List of museums in Louisiana

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This list of museums in Louisiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

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NameTown/CityParishRegionTypeSummary
Finding Our Roots African American MuseumHoumaTerrebonneBaton Rouge areaLocal History website - Local African American History and Culture from slavery to civil right era
Abbeville Museum Abbeville Vermilion Cajun HeartlandMultiple website, local art, history and Acadian culture, operated by the Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance
Abita Mystery House Abita Springs St. Tammany Baton Rouge areaArtFolk art and artistic displays of unusual collections, also known as the UCM Museum
Acadian Cultural Center Lafayette Lafayette Cajun HeartlandCultureExhibits about the origins, migration, settlement, and contemporary culture of the Acadians and other local peoples, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Acadian Museum Erath VermilionCajun HeartlandLocal history website, Acadian heritage and Cajun people of Louisiana
Acadian Village LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandOpen airIncludes an art gallery, doctor's museum, blacksmith shop and several Acadian houses
Acadiana Center for the Arts LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandArt website
Adai Indian Nation Culture Center Robeline Natchitoches NorthwestNative American
Adam Ponthieu Grocery Store & Big Bend Post Office Museum Moreauville Avoyelles CentralHistory [1]
Addis Museum Addis West Baton Rouge Baton Rouge areaLocal history [2]
Alexandre Mouton House LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandHistoric house19th-century home of 9th governor and first Democratic governor of Louisiana Alexandre Mouton
Alexandria Museum of Art Alexandria Rapides CentralArtCollections include contemporary Louisiana art and Northern Louisiana folk art
Alexandria T.R.E.E. House Children's MuseumAlexandriaRapidesCentralChildren's
Andonie Museum Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge areaSports website, history of sports at Louisiana State University
Angola Museum Angola West Feliciana Baton Rouge areaPrison website. History of the Louisiana State Penitentiary
Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of ChampionsShreveportCaddoNorthwestSportsLocated in the foyer of the Shreveport Convention Center [3]
Audubon State Historic Site St. Francisville West FelicianaBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseFeatures the late Federal Period (1790–1830) Oakley Plantation, where artist John James Audubon stayed in 1821
Autrey House Museum Dubach Lincoln NorthwestHistoric house1849 dogtrot log house, owned by the Lincoln Parish Museum [4]
Baker Heritage Museum Baker East Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistory website, operated by the City
Barataria Museum Jean Lafitte JeffersonGreater New OrleansLocal history website, local history, life of pirate Jean Lafitte, culture of area wetland dwellers, coastal environment including erosion, natural and man-made disasters [5]
Barksdale Global Power Museum Bossier CityBossierNorthwestAerospace website, located on Barksdale Air Force Base, features military aircraft and historical artifacts, formerly the Eighth Air Force Museum
Baton Rouge Gallery Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaArt website, contemporary art
Bayou Lacombe Museum Lacombe St. TammanyBaton Rouge areaLocal history [6] [7] [8] Opened in a historic two-room schoolhouse
Bayou Teche Museum New Iberia IberiaSouthwestLocal history website, displays about area history, culture, food and music
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum Houma Terrebonne Baton Rouge areaLocal history website, industries, traditions and personal stories
Beauregard Parish Museum DeRidder Beauregard SouthwestLocal historyLocated in a former railroad depot, includes the Lois Loftin Doll Museum with over 3000 dolls [9] [10]
Bernice Depot Museum Bernice Union NorthwestRailroad website
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens Monroe Ouachita NortheastMultipleIncludes the Biedenharn mansion, Coca-Cola Museum, Bible Museum and gardens
Bienville Depot Museum Arcadia Bienville CentralLocal historyLocal history and art exhibits [11]
Bishop Martin Museum Natchitoches NatchitochesCentralReligiousHistoric artifacts from the early days of the Diocese of Alexandria, adjacent to the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception [12]
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge MonroeOuachitaNortheastNatural historyVisitor center exhibits about the wildlife and ecosystems of the refuge, also live animals
Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum Gibsland BienvilleNorthwestBiographical website, history of gangsters Bonnie & Clyde [13] [14]
Bossier Parish Library Historical Center Bossier City Bossier NorthwestLocal history website, adjacent to the Bossier Central Library
Brimstone Museum Sulphur Calcasieu SouthwestLocal history website, housed in a depot, also changing art exhibits
Butler Greenwood Plantation St. Francisville West FelicianaBaton Rouge areaHistorical house
Cajun Music Hall of Fame Eunice AcadiaCajun HeartlandMusic website, includes Cajun musical instruments, records and albums of Cajun sounds, hall of fame, operated by the Cajun French Music Association
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge Cameron Cameron SouthwestNatural historyVisitor center features exhibits on the birds, wildlife and ecosystems found in the refuge
Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and Museum Tangipahoa TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaMilitaryAmerican Civil War Confederate training base and principal base of operations in eastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi
Canary Islanders Cultural Museum HoumaTerrebonneBaton Rouge areaHistoric house
Capt. Fletcher E. Adams 357th Fighter Group Museum Ida CaddoNorthwestMilitary website, history and memorabilia of the 357th Fighter Group
Capitol Park Museum Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaMultipleExhibits on Louisiana history, industry and culture, branch of the Louisiana State Museum
CARTE Museum Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaLocal historyDedicated to the preservation of original maps and atlases
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandReligiousIncludes the Cathedral Museum with exhibits about the history of the cathedral and the parish
Centenary State Historic Site Jackson East Feliciana Baton Rouge areaEducationRestored buildings of the former Centenary College, exhibits about early education in Louisiana, Civil War medicine, and local history
Central School Arts & Humanities CenterLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestArtHouses arts organizations including the Arts Council of SWLA, several non-profit gallery spaces [15] [16] and the Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu [17]
Charenton Heritage Museum Charenton St. Mary Cajun HeartlandLocal history [18] [19]
Chennault Aviation and Military Museum MonroeOuachitaNortheastAerospace website, located at Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana), history of World War II Selman Army Airfield, General Claire Lee Chennault, historic aircraft and memorabilia
The Children's MuseumLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestChildren's
Children's Museum of AcadianaLafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandChildren's website
Chitimacha MuseumCharentonSt. MaryCajun HeartlandNative American website, heritage and culture of the Chitimacha
Collinswood Museum Ponchatoula TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaLocal history website
Cottonport Museum Cottonport Avoyelles Cajun HeartlandLocal historyIncludes exhibits on area cotton farming [20]
Covington Trailhead Museum Covington St. TammanyBaton Rouge areaLocal history [21]
Creole Heritage Folklife Center Opelousas St. Landry Cajun HeartlandAfrican American [22] [23]
Crystal Rice Plantation Crowley Acadia Cajun HeartlandMultiple website, working rice farm tour, includes Blue Rose Museum, a Creole cottage with decorative collectibles, and Salmon's Classic Car Garage with vintage automobiles
DeFosse Home Mansura AvoyellesCentralHistoric houseFrench Colonial style home, open by appointment [24]
Delta Music Museum Ferriday Concordia CentralMusicLocal musicians
Destrehan Plantation Destrehan St. Charles Greater New OrleansHistoric houseAntebellum plantation home with costumed interpreters depicting historic crafts and life
DeQuincy Railroad Museum DeQuincy Calcasieu SouthwestRailroad website, railroad-related artifacts from the Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific, and Union Pacific Railroads
DeQuincy Town Hall MuseumDeQuincyCalcasieuSouthwestLocal history [25] [26]
Dorcheat Historical Association Museum Minden Webster NorthwestLocal history19th and 20th century local history and culture
Eddie G. Robinson Museum Grambling LincolnNorthwestBiographical website, Grambling State University football coach Eddie G. Robinson
E. D. White Historic Site Thibodaux Lafourche Greater New OrleansHistoric houseOperated by the Louisiana State Museum, 19th century residence of two major Louisiana politicians
Enchanted MansionBaton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaToy website, antique and collectible modern dolls, open by appointment
