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Louisiana State Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana - locations at the Cabildo, Presbytere, Old US Mint, 1850 House, Arsenal and Madame John's Legacy.
Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum - Angola, Louisiana - committed to preserving the past and educating all who visit on the role this prison farm has played in state history.
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum - Shreveport, Louisiana - the museum highlights 22 world-renowned dioramas created from beeswax by its first director, artistic genius Henry B. Wright. Unique among museum structures, the doughnut-shaped building houses exhibits down the middle and on both sides of its long corridors. Showcased at the rotunda's entrance are two gigantic frescoes painted by noted artist Conrad Albrizio; while inside, a large relief map, 49 feet in circumference, depicts Louisiana's typography.
Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum - Oil City, Louisiana - features an oil derrick donated by Texaco and a variety of early oil field equipment. It was formed in 1969 by a group of citizens dedicated to preserving the historical importance of the area, site of the 1911 "Ferry No. 1" well, one of the world's first over-water discovery wells.
Louisiana Steam Train Association - New Orleans, Louisiana - Southern Pacific steam locomotive 745 has an interesting history. While this is just a brief overview, more local information on this engine' s home, Algiers, Louisiana, can be obtained in the many books on the history of Algiers written by native Richard Remy Dixon.
Louisiana Toy Train Museum - Kenner, Louisiana - displays a large collection of model trains dating from the 1800's to present day.
Louisiana Wild Life Museum and Aquarium - Kenner, Louisiana - has an extensive collection of over 700 preserved specimens including birds, reptiles, and mammals. The museum features a rare display of the extinct Passenger Pigeon and the Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
Louisiana’s Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall - New Orleans, Louisiana - contains the second largest collection of Confederate memorabilia in the United States, and is the oldest continually operating museum in Louisiana. a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Civil War memorabilia, specifically related to the South and Louisiana.
LSU Museum of Art - Baton Rouge, Louisiana - The LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA), located in the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge, opened in March 2005. The new museum, part of Louisiana State University (LSU), manifests a decade-long vision to offer LSU and the Baton Rouge community greater access to its diverse art collection, changing exhibitions, education programs, and special events - all within an exceptional cultural complex.
Madame John's Legacy - New Orleans, Louisiana - in the historic French Quarter is one of the finest 18th century building complexes in Louisiana. Of special interest because it escaped the great fire of 1795, which leveled much of New Orleans, the house is actually a product of the preceding fire of 1788. The structures on the site in the early 1780's were destroyed by the conflagration and Madame John's was erected on the burnt-out lot in 1789.
Mardi Gras Museum - Kenner, Louisiana - explore 150 years of carnival history, memorabilia, photographs, and costumes. 15 videos showcase Mardi Gras traditions, or climb aborad a 3/4 scale replica of the "Boeuf Gras" float.
Musee Conti Wax Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana - Founded in 1963, the museum tells the fascinating story of New Orleans! Over 300 years of History, Legend and Scandal with the 154 life-size figures displayed in historically accurate settings. Plus a Haunted Dungeon!! The Wax offers tours to school groups, individuals and is perfect for private parties.
National Park Service - Southeastern Louisiana - A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. A partnership project produced by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places, the Capitol Resources Conservation & Development Council, Lagniappe Tours, the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
National World War II Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana - The National World War II Museum is a national treasure Dedicated in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum and now designated by Congress as the country's official World War II Museum, this remarkable attraction illuminates the American experience during the WWII era with moving personal stories, historic artifacts and powerful interactive displays. From the Normandy invasion to the sands of Pacific Islands and the Home Front, the Museum brings to life the teamwork, optimism, courage and sacrifice of the men and women who won the war and changed the world. The Museum is an incomparable experience for all generations and not to be missed on any visit to New Orleans. Come learn with your mind and your heart that freedom isn't free. Meet living American heroes--our WWII veteran volunteers. Celebrate the American Spirit at the National World War II Museum.
