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Mercer Williams House Museum
Tours are limited to the ground floor, as the rest of the house is still occupied by the owner, Jim Williams’ sister.
Tours last around 30 minutes, and usually don’t discuss much about the book and movie.
There’s a gift shop in the carriage house.
The house isn’t fully accessible to wheelchairs.
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General admission for the Mercer Williams House Museum is US$13.50 for adults, US$9 for students and active military, and free for children 6 and under—plus Georgia sales tax. Call ahead for group rates. Optional tours are included in admission, though parking is not; metered parking is available.
No, there’s no need to purchase tickets in advance for the Mercer Williams House Museum. Tickets are sold on a first‑come, first‑served basis at the carriage house entrance. Tours run every 20–40 minutes beginning at 10:30am Monday–Saturday and noon on Sunday. Large groups should call ahead for reservations.
No. The Mercer Williams House Museum offers daytime guided history tours only. However, there are private ghost and paranormal walking tours—like Good & Evil movie-based tours or paranormal city tours—available that include the Mercer House as a haunted stop, often at night, for about US$35 per person.
The restored Italianate mansion in Savannah’s Monterey Square was completed in 1868 for General Hugh Mercer and later restored by Jim Williams in 1969. It’s famously tied to the 1981 shooting recounted in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and operates as a historic house museum.
Standard guided tours last 35–45 minutes and depart roughly every 20–40 minutes, depending on crowd flow. Of course, that doesn’t include the time spent waiting for the tours, visiting the gift shop, or walking the grounds. Allow approximately an hour, depending on your level of interest.