Eunice Depot Museum Eunice AcadiaCajun HeartlandLocal historyLocated in an old depot [27]
Evergreen Plantation Wallace St. John the Baptist Baton Rouge areaHistoric houseMid 19th century plantation including 22 slave quarters, open by appointment
Fairview-Riverside State Park Madisonville St. TammanyBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseIncludes Otis House Museum
Fort Jackson, Louisiana Port Sulphur Plaquemines Baton Rouge areaMilitaryEarly 19th century fort that was a battle site in the American Civil War.
Fort Jesup State Historic Site Many Sabine CentralMilitaryFort used to protect the United States border with Spain in the early 19th century
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site NatchitochesNatchitochesCentralMilitaryRestored 18th century military outpost and commercial trade center
Frogmore Plantation FerridayConcordiaCentralOpen air website, 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) working cotton plantation with restored antebellum farm buildings
German-American Cultural Center and Museum Gretna Jefferson Greater New OrleansEthnic website, German immigrant contributions to Louisiana's history and culture
Germantown Colony and Museum MindenWebsterNorthwestHistory19th century Harmony Society site
GOSH Museum Slidell St. TammanyGreater New OrleansLocal historyLocated in the restored Our Lady of Lourdes convent [6]
Grandmother's ButtonsSt. FrancisvilleWest FelicianaBaton Rouge areaCommodity website, store and museum with antique buttons and fasteners
Greenwood Plantation (Louisiana) St. FrancisvilleWest FelicianaBaton Rouge areaHistoric house website
Gretna Historical Society MuseumGretnaJeffersonGreater New OrleansOpen air website, complex includes local history exhibits, 19th century period Creole cottage, Louisiana State Fire Museum in a historic firehouse, blacksmith shop, caboose museum
Grevemberg House Museum Franklin St. MaryCajun HeartlandHistoric house website, mid-19th century period antebellum townhouse
Gueydan Museum Gueydan VermilionCajun HeartlandLocal history website
H J Smith's Son General Store and Museum Covington St. TammanyBaton Rouge areaHistoryHistoric general store and museum of local historic artifacts and oddities [6] [21] [28]
Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum Homer Claiborne NorthwestLocal history
Hermione Museum Tallulah Madison NorthwestLocal history information, operated by the Madison Historical Society, includes exhibit on Madam C. J. Walker
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural CenterLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestArt website, city's public art gallery
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens Darrow AscensionBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseMid 19th century plantation house and buildings
Iberville Museum Plaquemine Iberville Baton Rouge areaLocal history website
ICONS Museum St. Tammany Covington North Shore areaArt & entertainmentPrivate museum, appointment only, displaying the work of the artist Matthew Montero; Website
Imperial Calcasieu Museum Lake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestMultiple website, local art and history
Independence Italian Cultural Museum Independence TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaEthnicOpen by appointment, area Italian culture and heritage [29]
International Petroleum Museum and Exposition Morgan City St. MaryCajun HeartlandIndustry website, also known as the Rig Museum, offshore oil and gas industry, oil rig tours [30]
Isaiah Garrett Law Office MonroeOuachitaNortheastHistoric site website, 1840s period law office, operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Regional Visitor Center Shreveport Caddo NorthwestMaritime website, history along the Red River and the works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jackson Parish Heritage Museum Jonesboro Jackson NortheastLocal history website, operated by the Jackson Parish Museum & Fine Arts Association
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Chalmette St. Bernard Greater New OrleansMilitaryChalmette Battlefield visitor center, exhibits about the Battle of New Orleans
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Marrero JeffersonNatural historyBarataria Preserve includes trails, visitor center displays about the ecology of the wetlands, the national importance of the area, and the relation between the land and its people
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve ThibodauxLafourcheGreater New OrleansCultureWetlands Acadian Cultural Center
Jeanerette Museum Jeanerette IberiaSouthwestLocal history website
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum ShreveportCaddoNorthwestMultipleFeatures changing exhibits of history, art and culture from its collections
