My husband and I attended tours for both the Gallier House and the Hermann-Grima House. For the month of October the Gallier House had a special focus on Creole Mourning rituals and etiquette during the 1700-1800s. It was incredibly interesting, and the docents/tour guides were extremely knowledgeable about both the house and subject matter. They were even able to answer questions about topics tangential to the tour focus so they truly knew the subject (s) in depth not just had a set of tour talking points memorized. We would highly recommend this tour.

We also toured the Hermann-Grima House, which is a part of the same organization, and they had just started a new tour about Urban Enslavement. Very thought provoking. Our guide went in depth about the differences of the day to day lives that enslaved people in urban households lived versus that of enslaved people on a rural farm or plantation might have experienced. I definitely learned a few new things, and, once again, the tour guide was deeply knowledgeable about the subject. We would recommend this tour to anyone looking to get to know the "real" history of New Orleans beyond the pretty architecture but the true day to day minutiae of the time period that built the French Quarter.