List of museums in Louisiana explained

See also: List of museums in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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.

Museums

NameTown/CityParishRegionTypeSummary
Finding Our Roots African American MuseumHoumaTerrebonneBaton Rouge areaLocal Historywebsite - Local African American History and Culture from slavery to civil right era
Abbeville MuseumCajun Heartland Multiple website, local art, history and Acadian culture, operated by the Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance
Abita Mystery HouseBaton Rouge area Art Folk art and artistic displays of unusual collections, also known as the UCM Museum
Cajun Heartland Culture Exhibits about the origins, migration, settlement, and contemporary culture of the Acadians and other local peoples, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Vermilion Cajun Heartland Local history website, Acadian heritage and Cajun people of Louisiana
Acadian VillageLafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Open air Includes an art gallery, doctor's museum, blacksmith shop and several Acadian houses
Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Art website
Adai Indian Nation Culture Center Northwest Native American
Adam Ponthieu Grocery Store & Big Bend Post Office MuseumCentral History [1]
Addis Museum Baton Rouge area Local history [2]
Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Historic house 19th-century home of 9th governor and first Democratic governor of Louisiana Alexandre Mouton
Alexandria Museum of ArtCentral Art Collections include contemporary Louisiana art and Northern Louisiana folk art
Alexandria T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum Alexandria Rapides Central Children's
Andonie MuseumBaton Rouge area Sports website, history of sports at Louisiana State University
Angola MuseumWest FelicianaBaton Rouge area Prison website. History of the Louisiana State Penitentiary
Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions Shreveport Caddo Northwest Sports Located in the foyer of the Shreveport Convention Center[3]
Audubon State Historic SiteWest Feliciana Baton Rouge area Historic house Features the late Federal Period (1790–1830) Oakley Plantation, where artist John James Audubon stayed in 1821
Autrey House Museum Northwest Historic house 1849 dogtrot log house, owned by the Lincoln Parish Museum[4]
Baker Heritage Museum East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area History website, operated by the City
Barataria MuseumJefferson Greater New Orleans Local 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 MuseumBossier City Bossier Northwest Aerospace website, located on Barksdale Air Force Base, features military aircraft and historical artifacts, formerly the Eighth Air Force Museum
Baton Rouge GalleryBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Art website, contemporary art
St. Tammany Baton Rouge area Local history [6] [7] [8] Opened in a historic two-room schoolhouse
Iberia Southwest Local history website, displays about area history, culture, food and music
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife MuseumBaton Rouge area Local history website, industries, traditions and personal stories
Beauregard Parish Museum Southwest Local history Located in a former railroad depot, includes the Lois Loftin Doll Museum with over 3000 dolls[9] [10]
Bernice Depot MuseumNorthwest Railroad website
Biedenharn Museum and GardensNortheast Multiple Includes the Biedenharn mansion, Coca-Cola Museum, Bible Museum and gardens
Bienville Depot MuseumCentral Local history Local history and art exhibits[11]
Bishop Martin MuseumNatchitoches Central Religious Historic 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 RefugeMonroe Ouachita Northeast Natural history Visitor center exhibits about the wildlife and ecosystems of the refuge, also live animals
Bonnie & Clyde Ambush MuseumBienville Northwest Biographical website, history of gangsters Bonnie & Clyde[13] [14]
Bossier Parish Library Historical Center Northwest Local history website, adjacent to the Bossier Central Library
Brimstone MuseumSouthwest Local history website, housed in a depot, also changing art exhibits
Butler Greenwood PlantationWest Feliciana Baton Rouge area Historical house
Cajun Music Hall of Fame Acadia Cajun Heartland Music 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 RefugeSouthwest Natural history Visitor center features exhibits on the birds, wildlife and ecosystems found in the refuge
Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and MuseumTangipahoa Baton Rouge area Military American Civil War Confederate training base and principal base of operations in eastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi
Canary Islanders Cultural MuseumHouma Terrebonne Baton Rouge area Historic house
