look at.

Beautiful 3 Lira Garden wonderful staff

A step back in history

Beautiful place to learn about local history.

Amazing House with incredible staff members

Nice gardens

Loved it!!

Amazing home, history, and staff!

Very cool

Beautiful

Great tour and very beautiful

Fun

Interesting tour.

Lovely site.

Well worth it

Very beautiful and educational

Nice property, terrible management

Excellent example of colonial living

Wonderfully preserved period home