Kent Plantation House AlexandriaRapidesCentralHistoric houseFeatures French, Spanish and American cultural influences
Kentwood Museum Kentwood TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaLocal history website, features display about singerBritney Spears
Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras MuseumBossier CityBossierNorthwestAmusement website, history of Mardi Gras in Louisiana, costumes and floats
Lafayette Arts Association GalleryLafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandArt website
Lafayette Science Museum LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandScience website, exhibits on space, geology, meteorites, planetarium, formerly the Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum MadisonvilleSt. TammanyBaton Rouge areaMaritime website, maritime history of Lake Pontchartrain Basin, the lower Mississippi River Valley, and the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, including boats, canals, lighthouses and Civil War history
Laura Plantation Vacherie St. James Baton Rouge areaHistoric house19th century Créole-style big house and outbuildings, including six slave quarters
Laurel Valley Village Museum and Country Store ThibodauxLafourcheGreater New OrleansOpen airHistoric village and plantation within a modern sugar cane farm, general store with agriculture tools and displays
Leatherwood Museum Oakdale Allen SouthwestLocal historyLocal history, culture, agriculture and timber industries
Le Vieux VillageOpelousasSt. LandryCajun HeartlandOpen air website, includes historic rural life buildings, Jim Bowie Museum, Louisiana Orphan Train Museum
Le Musee' De Kaplan Kaplan VermilionCajun HeartlandLocal history [31]
Lincoln Parish Museum Ruston LincolnNortheastHistoric house website, also known as the Kidd-Davis House, operated by the Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society
Log Cabin Museum Shongaloo WebsterNorthwestHistory [32]
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site St. Martinville St. Martin Cajun HeartlandOpen airIncludes a reproduction 1800 period Acadian farmstead with outbuildings, and the 1815 Maison Olivier plantation home
Louisiana Art and Science Museum Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaMultipleArt, science, astronomy, natural history
Louisiana Children's Discovery Center Hammond TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaChildren's website
Louisiana Governor's Mansion Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistoric house1963 official residence of the governor of Louisiana
Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and MuseumAbbevilleVermilionCajun HeartlandMilitary website, Louisiana veterans, focus is World War II, located at the Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport
Louisiana History Museum AlexandriaRapidesCentralHistoryState and local history
Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum Pineville RapidesCentralMilitary website, located at Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, history of the Louisiana National Guard
Louisiana Military Museum RustonLincolnNortheastMilitary website
Louisiana Museum of Natural History Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaNatural historyPart of Louisiana State University, exhibits in the Textile and Costume Museum, and the Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana Orphan Train MuseumOpelousasSt. LandryCajun HeartlandHistory website, history of the Orphan Train riders from the New York Foundling Hospital to Louisiana between the years 1873 and 1929
Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame Winnfield Winn CentralHistoryImportant Louisiana politicians and memorabilia
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum NatchitochesNatchitochesCentralSportsBranch of the Louisiana State Museum, accomplishments by Louisiana athletes, coaches and sports stars
Louisiana State Archive and Research Library Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaArtChanging displays from its collections
Louisiana State Capitol Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistory website
Louisiana State Cotton Museum Lake Providence East Carroll NortheastAgriculture website, 7-acre (28,000 m2) museum complex includes planter's house, sharecropper's cabin, outhouse, commissary, general store, church, and museum exhibit hall
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum ShreveportCaddoNorthwestHistory website, Louisiana history and culture
Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum Oil City CaddoNorthwestIndustry website, exhibits include area oil and gas industry, Caddo Indians
Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum Ville Platte Evangeline Cajun HeartlandLocal historyFeatures Swamp pop memorabilia from the 1950s/1960s [33] [34]
Louisiana Telephone Pioneer Museum Jennings Jefferson DavisSouthwestTechnologyAlso known as the Children's Telephone Museum, located in the same building as the W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum [35]
LSU GalleriesBaton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaArt website, operated by Louisiana State University, the Glassell Gallery is located at the Shaw Center for the Arts, the Foster Gallery is on campus in Foster Hall, [36] Union Art Gallery in the LSU Student Union [37]
LSU Museum of Art Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaArtOperated by Louisiana State University at the Shaw Center for the Arts
LSU Pioneer Heritage CenterShreveportCaddoNorthwestOpen air website, open by appointment, operated by Louisiana State University
LSU Rural Life Museum Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaOpen airIncludes 19th century plantation buildings, examples of different Louisiana buildings, and a barn with tools, household items and antique equipment
Madisonville MuseumMadisonvilleSt. TammanyBaton Rouge areaLocal historyLocated in a historic courthouse [6]
Magnolia Mound Plantation Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseEarly 19th century plantation house and outbuildings
Magnolia Plantation Derry NatchitochesCentralOpen airPart of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, mid 19th century plantation
Maison Jean Marie Laran MuseumVille PlatteEvangelineCajun HeartlandLocal historyHistoric 1880s home filled with festival artefacts, period antiques and a collection of videos of persons born and raised in Evangeline Parish [38]
Mansfield Female College Museum Mansfield DeSoto NorthwestEducation website, history and memorabilia of the first women's institute of higher learning west of the Mississippi River
Mansfield State Historic Site MansfieldDeSotoNorthwestMilitaryMuseum and preserved site of the American Civil War Battle of Mansfield
Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial CalcasieuLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestAmusement website, Mardi Gras costumes, located inside the Central School Arts & Humanities Center
Marksville State Historic Site Marksville AvoyellesCentralArchaeologyPrehistoric Indian mounds and museum
Marlene Yu MuseumShreveportCaddoNorthwestArt website, life and works of artist Marlene Tseng Yu
Martin Home Place Museum Columbia Caldwell NortheastLivingLate 19th-century cotton plantation house with demonstrations of farm life [39]
Masur Museum of Art MonroeOuachitaNortheastArtVisual arts
Meadows Museum of Art ShreveportCaddoNorthwestArtPart of Centenary College
Melrose Plantation Melrose NatchitochesCentralHistoric house1830s plantation built by and for free blacks
Merryville Museum Merryville BeauregardSouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Merryville Historical Society
Mooringsport Mini Museum Mooringsport CaddoNorthwestLocal history website, photographs, paintings, prints and artifacts of local history
Multicultural Center of the South ShreveportCaddoNorthwestCultureIncludes art and cultural exhibits from many cultures
Museum of Political History Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistoryHoused in the Old Louisiana State Capitol, exhibits on Louisiana's political history
Museum of the Acadian Memorial St. MartinvilleSt. MartinCajun HeartlandEthnic website, Acadian culture and migration to Louisiana
Museum of West Louisiana Leesville Vernon SouthwestOpen-airComplex includes the 1917 Kansas City Southern Railway Depot, railroad section house, shotgun house, 1850s dogtrot house, and pioneer style barn [40] [41]
Myrtles Plantation St. FrancisvilleWest FelicianaBaton Rouge areaHistoric house1796 plantation bed and breakfast open for tours
National Hansen's Disease Museum Carville IbervilleGreater New OrleansMedicalFormer sugar plantation and leprosy hospital
Northeast Louisiana Children's MuseumMonroeOuachitaNortheastChildren's website
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage MuseumMonroeOuachitaNortheastAfrican American [42] [43]
Nottoway Plantation White Castle IbervilleBaton Rouge areaHistoric House1859 plantation mansion
Oak Alley Plantation VacherieSt. JamesBaton Rouge areaHistoric house19th century sugar cane plantation
Oakland Plantation NatchitochesNatchitochesCentralOpen airPart of Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Oaklawn Manor Franklin St. MaryCajun HeartlandHistoric houseMid 19th century plantation mansion
Old Arsenal Museum Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaMilitary website, exhibits about historic powder magazine and the history of the State Capitol grounds
