Please note: Due to limited staffing, most days there will be no 11am or 1pm Melrose House Tour. Available tours will be at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm.
RESERVATIONS
School groups, church groups, and group tours, please make a reservation by calling 601-446-5790. If you would like a quicker response, please email the group coordinator directly. Reservations must be made two weeks or more in advance.
SPECIAL USE
A special use permit is required for any activities on park grounds (at Melrose, the William Johnson House, or Fort Rosalie) beyond normal visitation activities. For more information, contact Dave Wyrick, Chief of Interpretation & Resource Management at 601-442-7049 ext. 14. The park will not issue special use permits for weddings on the grounds or inside any historic structures, but wedding photography is allowed on the grounds at Melrose.
FEES
Most of the year, there are fees for Melrose House tours; however, the following dates, there will be no charge. The William Johnson House is free of charge all year round.
2013 Fee Free Days at Melrose
- April 22-26 National Park Week
- August 25 National Park Service Birthday
- September 28 Public Lands Day
- November 9-11 Veteran's Day Weekend
These dates are a chance for a free visit to a park that has an entrance fee--but every day--there are more than 200 national parks that never charge an entrance fee. Please visit http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm to link to the list of fee free parks.
Melrose
The exterior of Melrose is under restoration but the interior is still beautiful and available for tours. The grounds, formal gardens, and outbuildings including slave cabins, stable, privy, and dairy are open during business hours and are free of charge. Melrose house tour fees are as follows. Please note for house tours fees, credit cards are not accepted.
Payment must be made in cash.
- Adults 18-61 are $10
- Seniors 62 and over $5
- Children 6-17 are $5
- Children under 6 are free.
Group rate- 13 or more people $7. If you are coming as a group , please make a reservation
two weeks in advance by calling 601-446-5790 or directly
email the group coordinator.
The William Johnson House
There is NO fee to visit the William Johnson House. However, Group tours are encouraged to make a reservation two weeks in advance by email to the group coordinator.
