This plantation/museum is not in New Orleans and requires a drive out of the city. However, it is worth the visit if you have the time. This is one of the only museums in the country dedicated to the lives of enslaved people in our nation's history. To learn more about the Whitney Plantation, read: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/magazine/building-the-first-slave-museum-in-america.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0