Old Louisiana Governor's Mansion Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseModeled after the White House
Old Town Hall MuseumPinevilleRapidesCentralHistoryRestored 1935 town hall, exhibits about municipal government [44]
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center OpelousasSt. LandryCajun HeartlandLocal history website
Ormond Plantation House Destrehan St. Charles Greater New OrleansHistoric house18th century plantation home featuring historic life and architecture
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandArtPart of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, collection includes 18th through 21st century European, Asian and American art
Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site PlaquemineIbervilleBaton Rouge areaTransportationHistoric canal lock and lockhouse museum
Pointe Coupee Parish Museum New Roads Pointe Coupee Baton Rouge areaHistoric houseCreole house [45]
Port Hudson State Historic Site Port Hudson East FelicianaBaton Rouge areaMilitaryMuseum and site of the longest siege in American history during the American Civil War from May 23 through July 9, 1863
Poverty Point State Historic Site Pioneer West Carroll NortheastArchaeologyPrehistoric mounds and museum
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center EuniceAcadiaCajun HeartlandCultureIncludes Cajun history, language, music, architecture, clothing, religion, cuisine and farming, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Rebel State Historic Site Marthaville NatchitochesCentralMusicCountry and folk music performers, history and instruments
Red River Crossroads Museum Gilliam CaddoNorthwestLocal historyLocated in the Shreve Memorial Library, open by appointment only [46]
Republic of West Florida MuseumJacksonEast FelicianaBaton Rouge areaLocal history website, includes Civil War and military artifacts, antique cars, planes and carriages, Antebellum furnishings, ship models, wildlife, and musical instruments
River Road African American Museum DonaldsonvilleAscensionBaton Rouge areaAfrican AmericanHistory, culture and contributions of African Americans in Louisiana
Rivertown Kenner JeffersonGreater New OrleansMultiple website, 16 block historic district that includes the Rivertown Science Complex, Kenner Heritage Park
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site St. FrancisvilleWest FelicianaBaton Rouge areaHistoric house19th century plantation
R. W. Norton Art Gallery ShreveportCaddoNorthwestArtCollection includes American and European fine art, sculpture and decorative arts
Sam Guarino Blacksmith Shop MuseumAbbevilleVermilionCajun HeartlandHistory1920s period blacksmith shop [47]
San Francisco Plantation Garyville St. John the Baptist Baton Rouge areaHistoric house1850s period plantation house
Schepis Museum Columbia CaldwellNortheastMultipleLocal art and history [48]
Sci-Port ShreveportCaddoNorthwestScience website, includes hands-on science and math exhibits, a space planetarium and domed IMAX Theater
Shadows-on-the-Teche New Iberia Iberia Cajun HeartlandHistoric house19th century plantation home and gardens, operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Sherman Fine Arts CenterLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestArt website, part of McNeese State University, includes the Grand Gallery
Shreveport Railroad Museum ShreveportCaddoNorthwestRailroadHistory of railroads in and around Shreveport since 1860, operated by the Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society [49] [50]
Shreveport Water Works Museum ShreveportCaddoNorthwestTechnologyFormer water pumping station with preserved steam machinery
Simmesport Fishing Industry Museum Simmesport AvoyellesCentralMaritimeDisplays in the local library on fishing customs and traditions along the Atchafalaya River [51]
Slidell Cultural Center Slidell St. TammanyGreater New OrleansMultipleChanging exhibits of art, history and science, located in City Hall [52]
Slidell Mardi Gras MuseumSlidellSt. TammanyGreater New OrleansAmusementAccessed through the Slidell Museum, feature Carnival memorabilia including dresses, costumes, scepters, goblets and throws and historical scrapbooks [53]
Slidell Museum SlidellSt. TammanyGreater New OrleansLocal history website, located in the old town jail
Snyder Museum Bastrop Morehouse NortheastLocal history website, local history, arts center
Southdown Plantation House HoumaTerrebonneBaton Rouge areaLocal history19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum with exhibits of local history, period displays and Native American culture
Southern Forest Heritage Museum Long Leaf RapidesCentralIndustry website, lumber industry, features 57-acre (230,000 m2) complete sawmill facility with steam-powered logging and milling equipment
