Belmont Mansion

This was a fascinating and beautiful museum. I appreciated that they talked about how money from the slave trade financed it, slaves built it, and maintained it, and that slavery was wrong. They had a display about slavery and the log with people's names, ages, and dollar value broke my heart. I admired all the details and craftsmanship throughout the house, and the original art from Europe. The mansion really is gorgeous. It made me grateful again for our modern conferences I take for granted like indoor plumbing, air conditioning, the Internet, and electricity. I loved the gift shop, it had unique, quality items for very reasonable prices, and enjoyed purchasing jewelry, holiday decorations, and toys for my kids.

Belmont Mansion is a stunning historic home in Nashville, offering a glimpse into Tennessee’s grand past. The beautiful architecture, intricate details, and rich history make it a must-visit for history lovers. Guided tours provide fascinating insights into Adelicia Acklen’s life, the mansion’s original owner. The gardens and interiors are breathtaking, transporting visitors to another era. Whether you're a local or a tourist, Belmont Mansion is a hidden gem worth exploring!

My wife and I really enjoyed the self-guided tour that was reasonable priced by buying tickets on-line in advance. All the rooms in the house were interesting and full of history to be explored. We also found a few things in the gift shop to purchase. The outside grounds were also fun to explore and have a short walk.

We really enjoyed touring this very historical southern mansion. Lots of great history, furnishings, art objects and architecture to explore inside here. The outside was okay, although a bit over developed from its surroundings. Very much recommend!

A beautiful historic home with very knowledge staff throughout. We opted for the self guided tour which began with an introduction that gave us the history of the mansion and the woman to whom it belonged to. Whilst self touring there were employees in almost every room to answer any questions we might have. The kind gentlemen in the gift shop even gave us the history of the German kugel ornaments and I am happy to have brought some back home with me as a wonderful souvenir.

Very historic place with great back story, if you enjoy mansion it's a recommend visit.

20241209 Beautiful mansion and Gardens. I can't believe this is on the grounds of the university. I can just imagine going to school here and getting to enjoy the gardens where some music students informally performing. The visitor's parking was full, holds about 20 or less cars. I had to back up to exit the parking area. There is a camera at the STOP sign before turning right into the mansion parking area. I ended up circling around and parked on the street right before the STOP sign, there are some Visitor's parking on the left. It looked like the Belmont Mansion owner must loved dogs. There are dog statues throughout the gardens.

I enjoyed the $22 guided tour of this unique and beautiful home; there was a plethora of information shared by the apt and personable docent. For an antebellum home this home is in incredible condition; it it evident the intentionality of the curators is very present. My only gripe is that they allow self-guided tourers at the same time as the docent-guided, which allows for awkward interruptions and people going to and fro in the room you’re trying to learn about; not ideal. I mean, you could probably get away with paying the lesser $18 self-guided price and linger behind the guided tourers and learn the same information lol. At any rate, this is a very nice home with excellent history and unique and attractive furnishings; definitely worth the time!