Zeinab & Raheim - An Intimate Reception
Things To Do
Creole Queen Jazz Cruise
This is a great optional activity while in New Orleans. Our hotel is walking distance to board the Creole Queen, enjoy live jazz and cruise on the Mississippi River! Check out times, cost and availability via link above.
Preservation Hall
Whether you are a local or visitor, this has been a must experience for decades! Situated in the heart of the French Quarter on St. Peter Street, the Preservation Hall venue presents intimate, acoustic New Orleans Jazz concerts over 360 nights a year featuring ensembles from a current collective of 50+ local master practitioners. On any given night, audiences bear joyful witness to the evolution of this venerable and living tradition.
The National WWII Museum
Are you a history buff? Consider visiting the National WWII Museum! Offering a compelling blend of sweeping narrative and poignant personal detail, The National WWII Museum features immersive exhibits, multimedia experiences, and an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories, taking visitors inside the story of the war that changed the world. Beyond the galleries, the Museum's online collections, virtual field trips, webinars, educational travel programs, and renowned International Conference on World War II offer patrons new ways to connect to history and honor the generation that sacrificed so much to secure our freedom.
Whitney Plantation
The Whitney Plantation is a unique plantation history experience, as it tells the story from the perspective of the enslaved. Whitney Plantation (legal name The Whitney Institute) is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of the Whitney Plantation, which operated from 1752-1975 and produced indigo, sugar, and rice as its principal cash crops. The museum preserves over a dozen historical structures, many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Whitney Plantation Historic District. Connect with the dark and complex history of the American slave trade on a tour to Whitney Plantation, the only plantation totally dedicated to memorializing the lives of enslaved people. Get a primer on antebellum history on the drive from New Orleans, and then explore museum exhibits, memorials, and historic slave cottages on a self-guided audio tour.
Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site
"From the Big House to the Quarters: Slavery on Laura Plantation" When Laura Plantation opened to the public in 1994, it became the first historic attraction in Louisiana to include stories of enslaved Africans as part of the tour. As the leading interpreter of the experience of enslaved people in Louisiana in February 2017, Laura Plantation opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to telling the authentic story of the enslaved community of this Créole farm. Here, the compelling personal stories of individual men, women and children are told. Designed around different themes reflecting the complex layers of life on the plantation, the displays illustrate how the lives of the enslaved people, both Créole and American, were intertwined with those of their owners.
Things to Do In or Near the French Quarter!
Want more options? Maybe a foodie walking tour in the French Quarter or a Carriage Ride? So many options at various price points and availability! Check it out!