Dr Samuel A Mudd House Museum

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3725 Doctor Samuel Mudd Rd
Waldorf, MD 20601

The Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House & Museum in Waldorf, MD is a historic site that offers visitors the opportunity to step back in time and experience the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. As the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the southern Maryland doctor who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth the morning after the assassination, the museum provides guided tours of the house and the escape route, allowing visitors to stand where history happened and get up close to the artifacts of that time.

With a mission to provide an immersive and educational experience, the museum takes pride in giving visitors a glimpse into the past. From guided tours of the house and escape route to a time-lapse video that recreates the scene in the front yard on the morning of April 15, 1865, the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House & Museum offers a unique opportunity to learn about this significant moment in history.

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Carol S.
8/4/2025

For those fascinated by history, the Dr. Samuel A Mudd House Museum is a wonderful site to visit. After having read the well researched book "American Brutus" I was already fascinated by the...

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Stephanie G.
7/14/2024

Great tour, pretty reasonably priced, and the tour guide was dressed nicely with a bow tie and was very knowledgeable on Dr Mudd. It was really round the clock touring, as when we arrived, they...

Molly M.
6/18/2025

Fist-fought my way out of DC to find the gates closed an hour before they close according to Google. So, be sure to check their actual website. But that being said, with such limited hours, they...

David W.
9/4/2024

The Dr Mudd house closed their gates at 3:28 when they were scheduled to close at 4:00 pm, with the last tour being at 3:30. Despite arriving on time entrance was denied. Very bad customer service.

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Sunnyfishnca M.
5/2/2021

We finally stopped here today and so glad we did! Our tour guide, Mr Bob Bowser, was an AMAZING guide. We homeschool and our son was like "I would love to have him for a history teacher (btw - he...

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