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HOURS AND ADMISSION

Open
Wednesday-Saturday
11:00am until 4:00pm
Last tour of the day begins at 2:30pm

Admission
Adults (18+) ........................................$7
Seniors (65+), Students, Military ......$6
Cobb Landmarks Members ..............FREE

Closed: Memorial Day Weekend, Independence Day, Thanksgiving (November 22-23), Christmas (December 24-26), New Year’s Eve, New Year's Day

Heritage Passport

SAVE 30% on admission when you purchase a Heritage Passport. This special ticket is just $15 per person and includes admission to the William Root House Museum & Garden, the Marietta Museum of History, and the Marietta Gone With the Wind Museum. Heritage Passport tickets can only be purchased at the Marietta Welcome Center.

Group Rates

Discount pricing is available for groups of ten or more. Click here for group rates.

Conveniently located at the corner of North Marietta Loop and Polk Street (Map/Directions), the Root House Museum is an excellent place to begin your visit to picturesque and historic Cobb County, Georgia.

The Root House was built circa 1845 at the corner of Church and Lemon Streets for Hannah and William Root, early settlers of Marietta. Mr. Root was one of Marietta’s earliest merchants and its first druggist. Today the home offers a glimpse of life for a typical middle class family and their servants. Outside, visitors can view the recreated kitchen and see the working 1850s cookstove. Take a virtual tour.

The Root House Garden is designed to reflect the gardening practices of the mid-19th century. The garden is planted with vegetables, culinary herbs, fruit trees, decorative flowers and blooming shrubs. Many medicinal herbs are grown in the garden for it is likely they would have been used in Mr. Root's pharmacy. All the plants have been researched for availability in Georgia at the time the Root House was built.

Dr. Root's Store / Museum Gift Shop

Located inside the Root House Museum, Dr. Root's Store offers a variety of merchandise including books, hand milled soaps, soy candles, cotton pearl jewelry, folk art, stationery, holiday ornaments, and more. Admission is not required to visit the Museum Store. The store is open during regular museum operating hours.

Directions & Parking

I-75 N from Atlanta (Map/Directions)
Take I-75 N to North Marietta Parkway NE (exit 265)
Turn LEFT and follow North Marietta Parkway NE to Polk Street
The museum is located at the SE corner of Polk Street and North Marietta Parkway
Dedicated Root House parking spaces are available in the parking lot adjacent to the museum

I-75 S from Chattanooga (Map/Directions)
Take I-75 S to North Marietta Parkway NE (exit 265)
Turn RIGHT and follow North Marietta Parkway NE to Polk Street
The museum is located at the SE corner of Polk Street and North Marietta Parkway
Dedicated Root House parking spaces are available in the parking lot adjacent to the museum

visitor REVIEWS

"I would highly recommend this museum to anyone who has an interest in local history or the antebellum time period. The tour was very informative and the house itself was like stepping back in time. I only wish I lived close enough to visit more..."

-Ashley S.

"The whole family learned something and my teens enjoyed the tour, too."

-Teresa P.

"Lots of great "little" touches make it easy to imagine the folks still living there, and our guide was very personable as well as knowledgeable. A wonderful experience, and given that my wife and I both write Civil War history, we're not an easy audience to please. We highly recommend it."

-Robert S.

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