Laura Plantation: Story of Creole Guided Tour
About this experience
The Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, with 200 years of history.
Join a guided tour based on Laura Locoul Gore's "Memories of the Old Plantation Home" and archival documents from the US and France. Learn about four generations of a Louisiana Creole family, both free and enslaved, as you hear their personal, intimate stories.
Explore the complex and misunderstood history of the people, language, culture, and social contexts of Louisiana’s Great River Road in the tumultuous years before, during, and following the American Civil War.
Step inside the austere interior of a slave cabin from the 1840s, and see the stark contrast to the parlors and rooms in the Big House. There's an eye-opening exhibition on the working conditions of the enslaved community that also lived here.
Know before you go
- Duration
- 1 hr 15 min
- Guide language
- English · French
- Smartphone ticket
- Yes
- Wheelchair accessible
- Yes
- Meeting point
- 2247 Highway 18
What’s included
- Entry ticket
- Live guide
- Guided tour
- Self-guided tour of the "From the Big House to Quarters: Slavery on Laura Plantation" exhibition
- Free parking
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