From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation Ticket & Transportation
ID: GYG69190-97412
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
05:00 hours
Description
Take a personal look into the lives of owners and slaves in Antebellum Louisiana. Visit the Whitney Plantation, the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery.
Step back in time as you visit the Whitney Plantation on this bus day trip from New Orleans. Gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here through museum exhibits, memorial artwork, restored buildings, and hundreds of first-person slave narratives.
In 2014, Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262-year history, as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery.
The early owners of Habitation Haydel, later known as the Whitney Plantation, became wealthy producing indigo before the plantation transitioned to sugar in the early 1800s.
Whitney is also significant because of the number of historic outbuildings which were added to the site over the years, thus providing a unique perspective on the evolution of the Louisiana working plantation.
The Big House is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture and one of the earliest raised Creole cottages in Louisiana.
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. As a site of memory and consciousness, this site pays homage to the slaves on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the United States.
Highlights
- Gain a unique perspective on the people who lived and worked on Whitney Plantation
- Tour historic outbuildings and listen to first person narratives
- Explore one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• The local partner provides access for wheelchairs but not scooters or walkers
• Vehicle lifts meet all ADA requirements and are equipped for wheelchair storage (based on availability). If wheelchairs can collapse and fold, staff will assist in accommodating the chair in a safe place on the vehicle
• These reservations must be made 48hrs in advance to secure availability, contact information will be provided on your voucher
• Due to the home's historic nature, access to the second floor is by stairs only
• Walking the grounds is an integral part of this experience
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
You will receive a mandatory temperature check
Please arrive at the Gray Line Lighthouse, 400 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA (behind Jax Brewery), at least 15 minutes prior to tour departure to exchange your voucher for a boarding ticket.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