Southern University Museum of Art in Baton RougeBaton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaArtOperated by Southern University, African and African American art [54] [55]
Southern University Museum of Art in ShreveportShreveportCaddoNorthwestArtOperated by Southern University, African and African American art [56]
Spring Street Historical Museum ShreveportCaddoNorthwestLocal history website
St. James Culture and Heritage Center Lutcher St. JamesGreater New OrleansLocal history [57]
St. Joseph Plantation VacherieSt. JamesBaton Rouge areaHistoric house19th century plantation
St. Martinville Cultural Heritage CenterSt. MartinvilleSt. MartinCajun HeartlandMultipleIncludes the African American Museum and the Museum of the Acadian Memorial [58]
Stage of Stars MuseumShreveportCaddoNorthwestMedia website, stars who have performed at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
Stagecoach Trail Museum Mount Lebanon BienvilleNorthwestLocal historyOperated by the Mount Lebanon Historical Society
Stephens African American MuseumShreveportCaddoNorthwestAfrican American website
TABASCO Pepper Sauce MuseumAvery ISlandNew IberiaSoutheastBrand HistoryOwned and Operated by McIlhenny Company producers of Tabasco sauce, https://www.tabasco.com/visit-avery-island/
Talbot MuseumBossier CityBossierNorthwestMedicalLocated in the Willis-Knighton Innovation Center, history of modern medicine and important area health figures [59]
Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum Hammond TangipahoaBaton Rouge areaAfrican American
Tee Joe Gonzales Museum Gonzales AscensionBaton Rouge areaHistoric houseOpen by appointment, home of Tee Joe Gonzales, the founding father of Gonzales [60] [61]
Tioga Heritage Park and MuseumPinevilleRapidesCentralLocal history website, preserved commissary building with exhibits of area history [62]
Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum Haughton BossierNorthwestNatural history website, mounted animal dioramas
Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Museum Marksville AvoyellesCentralNative AmericanHistory and culture of the Tunica-Biloxi, including artifacts from the Tunica treasure [63]
ULM Museum of Natural History MonroeOuachitaNortheastNatural history website, part of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, natural history of North Louisiana, mounts of African, North American, and Asian animals, rocks, gems, and minerals, models and fossils of dinosaurs, ancient vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, area Native American artifacts
USS Kidd & Veterans Memorial Baton RougeEast Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaMaritime Fletcher class destroyer museum ship
USS Orleck Naval MuseumLake CharlesCalcasieuSouthwestMaritime Gearing-class destroyer museum ship
Varnado Store Museum Franklinton Washington Baton Rouge areaLocal historyHistoric store with changing exhibits of local history and art [64] [65]
Vermilionville LafayetteLafayetteCajun HeartlandLiving website, Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park recreates life in the Acadiana area between 1765 and 1890
Vivian Railroad Station Museum Vivian CaddoNorthwestRailroadHistoric depot with area railroad and local history displays, operated by the Historical Society of North Caddo
W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum JenningsJefferson DavisSouthwestHistory website, 20th century general store with household and local cultural items and antiques, antique toys, Coushatta pine needle baskets
Washington Museum & Tourist Center Washington St. LandryBaton Rouge areaLocal history [66]
Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum Patterson St. MaryCajun HeartlandMultipleExhibits on aviation and the cypress lumber industry, branch of the Louisiana State Museum
Welsh Museum Welsh Jefferson DavisSouthwestLocal history [67]
West Baton Rouge Museum Port Allen West Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaMultiple website, includes the 1830s period Aillet House, plantation and shotgun cabins, local history displays
West Feliciana Historical Society MuseumSt. FrancisvilleWest FelicianaBaton Rouge areaLocal history [68] [69]
Westwego Historical Museum Westwego JeffersonGreater New OrleansLocal historyFeatures an early 20th-century period hardware store, furnished upstairs living quarters with antique furniture [70]
Winter Quarters State Historic Site Newellton Tensas NortheastHistoric houseAntebellum period cotton plantation house
Zachary Historic Village Zachary East Baton RougeBaton Rouge areaOpen airEight buildings in a two block area [71]
Zigler Art Museum JenningsJefferson DavisSouthwestArtIncludes major movements in art from the Middle Ages to the present

