Whitney Plantation

This tour should be required learning for every American. The Whitney plantation does not shy away from true history and the profound effect of slavery not just on the enslaved peoples, but the communities they built and America's legacy. Things learned on this tour will change the way you see history forever, like a veil lifted from your eyes. Profound, emotional and uplifting despite the horrific truth of people being owned and abused by other people. You will question what you know about our country and how it was built, but knowledge is power, and this place is powerful in every way. I would recommend the tour for mature middle school aged children and up. I would recommend the self guided tour over the guided tour if you have the time, seemingly more info. Guided tour takes you upstairs in the house, self guided does not. The house is MUCH smaller than you would expect due to it being the original home. Reviews saying they were disappointed were here for the wrong reasons. If you want to see southern grandeur and opulence - shame on you. Some of the structures have been rebuilt since the plantation was in use 1752-1975. This is a sobering and somber place - not a fun filled time of revisiting the good ol days. Those who say it doesn't show both sides have fallen for the fake history promoted by Gone with the wind and other historically inaccurate, romanticized movies.

I can’t put into words what this experience was like. Mix of amazing and heartbreaking. We did the self guided tour. Of the 4 speakers we received, only 2 made it all the way through the tour. One froze up almost immediately. The other froze up about halfway through. Still better than sweating to death in a big group.

WELL worth the visit. Recommend the audio tour. Takes about 2 hours to complete. Plus the small museum, looking at about a 2.5-3 hour visit. Best for adults and kids in middle school and above. Any younger and they’ll be bored pretty quickly. Leaves you with a healthy respect for what happened here, not angry or ashamed. Very, very well done tour. Highly recommended.

Very interesting and enlightening. Presented a straightforward factual account of the history of slavery in a small but well thought out Museum. We used the self-guided tour to walk the historic grounds all the while being educated. Well done and well worth the trip. Thank you~

Such an amazing experience. I could really feel the ancestors on this property. Definitely worth the visit, and the stories from the ancestors are amazing. This was an actual plantation, it's not made up.

One of the most important and informative museums I’ve visited. It stands up to the Terror museum in Budapest and the Stasi museum in Berlin. Despite its small size and probably quite minute budget, what I experienced was so powerful that it has occupied my thoughts for months. Ie it outlines in full the unspeakable horrors of the slave era in Louisiana but also the dignity of the enslaved. It shows the absolutely worst and the best qualities of mankind. Take some time to reflect over what you have seen in the small chapel.

Great place to hear and see the history of the area. Very somber but educational. Did the self paced audio tour. My kids ages 14, 19, 22, 25 learned a great deal and we're humbled by the experience. The grounds take you back in time.

The only plantation tour that recounts experiences and perspectives from the enslaved who spent their lives here. Must see, Must do, Must feel…. You can do a self tour with audio or guided tour. We took the guided tour so that questions that arose could be answered. The tragedies that occurred on our history should be known, remembered and viewed. Please take yourself, Your friends and your family to the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana. My ancestors were part of this horrific legacy 😔 The endless hours and years of dedication historians put into the real life views, quotes, and stories from the enslaved people will stop your breath….do NOT forget these humans!