President Lincoln's Cottage

The Lincoln's Cottage was the perfect venue for our May 11 wedding. My husband was looking for a wedding in the country and I was looking for a wedding in the city, and the Cottage provided the perfect compromise. It was easy for our out of town guests to take the shuttle wee provided from the Viceroy Hotel and for our loved ones in town to Uber or park on site, and it felt like the Cottage was our own magical corner of the city that we met in and lived in. Everyone who works for the Cottage was lovely to work with, our guests were thrilled to explore the house during cocktail hour, and it was perfect to host the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception all on the property. Despite the rain post-ceremony, the whole evening was magical (our gay wedding even had a rainbow!) and all of our vendors easily worked with the team at President Lincoln's Cottage. While our guests were bummed to end the party at 11 p.m., it was a quick and easy walk to the after party at Slash Run across the street and the celebrations continued. Would get married at the Cottage again in a heartbeat!

For an excursion you will need to pay $15 per adult, $8 per child if I’m correct, toddlers free. Excursion was fine, I wish to hear more from guide, but still she did a good job.

This is a wonderful "hidden gem" of American history. The cottage is a space to think about President Lincoln, his family and his presidency from a different perspective. The guides do a fantastic job of presenting a narrative while also providing room to think and reflect. This is a different space from many of the museums and monuments we are used to and is well worth a visit if you are in DC.

This was an amazing historic place! It was beautiful and had so many interesting stories to it. Tickets to go into the cottage cost $15 each, but our tour guide, Wesley, was amazing and so knowledgable. The museum is interesting too and would greatly encourage anyone to go.

We are all about history, decided to go to see the cottage and we loved it, not many people knows about this place, we recommend doing the tour is like 5 or 10 dollars, you ll learn lots of stories about Lincoln for sure and more

Love photographing weddings here! the staff is amazing, the grounds are really awesome to photograph, and there is so much history to consume when you're here. Hands down an awesome wedding venue!

We had a very pleasant visit to President Lincoln's Cottage and I highly recommend you visit! We booked a tour for "stories on the lawn" that was led by Cameron who told us all about the history of the cottage, Lincoln's time there and the use of the rest of the 41+ acres in the heart of Washington D.C. which currently houses The Soldiers and Sailors retirement home (for 400+ veterans) and a D.C. Charter School. She was very educational and helped bring the home to life (even though we couldn't visit inside - a bummer!) The cemetery tour was great. Thankfully, for us, it involved a little bit of walking, both on the grounds and outside the gates along a rather busy road in D.C. Our guide, Blake, was excellent in recounting lots of information, facts and figures, but even more, REAL and compelling stories of the people memorialized here. Again, worth a visit!

My tour guide provided me a fun and educational experience about the history of President Lincoln’s cottage as well as facts about Lincoln and his family’s time in the cottage. I left the tour knowing new facts about Lincoln I hadn’t previously known. Overall, it was a highly enjoyable experience.