We visited this plantation as part of a double plantation tour. So happy with our choice of visiting Whitney!! Powerful messaging and focus on the life of the slaves on the Gold Coast. You might want a tissue or two.

I am writing a book about my grandmother Daisy, whose grandmother and great-grandmother were enslaved on plantations in Calhoun, Alabama. The Whitney Plantation tour gave me a really decent understanding of what some slaves went through on a typical plantation. This included seeing the slave...More

When my family decided to tour a plantation, during our research, we came upon Whitney Plantation. What drew us to tour this plantation was seeing the plantation through the lives of slaves. We booked ahead as the 90 min tour sells out. While waiting for...More

My spouse and I visited the Whitney Plantation on 15 April, and we had no idea what to expect. The Whitney, as we discovered, is more than a tourist relic. It is a living museum, a thoroughly researched and recreated event that brings the lives...More

It was refreshing to take a tour dedicated to the stories of enslaved people! An eye opener! Tour guides need mics on the tours so everyone can hear well.

I visited a few days ago after doing some research on different plantation tours. The Whitney Plantation does an excellent job of making the focus of the tour the lives of enslaved people who lived there. They use audio and quotes from former slaves that...More

Before I came to New Orleans I honestly thought twice about visiting a Plantation, I've read articles over the years that made me feel sick. I decided to go after reading that this Plantation was a museum which focussed on the lives of enslaved people...More