Woodland Plantation, is the historic site of the largest slave revolt in the U.S. South, where freedom-seekers were violently suppressed and their memory nearly erased. The house is also the birthplace of jazz pioneer Edward “Kid” Ory, whose musical innovations shaped early New Orleans jazz and launched the careers of legends like Louis Armstrong.

Currently, the Woodland Plantation hosts temporary exhibits on the 1811 Slave Revolt and the plantation to petrochemical through-line. Over the next two years, the Woodland Plantation Advisory Committee and the Interim Executive Director will collaborate with the Woodland Quarters community to build permanent exhibits, create programming, and shape the future of Woodland as a museum and cultural center.