New Orleans Jazz Club Museum and Louisiana State Museum Jazz Collection - New Orleans, Louisiana - 1000 Esplanade Avenue The Old Mint Building, New Orleans - (The New Orleans Jazz Club Collections of the Louisiana State Museum) We can all thank The New Orleans Jazz Club members for making their dream of a New Orleans Jazz Museum come true. This museum now houses the world's largest collection of instruments owned and played by important figures in jazz, over 10,000 photoraphs, close to 10,000 recordings in virtually every format, several hundred rolls of film, sheet music, posters, plus much more.
New Orleans Museum of Art - New Orleans, Louisiana - began in 1910 when Isaac Delgado, a local businessman offered, $150,000 to create a "temple of art for rich and poor alike." Today, Delgado's temple has become the premier art museum in the Gulf South and ranks in the top 25 percent of museums nationally. Explore the holdings of museum, the on-line photography exhibit and special exhibitions.
New Orleans Museums - New Orleans, Louisiana - Official museums website for the City of New Orleans. Lots of pictures and information on museums in New Orleans.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art - New Orleans, Louisiana - home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern art in the world, and a unique and innovative destination to "See the South."
Old Arsenal Museum - Baton Rouge , Louisiana - Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Arsenal Powder Magazine was constructed in 1838. The magazine's importance as a military arsenal was reflected its in early U.S. service to the southwest territory, its use as a major staging area for the Mexican War, and its strategic sought-after location during the Civil War.
Old Courthouse Museum - Natchitoches, Louisiana - has pulled together a comprehensive look at the Louisiana Purchase that showcases not only the rich diversity of our state but of all the unique characteristics of the states within the territory. Highlighted within this exhibit are classic portraits of several of the major political figures involved in the Purchase, as well as, other rare artifacts such as Napoleon's Death Mask and French, Spanish and American currency of the period.
Old U.S. Mint - New Orleans, Louisiana - The only building in America to have served both as a U.S. and Confederate Mint was built in 1835 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson who had advocated for its establishment in order to help finance development of the nation's western frontier.
Presbytere, The - New Orleans, Louisiana - originally called the Casa Curial (Ecclesiastical House), derives its name from the fact that it was built on the site of the residence, or presbytere, of the Capuchin monks. It was designed in 1791 to match the Cabildo, or Town Hall, on the other side of St. Louis Cathedral.
Republic of West Florida - Jackson, Louisiana - Nestled deep in the Florida Parishes of SOUTHERN LOUISIANA it is one of the State's hidden treasures. this treasure of Civil War and military artifacts, antique cars, planes and carriages, Antebellum furnishings, ship models, wildlife, and musical instruments is a "must see" when visiting the Gulf South.
River Road African American Museum - Burnside, Louisiana - is dedicated to collecting, interpreting, and preserving art, artifacts, and buildings for the purpose of promoting education about history and culture of African Americans in the United States and Louisiana, with emphasis on the River Road communities between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Seelos Center Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana - This museum is a shrine to Francis Xavier Seelos including his casket, stained glass dipiction and more.
Terrebonne Museum and Southdown Plantation House - Houma, Louisiana - Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture.
UCM Museum - Abita Springs, Louisiana - This offbeat museum in Abita Springs, Louisiana, features memorabilia, tourist information and incredible miniature animated scenes of Southern life by Louisiana outsider artist, John Preble. Louisiana's Most Eccentric Museum.
USS Kidd & Nautical Center - Baton Rouge, Louisiana - veteran World War II vessel now open for touring as a museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Voodoo Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana - The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is believed to be the only museum in the world dedicated to Voodoo. The primary purpose of this museum is to represent the traditional practices of the Voodoo religion in New Orleans. The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum brings together ancient and modern day Voodoo practices.
Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum - Patterson, Louisiana - state's official aviation museum, Wedell-Williams is committed to preserving and presenting artifacts and documents reflecting aviation history in Louisiana. It is named for two famous Louisiana aviators - Jimmie Wedell and Harry Williams - who formed an air service in Patterson in the 1928. Both men became nationally prominent during what was known as the Golden Age of Aviation.
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