Reviews of Pettigrew Home & Museum. (Museum) in Sioux Falls (South Dakota).

Pettigrew Home & Museum

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Local history museum

131 N Duluth Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, United States

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This place has a very good rate, they treat their customers well and you’ll feel welcome, super recommended

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Reviews of Pettigrew Home & Museum

Yohi Sivakumaran

A small museum with two story building! Can be fully seen in two hours…. A very good maintenance.. Friendly staff.. one staff available for explains the things.. Whatever questions asked, they answered with happy face! Good hospitality!! No rush at all… Free entrance… really enjoyed!!

B. MIchael McFarland

The home is stunning, and it was very interesting to learn about how it was added on to over the years. The Lincrusta wallpaper is an incredible site to see! The layout of the home also has some very unique aspects I've never seen in any other historic home I've toured, including the round, marble-topped radiators! Two drawbacks are that much of the furnishings are period but not original and that a number of items collected over decades by the owner are no longer part of his museum (a sad comment on the descendants who seemingly did not honor the wishes of the owner when he willed the home to be used by the city as a museum). That said, it is still well worth a visit.

Marcus Jensen

I really enjoyed this mansion. The house is beautiful and it's wonderful to experience how they lived a 100 years ago. It's amazing that this mansion is free, as other mansions I've toured usually have a charge. Something about the original owner of the home required that it it be maintained as a free museum. Our tour guide was excellent and knew all the answers to my esoteric questions. Old mansions like this simply require a tour guide to make the most of the experience, and this was an excellent example of that.

Michael Miller

I am quite impressed. Normally a home tour like this would cost $5-10 but this is absolutely free. That's my favorite price. The tour of the home is guided and you have to wait...but they have a museum wing where you can pass the time looking at displays. What a great idea. The house itself is gorgeous. Well worth a visit. Forget five stars. This is ten.

Ian

The attendants and staffs really know the history of the Pettigrew family and the museum portion after the guided tour is well worth the time. You'll learn alot about Plains history and the Pettigrew family.

Aunty Fanny

The day my husband and I stopped here they gave us a tour of the house. Make sure you don't touch anything. If you have little ones you probably need to put a leash on them (seriously). When we took the tour I couldn't 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.

Tonya Tonjhè Sandidge

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 children's 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.

Jackie D.

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.

Kit k

Awesome, tour guide was helpful and i learned some real neat things about mr.pettigrew. this place is very unique and a cool little historical gem

Terry Harroun

A beautiful home. It is furnished the way that Mr Pettigrew left it, and the Pettigrew family had very good taste.

Max Browning (Max)

One of the best historical homes I've ever been to. Randy was our guide and he was awesome.

DreamCatcher Bee

This house is the pride of Sioux Falls. If you haven't visited it, you should take the time to stop in for a tour. It's absolutely beautiful! 💕

Jeff D

Neat to see the historic home of SD's first senator as it was when he lived there. A beautiful home. I recommend visiting if you have time. There is a museum attached on the back of the house also.

Jou Jou

A great place to visit in Sioux Falls. A lot of history!

Leatherpunk Matt Rezac

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. You'll tour the kitchen, parlor, bedrooms, and even the bathroom. (no pit stops allowed). It's always fun to explore old houses!

Lynne Casey

I loved this museum as a child and now. The tour guide did a wonderful job. My 9 year old grandson actually chose to go here. We had a great time! My hometown all in one place.

Brad Sando

Interesting place and can't beat the price to visit, since it is free.

Savannah B.

Very knowledgeable tour guides. Loved the history! Still hard to wrap my head around the fact that he built his own museum! Such a cool experience!

Lauren

Nice historic house and cute museum about the history of Sioux Falls!

Brad Mausbach

I really enjoyed it. Learned a bunch about S.D first Senator

Meka Kick

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

Dana Brown

What a wonderful collection of history. Loved the person tour of the residence, thank you Adam!

Olivia Loving

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

Stephanie Davis

Fun place to take the kids in this cold weather

kathleen kennedy

Brought my granddaughters, ages 8 and 11. They loved it! The 11-year-old said she could actually live there :-) Free admission and a not too long tour makes it a great activity for grandkids and grandparents alike. The building is amazing and the furniture / wallpaper / collections are great to see.

SunShine McWane

The first full term senator in South Dakota, his house has been turned into a museum. There's a 25 minute video; it's 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 you're 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.

thomas braden

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

Lee Haston

Good tour our guide was knowledgeable and it was an interesting history lesson about early Sioux Falls.

Andrea Donadio

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!!!!

Fedilia L.

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.

Diane Krier

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

jorgea MENA

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

Andrea Chambers

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 didn't think the tour was too long and the museum itself (not the house) was interesting to read.

Doug Junker

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.

Abdul Azim

This was a really neat house to tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the house. Enjoyed going and would recommend stopping there.

David Calver

Very interesting place to visit you get a guided tour of house staff very knowledgeable and gives information on other place’s too visit in the area.

Sebastian Michael Bergeron

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!

Natalie Acheson

A wonderful free museum about the history of Sioux Falls. The mansion it's 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!

Lewis Epple

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!

Rosann David

Awesome story. The staff are very knowledgeable.

