1850 House Museum

The Friends of the Cabildo (https://www.friendsofthecabildo.org) have a $30 guided walking tour. With the tour, free admission to the 1859 House Museum afterwards. Our guide (Cindy) spend 2 hours walking us around the French Quarter during the hectic surroundings. We really enjoyed learning the history and current conditions. If you're looking for a walking tour, consider using this service since it supports a nonprofit that's focused on historic preservation. Buy all your souvenirs from the 1850 museum store too. Make sure to ask your guide for recommendations on restaurants, Cindy had too many... so we'll need to return soon to check out the remaining on our list.

A quick visit to the 1850 House in the French Quarter offers a glimpse into the lifestyle of an upper-middle-class family in antebellum New Orleans. The 1850 House is part of the Lower Pontalba building. The Pontalba buildings were designed and financed by the Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba. Her father, Don Andrés Almonester y Roxas, was a wealthy Spanish colonial landowner who helped finance The Cabildo, the St. Louis Cathedral and The Presbytère. All of the buildings surround Jackson Square and can easily be visited in an afternoon. The 1850 House, The Cabildo and The Presbytère are all part of the Louisiana State Museum.The tour is a self-guided audio tour. Climb up the stairs to the third floor. The house is furnished with historic era antiques, a set of John Slidell's china, New Orleans silver and paintings. Loved the children's room filled with antique toys. The wreath made from the hair of family members was very unusual.I used a reciprocity pass for admission, which is normally $5. The Museum Store is located as you enter. It has a wide selection of children's books, handmade art, jewelry, pottery and crafts from local Louisiana artists. Grab a bottle of cold Kentwood water from the cooler in the back for $1. Nice for a short tour, but would spend the time at The Cabildo and The Presbytère if you are pressed for time.

I have been wanting to come and tour for quite some time now. Literally, too long. If you are local or even just visiting, come visit. Admission is very reasonable. This is an historic building, and is not handicapped accessible. It is absolutely beautiful inside. The tour is self guided, but there are signs detailing what sort of room you are looking at, and automated voice recordings of sounds of what life at that time would have sounded like. It was just amazing. Come in! Take a look around.

This is a nice, quick, maybe 30 min activity if you're interested in historical shit. The house replicates the interior of what it was in the 1850s.  A rich lady (name escapes me) whose husband unsuccessfully attempted to kill her for her money, ended up constructing all of the houses on either side of Jackson Square. You do have to ascend a few sets of staircases to get to the stuff and it brought my attention to how quickly one can become deconditioned after a 10 day vacation.It's not a critical stop in your NOLA itinerary but if you have some time and are in the area, check it out.

Nice little 1850s history walk in New Orleans. Very beautiful and well kept. Self guided tour thats only $5 and will last you about 30 minutes max. Wish there was more interactions but its a great pit stop while in New Orleans.

The Creole Christmas house tour they put on from December 26 to 28th was quite a production. Docents dress up in traditional ware and reenact scenes from Christmases past. You get to visit six houses in the Quarter and it's a nice way to see the interior and hear the stories. I slotted two hours for the tour and only got to see three of the six. Would be nice to spend an afternoon to meander through them.

I'm giving this 4 stars. But don't expect a lot. It's just an example of a house in 1850. Neat stuff. If you're into interior design (like the girl who would be my girlfriend), you'll love it. It will only take 45 mins to an hour to go through, so it won't take your whole day up, and it's about 200 feet from 2 other museums in the Jackson Square area.

The House itself was a time capsule of well preserved history. Beautiful with sad moments because of the time period itself. Definitely read the notes throughout the house, they give you an idea of what Jackson square was like as well. The museum store was pretty awesome too, lots of books about the history of the city. I bought this bourbon st home fragrance, best fragrance I've ever bought!! It's amazing. Overall great experience

Interesting place. I never would have known about it except the friend I was walking around the Quarter with mentioned it - the gift shop is free to browse, and to tour the house is $3 plus tax each.The house is set up like it was in the 1850s and has an interesting history. They give you a self-guided pamphlet to walk you through the house, so you are able to learn about its inhabitants - it was built by a lady of higher station, I believe, but then she rented it out to families and boarders. The gift shop is worth poking around also, I had been on a NOLA ghost tour the night previous and there were some books about some of the legends I had heard about. For only $3, this house/museum is worth checking out.

The museum aspect of the tour was a little lame compared to the state museum on the same sq, but my mother and I went on the New Orleans Historical Tour. Charles was our tour guide, and hands down he provided the best tour of any city we've been to. I cannot stress enough how awesome Charles was, but I'm sure all the other tour guides are also great!