Review:

The McDowell House Museum offers visitors a chance to tour the historic McDowell House of Danville, an eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century home, gardens, and apothecary. Guided tours are offered Monday to Saturday from 10:00am to noon and 1:00pm to 4:00pm, as well as Sundays from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. During the tour, which lasts between forty-five and sixty minutes, guests will hear about pioneer surgeon Dr. Ephraim McDowell’s story and view the meticulously restored house, the gardens, and his medical office. The McDowell House Museum is open from the beginning of March through the end of October.

125 S 2nd St, Danville, KY 40422, Phone: 859-236-2804

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