Capt. Fletcher E. Adams 357th Fighter Group Museum Caddo Northwest Military website, history and memorabilia of the 357th Fighter Group
Capitol Park MuseumBaton Rouge East Baton RougeBaton Rouge area Multiple Exhibits on Louisiana history, industry and culture, branch of the Louisiana State Museum
CARTE MuseumBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Local history Dedicated to the preservation of original maps and atlases
Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Religious Includes the Cathedral Museum with exhibits about the history of the cathedral and the parish
Centenary State Historic SiteBaton Rouge area Education Restored buildings of the former Centenary College, exhibits about early education in Louisiana, Civil War medicine, and local history
Central School Arts & Humanities Center Lake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Art Houses 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 MuseumCajun Heartland Local history [18] [19]
Chennault Aviation and Military MuseumMonroe Ouachita Northeast Aerospace 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 Museum Lake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Children's
Children's Museum of Acadiana Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Children's website
Chitimacha Museum CharentonSt. Mary Cajun Heartland Native American website, heritage and culture of the Chitimacha
Collinswood Museum Tangipahoa Baton Rouge area Local history website
Cottonport MuseumCajun Heartland Local history Includes exhibits on area cotton farming[20]
Covington Trailhead Museum St. Tammany Baton Rouge area Local history [21]
Creole Heritage Folklife CenterCajun Heartland African American [22] [23]
Crystal Rice Plantation CrowleyCajun Heartland Multiple 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 Avoyelles CentralHistoric house French Colonial style home, open by appointment[24]
Delta Music MuseumCentral Music Local musicians
Destrehan PlantationGreater New Orleans Historic house Antebellum plantation home with costumed interpreters depicting historic crafts and life
DeQuincy Railroad MuseumSouthwest Railroad website, railroad-related artifacts from the Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific, and Union Pacific Railroads
DeQuincy Town Hall Museum DeQuincy Calcasieu Southwest Local history [25] [26]
Dorcheat Historical Association MuseumNorthwest Local history 19th and 20th century local history and culture
Eddie G. Robinson MuseumLincoln Northwest Biographicalwebsite, Grambling State University football coach Eddie G. Robinson
E. D. White Historic SiteGreater New Orleans Historic house Operated by the Louisiana State Museum, 19th century residence of two major Louisiana politicians
Enchanted Mansion Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Toy website, antique and collectible modern dolls, open by appointment
Eunice Depot Museum Acadia Cajun Heartland Local history Located in an old depot[27]
Evergreen PlantationBaton Rouge area Historic house Mid 19th century plantation including 22 slave quarters, open by appointment
Fairview-Riverside State ParkSt. Tammany Baton Rouge area Historic house Includes Otis House Museum
Baton Rouge area Military Early 19th century fort that was a battle site in the American Civil War.
Fort Jesup State Historic SiteCentral Military Fort used to protect the United States border with Spain in the early 19th century
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic SiteNatchitoches Natchitoches Central Military Restored 18th century military outpost and commercial trade center
Frogmore PlantationFerriday Concordia Central Open air website, 1800acres working cotton plantation with restored antebellum farm buildings
German-American Cultural Center and Museum Greater New Orleans Ethnic website, German immigrant contributions to Louisiana's history and culture
Germantown Colony and MuseumMinden Webster Northwest History 19th century Harmony Society site
GOSH Museum St. Tammany Greater New Orleans Local history Located in the restored Our Lady of Lourdes convent
Grandmother's Buttons St. Francisville West Feliciana Baton Rouge area Commodity website, store and museum with antique buttons and fasteners
Greenwood Plantation (Louisiana)St. Francisville West Feliciana Baton Rouge area Historic house website
Gretna Historical Society Museum Gretna Jefferson Greater New Orleans Open air website, complex includes local history exhibits, 19th century period Creole cottage, Louisiana State Fire Museum in a historic firehouse, blacksmith shop, caboose museum
St. Mary Cajun Heartland Historic house website, mid-19th century period antebellum townhouse
Gueydan Museum Vermilion Cajun Heartland Local history website
H J Smith's Son General Store and Museum St. Tammany Baton Rouge area History Historic general store and museum of local historic artifacts and oddities[28]
Herbert S. Ford Memorial MuseumNorthwest Local history
