On Wednesday mornings from October through April
you can see:

Open Hearth Cooking
Candle Making
Soap Making
Butter Churning
Laundry
Quilting

Reservations are required for Open Hearth Cooking and Group Tours

 

School Days

Throughout the school year Kent Plantation House designates Wednesdays as our "School Day". These days offer many different activities for classes of all ages and sizes.

Click here for instructions on booking a school tour.

Education packets are available that cover:
Yellow Fever (Venn Diagram)
Plantation Life
Black History Month
Clothing
and more!

Magdelaine's Trunk

A traveling exhibit to schools, nursing homes
and civic groups; Magdelaine's Trunk contains artifacts of the wife of the builder of Kent House. Free and available by reservation.

 
Calendar of Events :




Alexandria Afire! A Living History Event
May 10, 2008
Dusk is falling, the evening is calm. Until rifle fire erupts, that is. There will be soldiers on the grounds of Kent Plantation House once again. There will be a Ladies' Tea, drills and demonstrations and a Camp Dance.
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Jane in June
June 23 - 27, 2008
A summer camp revolving around ladies arts and
tasks of the 19th century.



Camp Kent House
History Camp - Rolling with the Rhythm
July 11, 18, & 25, 2008
For children ages 7-12.
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Funeral Re-enactment & Cemetery Tour
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Each October brings about the re-enactment of Sosthene Baillio's funeral.
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Sugar Day Festival
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Second Saturday of November - a day filled with family fun, arts and crafts, and entertainment.
Kent Plantation House Exhibits:

January - Family Life in the 19th Century

February - Black History Month

March - Southern Writers

April - Herbs

May - Alexandria Afire!

June - Childhood in the 19th Century

July - Childhood in the 19th Century

August - Decades of Change: Fashion from 1795 - 1855

September - Yellow Fever

October - A House in Mourning

November - Plantation Occupations

December - Plantation Occupations

 

Admission prices: 
Adults - $6
Seniors (65 and above) - $5
Military, AAA Members - $5
Children ages 6 through 12 -  $2

 
Group Tours Available
Guided tours only.   
Open 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday
Tours at 9, 10, & 11a.m. and 1, 2, & 3p.m.

3601 Bayou Rapides Road
Alexandria, Louisiana
Phone: 318-487-5998
Fax:  318-442-4154
Email   admin@kenthouse.org
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