Tammy McKillip

Excellent and well preserved piece of local history. Well worth to stop in and enjoy. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and excellent as well. Free admission/ donations accepted.

Sharon Frye

Gorgeous home and wonderful museum. On top of a great docent giving us a tour, it was also no charge. Donations always welcome. It was great

Roberto Uzcategui

Nice museum and really interesting. Very kind personnel.

Jordan Winter

In addition to being Pettigrew's 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 you're interested in seeing more beautiful homes.

Jess Ehm

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.

Anastacia Jensen

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.

David G

Lot of history about before Sioux falls became the large city it has become. Everyone must stop out front and touch the prayer stone.

Lori Mast

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 you're here.

Brian Williams

The craftsmanship and decor was outstanding. I have never seen better. The tour guide was great and this was free.

Brendan Legett

Went like a few weeks back while visiting from IL and it was pretty cool. 😎 Tour was very informative, and enjoyed seeing old stuff. …

Tim W

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 everyone's questions. Don't miss this secret gem.

pisica vesela

We enjoyed the guided tour, well preserved historic house and attached small museum.

Stuart Spillman

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

Kevin Crum

Good account of Mr. Pettigrew's life in Sioux Falls and the Dakota territory. He was elected in 1889 as South Dakota's 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.

Lew L

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 today's walls.

Melissa White-Durbin

House tour was interesting, Museum part wouldn't interest younger children, more reading is required than actually stuff to look at. As an adult it was interesting to me.

dqchris22

Very cool old home with a lot of history. Loved to see the petrified wood mortared into the side of the home. So cool.

Jefmcc7475

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

Christopher Little

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.

Ashley G

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

Joseph D

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

belinda moody

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

Miranda Hanson

Very unique place to visit, the tour guide was awesome. It's free admission too.

Small Guy Promotions

We had a nice and informative tour of the museum.

Zach VR

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

Samuel DeGroot

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

leah brianne

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

Joseph Budd

Always love history, nice addition to the knowledge of sioux falls.

Owen Reed

Such a great place

Trevor D

Great tour!

Dave Bryant

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

Melissa De Schepper

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

Stephanie-Jane Findlay

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

Cindy Nelson

Very interesting! I would love to have some of their things.

Sandra Lehberger

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

Wilson Vohs

Beautiful old world charm takes you back to the 1800s would recommend to everyone

Darla Smith

We had a great guide. Very knowledgeable.

Josue Feliciano

Great place with rich history of sioux falls

Jose Alvarez

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

Barb VanderVeen

Murder mystery was so much fun! Beautiful museum!

Chris M

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

JDok Herst

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

Dani Breon

Great place for history and knowledge

Charles Lubbers

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

Craig Michael

Good historical site to better understand Sioux Falls SD.

Mathew Lehmann

Great small museum for kids and adults alike.

Rachel Burres

We had a lovely tea party and would absolutely go again

John O'Sullivan

Excellent experience. Short, but neat tours.

Mimi Rose

Had a really fun and friendly atmosphere!

Samanntha Pugh

We had a very informative tour

Brandon Breitling

Great place to learn about some of sioux falls culture.

Kasthuri Church

Well kept. Nice tour guide.

carol ann Yenco

Cool house. Very interesting. Give dad wonderful.

James Fannin

Very informative staff. Enjoyed the visit

Joseph Holt

Good historical resource for early development of Sioux Falls

Jason Deyoung

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

Z H

Very interesting snapshot in time of that period.

Leon Adams

Nice

Stacy Mejia

Great history and wonderful tour

Joe Mischke

Great museum and a knowledgeable staff!

Tabitha Moe

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

Neeral Shah

Great history... well put together

Tim S

Interesting place. Wonderful guides.

Lake Otter

Donations suggested . Tours are guided.

Pedro Falla Vassallo

Nice old house with a lot of character!!!

Mark Burk

Interesting exhibits & knowledge staff.

Issy 23

A lot of information and history about the home!

Alana anthony

Pretty with a tour and enough information

Eric Griem

Informational on Pettigrew a d his life.

Anna Harmon

Fun place to visit for some local history.

Josh Johnson

Cool upstairs model of City downtown

Ann RICE

Wasn't very much to see

Cherish SJ

The history of the house is interesting

Levi Schubkegel

So fun!

K Simpson

Beautiful, Lots of history

Tony Davis

Architectural work exquisite.

Christina Kasal

A must see.

Shira Daley

I like it "rep 4 times

Jonathan Williams

Excellent historical experience

Nichole Cauwels

The tour makes the experience

tamara hines

Great place to visit

Tina Reindl

Beautiful

Sue Budd

Awesome

Nestor Pena

Love Old Time History

Melissa zipse

Great historical home

The Budd Files

Awesome

Leigh Tello

Great local history

Martina von der Heiden

Great museum 😃😃😃 …

kevin stifter

Solve a murder mystery!

Brian Stone

Cool

Jamal Hawkwing

So gnarly man

David Hammes

Cool museum!

Gary Glissendorf

Fun local history

Virginia Towner

A great Museum

Richard Traversie

Good history

Chan Thompson

Nice place

Katherine Ashworth

Neat place

Tanis Paz

Very nice small but nice and an excellent guide

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