Old Barracks Museum, Trenton

In my opinion it's too much money for the tickets. I didn't have a good time there. I feel I gave $20 away. I could only see a small room with the French Indian War Exhibit and a small room with a boring movie. No guides were available at the time to escort me on the other rooms. (I would had to wait half hour for that and I needed to check out at the hotel). And on top, no money back. Only a voucher so I could come back later (no way I'm coming back)...

This is a great place to go during Covid because it’s one of the few things that’s open!! You have to book your tickets ahead of time online and then show up for your designated time slot which is two hours. And let me tell you - my mom and I were there for a full two hours! We were actually the only people there and basically got a private tour the entire time! I can’t compare it to pre-Covid times as we had never been there before, but we got a thorough tour led by Asher who took us through the barracks and let us explore an exhibit, which was indoors, on our own. Then he handed us off to another guide dressed in character as a solider who told us all about his duties and fired a couples shots with his musket just for us. Then we watched a shoemaker and carpenter, in full character, for another half hour do their jobs while they told us all about them. Overall it was super thorough and very enjoyable! The staff played their parts just as if a whole crowd of people were there, except it was only two of us (again, basically a private tour!). Im really glad places like this are open so people can get out during this strange time of social distancing. Take this opportunity to go visit while it’s not crowded and support this local historical site in downtown Trenton! Plus, depending on the day, you can park for free right next to the Barracks (something we realized after we had already paid for parking)!

Staff was helpful and informative, answering all of our questions. We were very impressed by the historical accuracy of everything, including making clothing and shoes on site. Don't miss the musket demonstration! (It's about way more than just the muskets.)

This is a little hard to find and surrounded by the city but parking was okay when we arrived. It was however closed because they had just finished a special event. We were allowed to walk the grounds and an off duty staff did give us a little history. Amazing to think you can stand where General George Washington took command of the Continental Army.

Excellent historical site. Took the official tour and guide was very informative and made the entire experience super.