Weeden House Museum
- Historic house museum
- Regional draw
- Huntsville
Weeden House Museum preserves an early nineteenth-century residence in Huntsville's Twickenham Historic District.
The house is associated with the Weeden family and artist and poet Maria Howard Weeden. Architecture, furnishings, and interpretation offer a focused view of the city's domestic and cultural history.
Check current tour times and admission before arriving at Gates Avenue. Interior visits follow museum arrangements, and private events can affect availability. Ask about accessibility for the historic building and arrange organized groups ahead; an exterior neighborhood walk should not be assumed to include an open house.
Visitor details reviewed October 18, 2026. Check official visitor information for current access, admission, and operating arrangements. View on OpenStreetMap.
Image credit: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia Commons. Original source. CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped for display.
Nearby
More places nearby
Huntsville Museum of ArtBeside Big Spring Park, Huntsville Museum of Art provides a gallery-focused stop in the city's downtown cultural area. Its exhibitions offer a change of pace from Huntsville's space and technology attractions, with the park nearby extending the setting outdoors.
Big Spring ParkWater at Big Spring helped shape the beginnings of Huntsville, and the surrounding park remains a central downtown landscape. Paths beside the water offer a place to pause between cultural visits, with the art museum and other city venues nearby.
Burritt on the MountainBurritt on the Mountain combines a historic estate with relocated rural buildings on a plateau above Huntsville. The open-air museum setting connects the former home of William Burritt with a wider account of nineteenth-century life in the region.
Huntsville Botanical GardenHuntsville Botanical Garden brings cultivated displays and a broad outdoor landscape together near the city's space attractions. Seasonal planting gives visitors reasons to return at different times of year, while the scale of the grounds allows for a substantial walk.
U.S. Space and Rocket CenterHuntsville's U.S. Space and Rocket Center presents spacecraft, rockets, and the technology behind American space exploration. The museum's setting in a city closely connected to the space program gives the hardware a strong local context alongside its national significance.
Monte Sano State ParkMonte Sano State Park protects a wooded mountaintop landscape above Huntsville.