Natchez Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres in Natchez, MS, Mississippi.
Auburn Museum and Historic Home is an Antebellum home built in the early 1800s and was the first major building in Natchez to follow an actual architectural plan. The home is a National Historic Landmark and is open throughout the year for tours. Gift shop on site.
The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians is a 128-acre (52-ha) site that features a museum accredited by the American Association of Museums, a reconstructed Natchez Indian house and three ceremonial mounds. Two of the mounds - the Great Sun's Mound and the Temple Mound - have been excavated and rebuilt to their original sizes and shapes. Open daily, group tours available by appointment.
Historic Jefferson College dates to the very early 1800s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property, which today is home annual events such as the Copper Magnolia Festival, a Civil War re-enactment, vintage baseball games and a children's Christmas festival, has been a popular film location for Civil War and Southern films. Informational tours, which include interpretive exhibits, a gift shop and a nature trail of several miles are all open to visitors with free admission.
The Joseph Newman Stone House is featured on the Spring Pilgrimage Tour for its Antebellum Music Room and Billiard Hall. Private classical piano performances with complimentary wine are available in the music room during the spring pilgrimage, as well as house tours.
Stanton Hall was built in 1858 on an entire city block and is today listed as an official National Historic Landmark. In addition to serving as a venue for weddings and special events, the historic property is home to the Carriage House Restaurant and daily tours are given of the home with hostesses dressed in antebellum costumes.







