We went to this museum after touring the nearby fort so it was 4pm on a Tuesday after Labor Day. The museum closes at 5 and if you read everything it might take 45 minutes to tour the inside. It took us about 25. So we started to head outside to the the actual buildings to tour ( my favorite part and the kids too), and the lady that worked there was telling someone to come back a different day. It was supposed to be opened another 35 minutes. She then told us she had just locked up the buildings outside because of rain. It wasn’t raining. Maybe 3 drops fell on us then nothing. She said we could walk by then and “get the jist of it”…..? How does that work when you drove from another state, then drove an hour from your staying place and you cant get inside? She could have walked with us down and unlocked them if it still wasn’t raining. She obviously had decided she was done working for the day so no one else would need her inside. It was very frustrating for my children to go through the not as exciting part then be denied the cool part. We are studying American history this year and were super excited to see this museum about Cherokee history. It is too bad the lady that works here isn’t as excited about sharing it.

- Janet L Verified