Re-creation of a very interesting little fort. We had no idea of any of the local history since we had never been to this part of Louisiana before. It turns out to be quite interesting. We spent a nice couple of hours touring the fort, going on a short tour, and learning the local history.
My grandchildren are home schoolers and they loved the hands on self guided tour. They got to see a real Fort and learn how they lived back then. Thank you!!!!
The interior museum is enjoyable and informative but the tour of the fort replication is great. The rangers are very knowledgeable and love to answer your questions. I ended up getting the tour with a girl scout troop and the rangers worked really well with the girls.
Well...they were having a re-enactment of the attack on Fort Jean Baptiste. It was the major thing we wanted to take our grandkids to see. We arrived 5 minutes before it started and as we started down the path to the stands...they called us back and would not let us go. They had decided to start a few minutes early !! I was SO ANGRY. We had verified the time with someone who was in the re-enactment and the flyers and brochures at the hotel and downtown.
Great historical information a very good museum and films and a great view of rivers. Told of first sellers in 1700's and civil war era.
I visited this site with my family when they came from out of state. It was the perfect place for them to get a small glimpse of early life in Louisiana. The two guides working that the site were very knowledgeable and spent a good amount of time answering questions and explaining things in relation to other historic events. The re-creation of the fort is interesting to walk around and the artifacts inside the building are neat, but the guides really make this a worthwhile trip. We spend about 90 minutes at the site and it was an adequate amount of time to see things. :)
I used to reenact there. I donated the 16th century French document in the Museum and my husband Frank donated the square , handmade nails. wonderful reenactment. I need to go back sometime.
Although it is not the original fort, but a recreation of the original fort, it is still very interesting to see. A full-size reproduction of the fort's barracks, Commandant's quarters, storage facilities, jail, church, and others. Has costumed actors who interact with the visitors, giving insight about life during this time period. Admission is $4.00 per adult, but well worth it, if you like history / old forts and the like. There are a lot of static displays in the visitor's center, along with a 15 min. movie presentation. Allot about 2 hours. Worth the time to visit.
this is an awesome place to tour and learn about. i been goin here since i was a teenager and ive always loved it
The Fort had a nice video giving the history of the founding of Natchitoches and there were some nice exhibits in the museum. The grounds were lovely to walk around down by the river.