Working Plantation, The

'The Working Plantation' consists of a complex of buildings -- commissary, overseer's house, kitchen, slave cabins, sick house, schoolhouse, blacksmith's shop, sugar house and grist mill -- authentically furnished to replicate all the major activitie

When: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Louisiana State University - Rural Life Museum, 4650 Essen Ln., Baton Rouge

Cost: Not available

Age limit: All ages

Categories: History/Science, Installations, Museum

Description: 'The Working Plantation' consists of a complex of buildings -- commissary, overseer's house, kitchen, slave cabins, sick house, schoolhouse, blacksmith's shop, sugar house and grist mill -- authentically furnished to replicate all the major activities of life on a typical 19th century working plantation.

Event posted Dec. 27, 2007
Last updated July 11, 2008

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