bob evans homestead museum

The service was great. The area was great. So why did I only give it an average? I assume everyone wants my views on the entire area. The farm area closed. I think they need to do something every single week. Like dress people in old time clothes. Have cows, pigs, petting zoo for little guys etc. I'm sure the museum is worth seeing but I don't know as we would have had a 2 hr wait for it to open. So in my opinion going to any Bob Evans was the same as this one. Now let me tell you about the Bob Evans. I am a huge fan, I eat a lot, and use them sometimes for dinner at least 3 times a month. LOL. I have them on speed dial. The area is just gorgeous. I am only saying for what was there that was open to the public, we could have stayed in town and sight seen there.

Great place to visit and eat, take a walk ,see the museum , and the farm animals . We were repeat visitors, and will visit again .

We visited the Bob Evans homestead and museum as well as taking the tour by wagon of the farm. Most of the museum was advertisements used by the restaurant through the years. Although it did also share the various companies that had been obtained through the years. We found the tour held one time a day to be the most interesting. Part of our visit. The lady driving the tractor certainly loved her job and it showed. The old houses and buildings were well preserved and appropriated furnished. The farm animals consisted mainly of horses with horse back riding available. The museum was free to visit and the wagon ride was $1.00 a person. The pioneer area was also free.

When we have out-of-town visitors we always try to include a trip to the Bob Evans Farm during their stay. The Homestead has been turned into a very nice museum featuring the history of the Evans family and enterprise, plus cultural exhibits (like quilts and coal). Farm animals, a windmill, log cabins and a canoe livery surround the site which also includes a Bob Evans Restaurant to sample the sausage that made the Bob Evans brand famous. The Bob Evans Farm Festival during the first weekend in October brings the farm alive with music, crafts and old-time exhibits. Admission is charged then, but well worth it.

Nestled in a beautiful valley, the Bob Evans Homestead is worth a visit. We watched the horses run up the hill to pasture. We walked through the barns. We adventured through the tunnel leading under the road for an unobstructed view of the windmill. We worked up an appetite, and enjoyed a classic meal, including salads with Bob Evans Colonial dressing.

We started out looking for a restaurant that served breakfast, saw a sign for a Bob Evans & followed it. To our delight, it also provided some much needed diversion after breakfast!We've all eaten the sausage but never gave much thought to where or how it came to be. There is so much history packed into that homestead. Very enjoyable.

It is nice and Educational as well! My Husband lived there on a Dairy adjoining the Property and remembers Bob Evans well talking with his Father about going to try to open a Restaurant. My Husbands Father responded and suggested that he should not do so, but are we ever glad that he did!!!! Eat at Bob Evans all over, every time we are away from home!

We toured the farm and museum extensively during the annual Bob Evans Farm Festival earlier this month. While many of the programs and exhibits we saw are temporary features of the festival, we were amazed at the dozen or so structures, the surrounding grounds, and the activities which form a permanent part of the 1,000 acre site. Built as a stage tavern in the 1820's, the Homestead was home to Bob and Jewell Evans and their six children for more than 20 years. It now houses over 50 years of documentary history of the sausage making business, featuring the home kitchen, where the television commercials were filmed, the sausage recipes were formulated and tested, as well as a replica of the original Steak House. The grounds encompass a campground for both tent campers and RVers, a riding stable and wagon rides in addition to a self-guiding walking tour. To fully describe the attractions and activities would be inappropriate in this space, but if you are planning a trip to this part of southeastern Ohio, do check their website. There is something here to interest all ages, and keep them occupied for one or two very full days. Nearby Buckeye Furnace Ohio Historical Site adds an in-depth display of charcoal-fired iron making and the life of the iron making people employed in the industry. There is no admission fee, however the horseback riding and hayrides do incur a moderate fee.

All ages seemed to be enjoying it.Plenty of action, hands-on activities for kids." Adamsville" log cabin display interested school-age to Seniors. Crafting demos good. Molasses "Skimmer" answered our questions and much more-fascinating. Dining Pavilion should be enlarged. There were plenty of "Port-a-Potty" trailers. Permanent restrooms would make a tremendous improvement. The staff was friendly and the groundskeepers did a remarkably good job of keeping the "farm" tidy.

We took the tour, then the hayride, and went back to see some of the sites by car and explore a bit more on our own. Enjoyed the restaurant next door. Cool and refreshing after the wagon ride in 90+heat. The wagon driver, GREAT and informative also.

In taking a scenic route west into the midwest, we stopped at this southern Ohio farm/restaurant and adjoining museum. Although contained inside a homestead house, there is far more photographs, documents, and displays than one might think would fit. Overall the museum is well-laid out and moves smoothly through the years. There is something here for anyone interested in history of farming, food production and distribution, restaurants, entrepreneurship, marketing and advertising, domestic food preparation, and more. Children may not want to spend alot of time inside, but, it is colorful enough and filled with enough interesting objects that they might do ok for awhile. While not nearly as elaborate and sprawling as museums for beverage producers like Coca Cola in Atlanta or Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, this museum makes a company's history pretty accessible.