audubon state historic site

AnnNewOrleans_LA

Docent gave a wonderful tour. Beautiful old home with lots of history. Lovely grounds with lots to see. Nice little museum too.

tchrs

This place has a wonderful exhibit on the history of the property and of when Audubon stayed there almost 200 years ago. Very nice museum and helpful staff. Good for families of all ages. There is a small fee.

toniShanghai

The plantation grounds are beautiful, even in cold weather in the middle of winter. The plantation house is interesting and while we were there a group were re in acting some parts of the American War of Independence, but the English hadn't turned up! It was still fun though as they were letting of cannons (very very noisy) and various old muskets. There were a few stalls as well.What not to miss though are the Audubon paintings in the main visitor centre. They are mainly from his American Bird series and are wonderful.

b52av8tor

Great place to stop. I is a beautiful place with alot of history. They offer tours almost every day. Worth checking out.

ElleK382

Husband and I visited during "Jane Austen" celebration. We paid 1/2 price and got twice as much more personalized info as we would have during normal tours. The grounds seem to be overgrown and there weren't any farm animals. I assumed this was due to Louisiana heat. As we entere each room a tour guide, dressed in Jane Austen time period, gave specific info about the room and answered all of our questions. We also learned how to make lavender bath salts, drink old style tea and learn fanology.

WorldWonderer77

Admission price only $4 but free for those over 62!! Lovely house with some of the furishing that actually belonged to the family. A bed that Audubon slept in Origional Audubon prints hanging on the walls. Tours of the house are on the hour and worth the price just to get the educational benifit let alone see how things looked and were done in early plantation times. Out buildings that our interesting. There are chickens and a couple cows. Lovely grounds.

globeseeker007

There is an interesting museum where you purchase your ticket. Following this you can tour the Oakley home and wander around the rest of the buildings. Audubon only spent 3 or 4 months here tutoring one of the Oakley children but I guess they had to name the park after someone. Anyway, it's a nice park and worth a visit.

Family875342

This is my favorite place to go each December! Their Christmas in the Country candlelight tours are one the highlights of my year! While not one of the more ornate plantations, it's architecture is unique and their special events are wonderful! At Christmastime, candlelight tours, Christmas carols, hearth cooked food, costumed interpretors, period dancing!!! You don't want to miss it!!!

SchelleyB

Had a group of 21 motorcycle riders take a trip to the area for the weekend. Had a fun filled day and loved the Audubon history.

KathyP717

Recently we had a kindergarten group here for a field trip and we had a great time. We had stations for the children to join in, like the kitchen cooking, playing with children's toys, etc. I have also been here and toured the home and walked around the park and had a picnic. We had a great time every time we have been here.

Not_If_When

I took out of state family with children. Be sure to watch the video in the visitor's center so they can understand who Audubon is and what he did. Nicely preserved buildings. Tour guide was friendly and entertaining.

Rigel54

5/26/12, excellent period re-enactments of a duel, militia training, and "state of the art" food, medical, pharmaceutical, and craft industries. Wife and in-laws took an interesting interior tour of the plantation home (I was watching the duel!).

Hetherspierce

This is an excellent plantation to visit to tour. The history is very interesting, and John Audubon once lived here, and created paintings while inspired by living in this area. I love going here for the Audubon Pilgrimage every March. In addition to the house tour, there are lots of other things to do, such as tour the outside kitchen, where they have samples, and show you how things were done in the 1800's. This is 1 of my favorite tours.

Yandinagirl

We really enjoyed our time at the Audubon Historic Site and the adjacent home. Our guide went to great lengths to help us (from Australia) understand the story of the house and its inhabitants (including Audubon if only for a short time) and to give us a sense of the history of this particular area. So very different to other plantation home visits - no hooped skirts and ghost talk - we liked the way the inhabitants adapted the house design to suit their particular needs and the climate. The grounds and park were relaxing and peaceful and the information centre was well set out and greatly expanded our insight to life in this remarkable state and this area in particular. Well worth a visit.

jojoDorset

This place is wonderful - beautiful trails and gardens to walk in, the friendlies staff and a fascinating history - especially of James Audubon's stay and his paintings. Our docent - Susan - was extremely well-informed and great at communicating - and it was a refreshing change from some places that she was more interested in the history, the people and the politics than the china ware and curtains (though she knew about those too!) An intelligent, illuminating visit with a quiet charm. Terrific.