Hermione Museum Northwest Local history information, operated by the Madison Historical Society, includes exhibit on Madam C. J. Walker
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center Lake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Art website, city's public art gallery
Houmas House Plantation and GardensAscension Baton Rouge area Historic house Mid 19th century plantation house and buildings
Iberville Museum Baton Rouge area Local history website
ICONS Museum North Shore area Art & entertainment Private museum, appointment only, displaying the work of the artist Matthew Montero; Website
Imperial Calcasieu MuseumLake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Multiple website, local art and history
Independence Italian Cultural MuseumTangipahoa Baton Rouge area Ethnic Open by appointment, area Italian culture and heritage[29]
International Petroleum Museum and Exposition St. Mary Cajun Heartland Industry website, also known as the Rig Museum, offshore oil and gas industry, oil rig tours[30]
Isaiah Garrett Law OfficeMonroe Ouachita Northeast Historic site website, 1840s period law office, operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Regional Visitor CenterNorthwest Maritime website, history along the Red River and the works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Jackson Parish Heritage MuseumNortheast Local history website, operated by the Jackson Parish Museum & Fine Arts Association
Greater New Orleans Military Chalmette Battlefield visitor center, exhibits about the Battle of New Orleans
Jefferson Natural history Barataria 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
Thibodaux Lafourche Greater New Orleans Culture Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center
Iberia Southwest Local history website
Karpeles Manuscript Library MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest Multiple Features changing exhibits of history, art and culture from its collections
Kent Plantation HouseAlexandria Rapides Central Historic house Features French, Spanish and American cultural influences
Kentwood Museum Tangipahoa Baton Rouge area Local history website, features display about singerBritney Spears
Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras MuseumBossier City Bossier Northwest Amusement website, history of Mardi Gras in Louisiana, costumes and floats
Lafayette Arts Association Gallery Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Art website
Lafayette Science MuseumLafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Science website, exhibits on space, geology, meteorites, planetarium, formerly the Lafayette Natural History Museum and Planetarium
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime MuseumMadisonville St. Tammany Baton Rouge area Maritime 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 PlantationBaton Rouge area Historic house 19th century Créole-style big house and outbuildings, including six slave quarters
Laurel Valley Village Museum and Country StoreThibodaux Lafourche Greater New Orleans Open air Historic village and plantation within a modern sugar cane farm, general store with agriculture tools and displays
Leatherwood MuseumSouthwest Local history Local history, culture, agriculture and timber industries
Le Vieux Village Opelousas St. Landry Cajun Heartland Open air website, includes historic rural life buildings, Jim Bowie Museum, Louisiana Orphan Train Museum
Le Musee' De Kaplan Vermilion Cajun Heartland Local history [31]
Lincoln Parish MuseumLincoln Northeast Historic housewebsite, also known as the Kidd-Davis House, operated by the Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society
Log Cabin MuseumWebster Northwest History [32]
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic SiteCajun Heartland Open air Includes a reproduction 1800 period Acadian farmstead with outbuildings, and the 1815 Maison Olivier plantation home
Louisiana Art and Science MuseumBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Multiple Art, science, astronomy, natural history
Louisiana Children's Discovery Center Tangipahoa Baton Rouge area Children's website
Louisiana Governor's MansionBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Historic house 1963 official residence of the governor of Louisiana
Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum Abbeville Vermilion Cajun Heartland Military website, Louisiana veterans, focus is World War II, located at the Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport
Louisiana History MuseumAlexandria Rapides Central History State and local history
Louisiana Maneuvers and Military MuseumRapides Central Military website, located at Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, history of the Louisiana National Guard
Louisiana Military MuseumRuston Lincoln Northeast Military website
