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Whitney Plantation, Wallace, LA

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Whitney Plantation

5099 Louisiana Hwy 18 · Wallace, LA

Why you should go…

Whitney Plantation is a nonprofit museum on Louisiana Highway 18 devoted to the history and legacies of slavery. You can take a guided tour or a self-guided audio tour past sixteen original structures, including a French Creole main house from about 1790 and two slave cabins, plus memorials to people enslaved here and across Louisiana. Guided tours also go upstairs in the Big House. The museum suggests allowing at least two hours for the grounds and visitor center exhibits.

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  • #plantation tour
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  • #memorials

Good to know

General museums guidance

Habits that pay off across this whole category, not rules for this one venue. Always check the official site for the specifics.

  • Check the special exhibition separately

    Touring shows usually carry their own ticket and their own opening hours, listed apart from general admission.

  • Look for the free window

    Many museums run community days, member evenings, or discounted late openings. It is worth a look before you pay full price.

  • Travel light through the door

    Large bags and backpacks often have to go to a coat check, and lines for it move slowly at opening.

  • Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons

    School groups clear out by early afternoon midweek, while weekends stay busy from late morning on.

What's around here?

The closest stops to Whitney Plantation, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Attractions
    History Buff

    Laura Plantation

    $25–$50

    Creole plantation complex offering guided tours of an 1805 Big House and original slave cabins.

    5.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Oak Alley Plantation

    $25–$50

    Historic Mississippi River plantation famous for its quarter-mile canopy of live oaks and Big House tours.

    7.9 mi awayMore like this

  • Tours
    Local Gem

    Cajun Pride Swamp Tours

    $25–$50

    Narrated boat tours through the Manchac Swamp to see alligators and Louisiana wetlands wildlife.

    10 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Houma Area

    Free

    Louisiana's official Bayou Country visitor bureau, promoting Cajun culture, swamp tours and the Bayou Country Crawfish Trail.

    31 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums
    Rainy-Day Pick

    New Orleans Museum of Art

    Under $25

    See art from ancient times to today across three floors, then walk the free sculpture garden in City Park.

    34 mi awayMore like this

  • Museums
    History Buff

    Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

    Under $25

    New Orleans museum tracing two centuries of Jewish life and history across the American South.

    35 mi awayMore like this