What People Are Saying About Moody Mansion Museum
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The Scene – The Moody family is as old money as Galveston gets, and the family's brick-and-limestone edifice is a fine example of a house that has been frozen in time. Tours led through two fully renovated floors show off original family furnishings. Both architecturally grand and sociologically intriguing, this house (and to an extent, the tour itself) offers a fair idea of what life was like for the Moodys and their servants in the early years of the 20th century. – – The Experience – The video that starts the tour achieves its goal of setting the following walkabout…
06/26/09
Nothing Special
by Spychic19
This house is not one of the more "awe-inspiring" architectual delights of Galveston. In fact, I found it to be hardly a delight. They don't seem to limit the sizes of the tours, and some of the rooms and hallways were very crowded. There are areas of some of the rooms, such as the dining room, where you weren't supposed to walk, but were not marked by signage or any kind of barricade. Instead, you got an unpleasant "Ma'am please don't walk on those carpets," "Sir, please don't step on that floor." That they even had parts of rooms blocked off at all, makes this one of my least favorite tours in Galveston. This home really doesn't offer much. It's not particularly beautiful on the inside, nor is the history very interesting.
If you want to see a beautiful house, with grand architectual qualities, detailed woodwork, fine art, friendly and knowledgeable tour guides, I highly reccomend Bishop's Palace. If you are looking for a real mansion tour, that is where you should be. You are free to walk around and study the details of the house because there are no barricades keeping you away from it.
I'd say skip Moody Mansion all together, and go to Bishop's Palace.
The Details on Moody Mansion Museum
The Extras:
Mary Moody Northen's collections, such as 100 turn-of-the-century hats, are rotated throughout the year.
When to Go:
The house is dressed to the nines for Christmas, and in October, there's spooky storytelling for kids in the mansion's themed ballroom.
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