Petworth Cottage Museum
Visitors'
Comments
A selection from
2023
(our
first full season after COVID closure and refurbishment)
Great attention to detail ... Brilliant ... Beautiful house ... Beautifully presented house ... Beautifully re-created ... Beautifully maintained .. Adorable, so much has gone into this ... An absolute gem ... Very interesting history ... Fab museum ... Wonderful reconstruction, the best I have ever seen ... Fantastic ... Very atmospheric ... The range being alight made my visit ... First time I have seen a gas light in action ... So interesting! Will definitely use the visit as inspiration for my own home restoration ... Very interesting and fun ... Many memories ... Fantastic perspective on Petworth ... Excellent tour, very good value ... Great to see an everyday view of life after visiting Petworth House ... Great insight into life at the turn of the century ... Felt like I had been taken back in time ... Great time capsule ... A real trip down Memory Lane ... A wonderful surprise find ... Fascinating and we managed to do the Solitaire! ... I like the marbles ... Evocative exhibits ... My favourite thing was the Polyphon ... A wealth of nostalgic tableaux of interesting objects ... A treasure trove brought alive by such informative guides ... Gave us a great feel for how Mrs. Cummings lived ... Love it here ... A pleasure to explore ... Great for the grandchildren to see what my granny's was like ... Lovely cosy place ... Children really enjoyed exploring the cottage ... A reflection of the simple living we've apparently left behind ... So much knowledge and time given ... Lovely friendly staff ... Lovely guides ... The guides made us feel at home ... Extremely impressed by the enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers and the efforts to re-create a realistic house of the period ... Outstanding museum ... Great museum ... Excellent museum ... Lots of information from the charming steward ... Even better than before ... Loved the cat bed! ... We found all the mice ... We would like the cats to be real! ... Wow this was amazing ... I felt quite at home! ... I learnt a lot ... Keep it up ... Will return ... Will recommend it to others ... Will tell my friends to visit ... Thank goodness for places like this and the dedicated enthusiasts who keep it going ... So glad we came ... Cosy but glad to back in 2023... Thank you for looking after us so well .. Thank you
On 19th October 2023 the High Sheriff of West West Sussex wrote, “A splendid house and museum. My thanks to all the trustees and volunteers who look after it and ensure the public, young and old, to enjoy it.”
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