Louisiana Museum of Natural HistoryBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Natural history Part of Louisiana State University, exhibits in the Textile and Costume Museum, and the Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana Orphan Train Museum Opelousas St. Landry Cajun Heartland History 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 FameCentral History Important Louisiana politicians and memorabilia
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History MuseumNatchitoches Natchitoches Central Sports Branch of the Louisiana State Museum, accomplishments by Louisiana athletes, coaches and sports stars
Louisiana State Archive and Research LibraryBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Art Changing displays from its collections
Louisiana State CapitolBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area History website
Northeast Agriculture website, 7acres museum complex includes planter's house, sharecropper's cabin, outhouse, commissary, general store, church, and museum exhibit hall
Louisiana State Exhibit MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest History website, Louisiana history and culture
Louisiana State Oil and Gas MuseumCaddo Northwest Industry website, exhibits include area oil and gas industry, Caddo Indians
Louisiana Swamp Pop MuseumEvangelineCajun Heartland Local history Features Swamp pop memorabilia from the 1950s/1960s[33] [34]
Louisiana Telephone Pioneer MuseumJefferson Davis Southwest Technology Also known as the Children's Telephone Museum, located in the same building as the W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum[35]
LSU Galleries Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Art 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 ArtBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Art Operated by Louisiana State University at the Shaw Center for the Arts
LSU Pioneer Heritage Center Shreveport Caddo Northwest Open air website, open by appointment, operated by Louisiana State University
LSU Rural Life MuseumBaton Rouge East Baton RougeBaton Rouge area Open air Includes 19th century plantation buildings, examples of different Louisiana buildings, and a barn with tools, household items and antique equipment
Madisonville Museum Madisonville St. Tammany Baton Rouge area Local history Located in a historic courthouse
Magnolia Mound PlantationBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Historic house Early 19th century plantation house and outbuildings
Magnolia PlantationNatchitoches Central Open air Part of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, mid 19th century plantation
Maison Jean Marie Laran MuseumVille Platte Evangeline Cajun Heartland Local history Historic 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 MuseumNorthwest Education website, history and memorabilia of the first women's institute of higher learning west of the Mississippi River
Mansfield State Historic SiteMansfield DeSoto Northwest Military Museum and preserved site of the American Civil War Battle of Mansfield
Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu Lake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Amusement website, Mardi Gras costumes, located inside the Central School Arts & Humanities Center
Marksville State Historic SiteAvoyelles Central ArchaeologyPrehistoric Indian mounds and museum
Marlene Yu Museum Shreveport Caddo Northwest Art website, life and works of artist Marlene Tseng Yu
Martin Home Place Museum Northeast Living Late 19th-century cotton plantation house with demonstrations of farm life[39]
Monroe Ouachita Northeast Art Visual arts
Meadows Museum of ArtShreveport Caddo Northwest Art Part of Centenary College
Melrose PlantationNatchitoches Central Historic house 1830s plantation built by and for free blacks
Merryville MuseumBeauregard Southwest Local history website, operated by the Merryville Historical Society
Mooringsport Mini Museum Caddo Northwest Local history website, photographs, paintings, prints and artifacts of local history
Multicultural Center of the SouthShreveport Caddo Northwest Culture Includes art and cultural exhibits from many cultures
Museum of Political HistoryBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area History Housed in the Old Louisiana State Capitol, exhibits on Louisiana's political history
Museum of the Acadian MemorialSt. Martinville St. Martin Cajun Heartland Ethnic website, Acadian culture and migration to Louisiana
Museum of West Louisiana Southwest Open-airComplex includes the 1917 Kansas City Southern Railway Depot, railroad section house, shotgun house, 1850s dogtrot house, and pioneer style barn[40] [41]
Myrtles PlantationSt. Francisville West Feliciana Baton Rouge area Historic house 1796 plantation bed and breakfast open for tours
National Hansen's Disease MuseumIberville Greater New Orleans Medical Former sugar plantation and leprosy hospital
Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum Monroe Ouachita Northeast Children's website