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Covington is a city in, and the parish seat of, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,564 at the 2020 United States census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River. Covington is part of the Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA metropolitan statistical area. Covington has played a large role in movie making over the past 20 years, featuring in over 30 films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lacombe, Louisiana</span> Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States

Lacombe is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,679 at the 2010 census, and 8,657 in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slidell, Louisiana</span> City in Louisiana, United States

Slidell is a city on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 28,781 at the 2020 census, making it the sixteenth-most populous city in Louisiana. It is part of the New Orleans−Metairie−Kenner metropolitan statistical area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shreveport, Louisiana</span> City in Louisiana, United States

Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. The 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, while the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area had a population of 393,406.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Orleans metropolitan area</span> Metropolitan area

The New Orleans metropolitan area, designated the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, or simply Greater New Orleans, is a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing seven Louisiana parishes—the equivalent of counties in other U.S. states—centered on the city of New Orleans. The population of Greater New Orleans was 1,271,845 in 2020, up from 1,189,166 at the 2010 United States census. Greater New Orleans is the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana, and the 45th most populous in the United States. According to 2017 census estimates, the broader New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area (CSA) had a population of 1,510,562.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delgado Community College</span> Community college in Louisiana, U.S.

Delgado Community College(DCC) is a public community college in Louisiana, with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its current campuses are in New Orleans (Orleans Parish) and in Jefferson Parish. The original City Park Campus is located in the Navarre neighborhood adjacent to New Orleans City Park.

River Road African American Museum is a museum of culture and history in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1994, it was among the first Louisiana museums to tell the story of Africans and African Americans, both slave and free. The museum notes their contributions to the River Road region, both before and after the American Civil War. Because of its significance, the museum was identified as one of the first 26 sites included by the state in 2008 on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Genevieve Church</span>

St. Genevieve Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans located along the northeastern edge of Lake Pontchartrain in Slidell, Louisiana, United States. St. Genevieve is one of eight parishes which belongs to Deanery XII - East St. Tammany - Washington Deanery, an ecclesiastical division of the archdiocese.

Slidell High School is a public school for grades nine through twelve located in Slidell, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish Public School District and serves portions of west and central Slidell as well as a section of Lacombe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Index of Louisiana-related articles</span>

The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of Louisiana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louisiana African American Heritage Trail</span>

Louisiana African American Heritage Trail is a cultural heritage trail with 38 sites designated by the state of Louisiana, from New Orleans along the Mississippi River to Baton Rouge and Shreveport, with sites in small towns and plantations also included. In New Orleans several sites are within a walking area. Auto travel is required to reach sites outside the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francois Cousin House (Slidell, Louisiana)</span> Historic house in Louisiana, United States

The Francois Cousin House near Slidell is located in eastern St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, west of the City of Slidell, Louisiana. The house is a French Creole Cottage, likely built between 1778 and 1790, by Francois Cousin. Cousin, born in 1745 in New Orleans, managed his father's lumber and brick making business interests on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. He built this home facing Bayou Liberty which has direct access to Lake Pontchartrain. Behind the home are the pits used to mine the clay. Cousin also owned property in Lacombe, Louisiana.

The Rural African American Museum is a museum in Opelousas that focuses on the history of African Americans living in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the American Civil War to the present. It was inaugurated in late 2018 and is free to tour, although its operations rely primarily on donations. The museum's creator and president is Wilken Jones, a retired social studies school teacher who grew up in the nearby town of Plaisance. The permanent exposition showcases books, objects and press clippings that pertain to the economic, religious and political history of the region. The items on display include antique bedroom furniture, kitchen utensils and farm tools, among other things. The exposition illustrates the conditions of life of many Black sharecroppers in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Lacombe School, built in 1913 in Lacombe, Louisiana as a one-story two-room schoolhouse, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was then the Lacombe Museum. It is now known as the Bayou Lacombe Museum.

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