1850 House Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience the 1850 House. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• French Quarter Walking Tour With Comp 1850 House Museum Admission

• Go City: New Orleans All-Inclusive Pass with Over 25 Attractions

Admission to the 1850 House is US$8 per adult for a self-guided tour. US$6 tickets are available for students, seniors, kids, and active military personnel, and children under 6 years old can enter for free.

The 1850 House is a museum that recreates the grandeur of upper-middle-class antebellum life in New Orleans in its most prosperous, elite period. Across from Jackson Square, the house doesn't represent any single family's home but instead showcases mid-19th-century prosperity, taste, and daily life through period-appropriate furnishings and decorative arts.

Yes. While the 1850 House primarily offers self-guided tours, you can also take docent-led or curator-led tours on a limited basis—check the museum’s website for details. The Friends of the Cabildo offers paid French Quarter walking tours that include free admission to the 1850 House Museum.

The 1850 House Museum is furnished with period-appropriate domestic goods and decorative arts, including Old Paris porcelain, New Orleans silver, and paintings. The 3-story residence showcases revival artworks, furniture inspired by rococo, Gothic, and classical styles, and innovations of the day like walk-in closets and private bathrooms.

Not fully. The 1850 House has limited accessibility, as it's on the National Register of Historic Places and can’t be updated to modern codes. The Museum Store, courtyard, and ground-floor exhibitions are wheelchair accessible; the upper floors with period rooms are not fully accessible due to the steep, narrow stairs.