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum Monroe Ouachita Northeast African American [42] [43]
Iberville Baton Rouge area Historic House 1859 plantation mansion
Oak Alley PlantationVacherie St. James Baton Rouge area Historic house 19th century sugar cane plantation
Oakland PlantationNatchitoches Natchitoches Central Open air Part of Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Oaklawn ManorSt. Mary Cajun Heartland Historic house Mid 19th century plantation mansion
Old Arsenal MuseumBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Military website, exhibits about historic powder magazine and the history of the State Capitol grounds
Old Louisiana Governor's MansionBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Historic house Modeled after the White House
Old Town Hall Museum Pineville Rapides Central History Restored 1935 town hall, exhibits about municipal government[44]
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive CenterOpelousas St. Landry Cajun Heartland Local history website
Ormond Plantation HouseGreater New Orleans Historic house 18th century plantation home featuring historic life and architecture
Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Art Part of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, collection includes 18th through 21st century European, Asian and American art
Plaquemine Lock State Historic SitePlaquemine Iberville Baton Rouge area Transportation Historic canal lock and lockhouse museum
Pointe Coupee Parish MuseumBaton Rouge area Historic house Creole house[45]
Port Hudson State Historic SiteEast Feliciana Baton Rouge area Military Museum 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 SiteNortheast Archaeology Prehistoric mounds and museum
Eunice Acadia Cajun Heartland Culture Includes Cajun history, language, music, architecture, clothing, religion, cuisine and farming, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Rebel State Historic SiteNatchitoches Central Music Country and folk music performers, history and instruments
Red River Crossroads Museum Caddo Northwest Local history Located in the Shreve Memorial Library, open by appointment only[46]
Republic of West Florida Museum Jackson East Feliciana Baton Rouge area Local 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 MuseumDonaldsonville Ascension Baton Rouge area African American History, culture and contributions of African Americans in Louisiana
Rivertown Jefferson Greater New Orleans Multiple website, 16 block historic district that includes the Rivertown Science Complex, Kenner Heritage Park
Rosedown Plantation State Historic SiteSt. Francisville West Feliciana Baton Rouge area Historic house 19th century plantation
R. W. Norton Art GalleryShreveport Caddo Northwest Art Collection includes American and European fine art, sculpture and decorative arts
Sam Guarino Blacksmith Shop Museum Abbeville Vermilion Cajun Heartland History 1920s period blacksmith shop[47]
San Francisco PlantationBaton Rouge area Historic house 1850s period plantation house
Schepis Museum Caldwell Northeast Multiple Local art and history[48]
Sci-PortShreveport Caddo Northwest Science website, includes hands-on science and math exhibits, a space planetarium and domed IMAX Theater
Shadows-on-the-TecheCajun Heartland Historic house 19th century plantation home and gardens, operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Sherman Fine Arts Center Lake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Art website, part of McNeese State University, includes the Grand Gallery
Shreveport Railroad MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest Railroad History of railroads in and around Shreveport since 1860, operated by the Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society[49] [50]
Shreveport Water Works MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest Technology Former water pumping station with preserved steam machinery
Simmesport Fishing Industry Museum Avoyelles CentralMaritime Displays in the local library on fishing customs and traditions along the Atchafalaya River[51]
Slidell Cultural Center St. Tammany Greater New Orleans Multiple Changing exhibits of art, history and science, located in City Hall[52]
Slidell Mardi Gras Museum Slidell St. Tammany Greater New Orleans Amusement Accessed through the Slidell Museum, feature Carnival memorabilia including dresses, costumes, scepters, goblets and throws and historical scrapbooks[53]
Slidell MuseumSlidell St. Tammany Greater New Orleans Local history website, located in the old town jail
Snyder MuseumNortheast Local history website, local history, arts center
Southdown Plantation HouseHouma Terrebonne Baton Rouge area Local history 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum with exhibits of local history, period displays and Native American culture
