Overview

7.5 Hours • Ages 6+

An educative and entertaining visit!

Duration

7.5 Hours

About

The Whitney plantation historic district is a museum devoted to slavery in the southern United States. The district including the main house and outbuildings is preserve near Wallace in Saint John the Baptist parish Louisiana on the river road along the Mississippi River. The Plantation was started in 1750 to buy German immigrants Ambrose Haydel and his wife and their descendants owned it until 1867. The museum comprising main portion of the 2000 acre Plantation property open its doors to the public for the first time in December 2014. It was founded by John Cummings a trial attorney from New Orleans who has spent more than $8 million of his own fortune on this long-term project and work on it nearly 15 years. The director of research is a senegalese scholar, Ibrahima Seck, Who has done much work on the history of slavery the grounds contain imaginative exhibits and original art Commissioned by Cummings, such as life size sculptures of children to represent the former slaves who were interviewed for the federal rights project book so that their stories would be told. The French Creole style main house built in 1803 is the most important architectural example in the state.In addition the plantation has numerous extant outbuildings or dependencies,( pigeonnier) Plantation store the only surviving French Creole barn in Louisiana and slave quarters.The complex includes three archaeological sites which have had varying degrees of exploration. The historic district was listed on the United States national registry of historic places in 1992 Whitney plantation is also one of 26 sites featured on the Louisiana African-American heritage Trail

Oak Alley plantation is a historic Plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River In the community of vacherie, St. James Parish Louisiana. Oak Alley is named for its distinguish visual feature, an alley or canopied path, Created by a double row of southern live oak trees about 800 feet long. Planted in the early 18 century long before the present house was built, the alley or tree avenue runs between the home and the river.The property was designated a national historical landmark for its architecture and landscape, And for the agriculture Innovation of grafting pecan trees,Pro-form there in 1846-47 by an enslaved Gardener.

Pick up time for your reservation will be between 8:00 am and 8:00 am from your hotel