Overview

All Ages • 5 Hours & 25 Minutes

Duration: 5 Hours & 25 Minutes
Meeting Point: 400 Toulouse St New Orleans, LA 70130 US
Description: On this tour, you will get a personal look into the history of plantation owners and enslaved people in Antebellum Louisiana.

In 2014 the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery. The experience at Whitney is a self-paced audio tour. Through museum exhibits, memorial artwork, restored buildings, and hundreds of first-person narratives, visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here.

The early owners of Habitation Haydel, later known as 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 its 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, the Whitney Plantation Museum is meant to pay homage to all enslaved people on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the United States.

On your journey to this historic setting, you’ll travel past Laura, Oak Alley, Evergreen, Felicity & St. Joseph Plantations, ghosts of the past that front the Mississippi River, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to ports of trade.
What is Included: - Round-trip transportation
- Audio Tour of the 272 year old plantation site with a focus on first-person slave narratives
- View museum exhibits, memorial artwork, and restored buildings
- See historic outbuildings of a Louisiana working plantation
- Learn about the Big House, one of the earliest Louisiana raised Creole Cottages
- Pass Evergreen, Felicity, St. Joseph, Laura, and Oak Alley Plantations
What is not Included: - Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks

Itinerary: Tour starts at 12:00pm and 1:00pm Wednesday - Monday. Tour does not operate on Tuesdays.
Highlights: In 2014 the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery.
Check in Details: Please display your barcoded voucher as your ticket 15 minutes in advance of your tour time at our Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River. All tours and cruises depart from here, at the Steamboat NATCHEZ dock (400 Toulouse St. New Orleans, LA 70130), directly behind the JAX Brewery. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at tours@glnosc.com or by phone at (504) 569-1401.
Disclaimers: PASSENGER TICKET CONTRACT TERMS
1. The Companies (Gray Line & New Orleans Steamboat Company) do not assume liability for attraction/service provided by an independent entity not affiliated with the Companies. The Companies make no representations regarding qualifications of attraction/service and make no representations as to whether attraction/service is bonded or insured.

NO REFUNDS
2. Any lawsuit against New Orleans Steamboat Company, the vessel and/or their agents, officers, crewmembers or underwriters for personal injury and/or loss of life must be filed within one (1) year from the day the loss of life or injury occurred, in accordance with 46 U.S.C. §183b, and all claims must be filed within six months from the date the passenger traveled on and/or visited the vessel.
Faqs: - The Whitney Plantation is a self-guided tour. Please make sure to download the Whitney Plantation app on your cell phone, tablet, or iPad to listen to an audio tour.
- Guests visiting Whitney using a wheelchair will have access to the gift shop, restrooms, and museum. The plantation grounds are accessible; however, there are uneven gravel paths. Guests would be able to view the slave quarters, but would not have access to enter.