Southern Forest Heritage MuseumRapides Central Industry website, lumber industry, features 57acres complete sawmill facility with steam-powered logging and milling equipment
Southern University Museum of Art in Baton RougeBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Art Operated by Southern University, African and African American art[54] [55]
Southern University Museum of Art in Shreveport Shreveport Caddo Northwest Art Operated by Southern University, African and African American art[56]
Spring Street Historical MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest Local history website
St. James Culture and Heritage CenterSt. James Greater New Orleans Local history [57]
St. Joseph PlantationVacherie St. James Baton Rouge area Historic house 19th century plantation
St. Martinville Cultural Heritage CenterSt. Martinville St. Martin Cajun Heartland Multiple Includes the African American Museum and the Museum of the Acadian Memorial[58]
Stage of Stars MuseumShreveport Caddo Northwest Media website, stars who have performed at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
Stagecoach Trail MuseumBienville Northwest Local history Operated by the Mount Lebanon Historical Society
Stephens African American Museum Shreveport Caddo Northwest African 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 Museum Bossier City Bossier Northwest Medical Located in the Willis-Knighton Innovation Center, history of modern medicine and important area health figures[59]
Tangipahoa African American Heritage MuseumTangipahoa Baton Rouge area African American
Tee Joe Gonzales MuseumAscension Baton Rouge area Historic house Open by appointment, home of Tee Joe Gonzales, the founding father of Gonzales[60] [61]
Tioga Heritage Park and MuseumPineville Rapides Central Local history website, preserved commissary building with exhibits of area history[62]
Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum Bossier Northwest Natural history website, mounted animal dioramas
Tunica-Biloxi Tribal MuseumAvoyelles Central Native American History and culture of the Tunica-Biloxi, including artifacts from the Tunica treasure[63]
ULM Museum of Natural HistoryMonroe Ouachita Northeast Natural 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 MemorialBaton Rouge East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Maritime Fletcher class destroyer museum ship
USS Orleck Naval MuseumLake Charles Calcasieu Southwest Maritime museum ship
Varnado Store MuseumBaton Rouge area Local history Historic store with changing exhibits of local history and art[64] [65]
Lafayette Lafayette Cajun Heartland Living website, Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park recreates life in the Acadiana area between 1765 and 1890
Caddo Northwest Railroad Historic depot with area railroad and local history displays, operated by the Historical Society of North Caddo
W. H. Tupper General Merchandise MuseumJennings Jefferson Davis Southwest History website, 20th century general store with household and local cultural items and antiques, antique toys, Coushatta pine needle baskets
Washington Museum & Tourist Center St. Landry Baton Rouge area Local history [66]
Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill MuseumSt. Mary Cajun Heartland Multiple Exhibits on aviation and the cypress lumber industry, branch of the Louisiana State Museum
Welsh MuseumJefferson Davis Southwest Local history [67]
West Baton Rouge MuseumWest Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Multiple website, includes the 1830s period Aillet House, plantation and shotgun cabins, local history displays
West Feliciana Historical Society MuseumSt. Francisville West Feliciana Baton Rouge area Local history [68] [69]
Westwego Historical MuseumJefferson Greater New Orleans Local history Features an early 20th-century period hardware store, furnished upstairs living quarters with antique furniture[70]
Winter Quarters State Historic SiteNortheast Historic house Antebellum period cotton plantation house
Zachary Historic Village East Baton Rouge Baton Rouge area Open air Eight buildings in a two block area[71]
Zigler Art MuseumJennings Jefferson Davis Southwest Art Includes major movements in art from the Middle Ages to the present

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adam Ponthieu Grocery Store/Big Bend Post Office Museum. National Geographic. 19 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Museum. Town of Addis. 19 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions. Louisiana Travel. 20 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Autrey House Museum. National Geographic. 19 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Lafitte's Barataria Museum. Town of Jean Lafitte. 20 April 2015.
  6. St. Tammany's Amazing Museums. Inside Northside Magazine. May/June 2008. 20 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum. St. Tammany Parish Tourist & Convention Commission. 20 April 2015.
