This was a very interesting history lesson. The Duke's were master marketers and visionaries in how to create a monopoly to make millions. The museum has a lot of old items on display, including TV ads banned for over 40 years. The tour guides could do a little more studying on the topic so that they would have more answers... More

Duke Homestead shows the visitor how tobacco was grown, processed and made ready for market (not an easy process). It is well maintained and a nicely done museum. Worth a visit.

From small farm *which it was, the original Duke family farm* to giant monopoly (busted up by Teddy Roosevelt about 100 years ago) to a slow decline, but its recycled buildings are vital parts of Durham today. Excellent history and interpretation about tobacco farming.

The museum and orientation film in the visitor centre are both very interesting. We enjoyed walking around the homestead and out buildings and had a picnic lunch in the gardens.

It may be a tough sell in this PC world, but the Duke Tobacco museum is an excellent interactive experience that exploits the tremendously successful tobacco industry in North Carolina with an understandable slant toward the Duke family and its incredibly popular BULL DURHAM brand for the first half of the twentieth century. Some fascinating dioramas, multi-screen push button exhibits... More

The area is very nice.... A little less interesting than some of the other historic sites...but we probably should have tried to go when there was something special going on.

I knew nothing about tobacco processing and industry, especially at this time period. Not being from the area, I also didn't realize the contribution of the Duke family to Durham. The tour was only about 45 minutes long and consisted of viewing the outdoor buildings where tobacco was processed and packaged as well as the family home. Our tour guide... More

The Duke Homestead is very close to our son's apartment so we dropped by for a very quick visit. We learned a lot about the tobacco industry in Durham. Walking on the beautiful grounds of the Duke Homestead felt like we had time-traveled to the mid-19th century. Lovely.

The movie was great, a little cheesy with some other actors. My teenage daughter objected to the sad tone taken with the demise of tobacco, but the point was how tobacco's rise and fall led to the rise of Durham, and fall unless an alternative was found (medicine, they say). Very interesting lesson in a slice of economic history, and... More