  8. Web site: Lacombe Town Talk: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum doors soon to reopen. Times Picayune. 20 April 2015. February 12, 2011.
  9. Web site: Beauregard Parish Museum. City of DeRidder. 19 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919234307/http://www.cityofderidder.org/CatSubCat/CatSubCatDisplay.asp?p1=1084&p2=Y&p7=1081&p8=2848&p9=CSC7. 19 September 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Lois Loftin Doll Museum. Beauregard Parish Library. 19 April 2015.
  11. Web site: Attractions. Arcadia, Louisiana. 19 April 2015.
  12. Web site: Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Diocese of Alexandria. 19 April 2015.
  13. Web site: Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum. Roadside America. 19 April 2015.
  14. Web site: Changes ahead for Bonnie & Clyde museum. Shreveport Times. 19 April 2015. February 24, 2015.
  15. Web site: Central School Arts & Humanities Center. City of Lake Charles. 20 April 2015.
  16. Web site: Museums & Galleries. Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana. 20 April 2015.
  17. Web site: Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu. Visit Lake Charles. 20 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Charenton Heritage Museum. Cajun Daughters. 19 April 2015.
  19. Web site: Region 3 - Cajun Heartland. Louisiana Association of Museum. 19 April 2015.
  20. Web site: Cottonport Museum. Louisiana Travel. 19 April 2015.
  21. Web site: Museums. City of Covington. 20 April 2015.
  22. Web site: Creole Heritage Folklife Center. Louisiana's African American Trail. 19 April 2015.
  23. Web site: Attractions. City of Opelousas. 19 April 2015.
  24. Web site: Dr Jules Charles DesFosse' Home. Avoyelles Commission of Tourism. 19 April 2015.
  25. Web site: DeQuincy Town Hall Museum. Visit Lake Charles. 19 April 2015.
  26. Web site: La. Traveler - DeQuincy Town Hall Museum. KPLC. 19 April 2015. January 21, 2015.
  27. Web site: History. Eunice, Louisiana. 19 April 2015.
  28. Web site: H.J. Smith and Sons displays oddities, reflects the local past. Times Picayune. 20 April 2015. February 3, 2014.
  29. Web site: Facebook site. Independence Italian Cultural Museum. 20 April 2015.
  30. Web site: Famous Oil Rig Open For Tours. Roadside America. 20 April 2015.
  31. Web site: Le Musee' De Kaplan. Kaplan, Louisiana. 20 April 2015.
  32. Web site: Log Cabin Museum. Best of the Road. 20 April 2015.
  33. Web site: Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum. Louisiana Travel. 20 April 2015.
  34. Web site: Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum. Roadside America. 20 April 2015.
  35. Web site: Attractions. Jeff Davis Parish. 20 April 2015.
  36. Web site: LSU School of Art Foster Gallery. LSU College of Art & Design. 20 April 2015.
  37. Web site: Union Art Gallery. LSU Auxiliary Services. 20 April 2015.
  38. Web site: Ville Platte Museums. Worldweb.com. 20 April 2015.
  39. Web site: Martin Home Place. Caldwell Parish. 20 April 2015.
  40. Web site: Facebook site. Museum of West Louisiana Museum of West Louisiana. 18 October 2015.
  41. Web site: Museum of West Louisiana. Toledo-Bend.Com. 18 October 2015.
  42. Web site: Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum. Louisiana's African American Heritage Trail. 20 April 2015.
  43. Web site: Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum. National Geographic. 20 April 2015.
  44. Web site: Museums. City of Pineville. 20 April 2015.
  45. Web site: Pointe Coupee Parish Museum. National Park Service. 21 April 2015.
  46. Web site: Red River Crossroads Museum. Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. 20 April 2015.
  47. Web site: Sam Guarino Blacksmith Shop Museum. Vermilion Parish Tourist Commission. 20 April 2015.
  48. Web site: Schepis Museum. Caldwell Parish. 21 April 2015.
  49. Web site: Official site. Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society. 20 April 2015.
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