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Experiences in LA

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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center
New Orleans, LA
Explore French Quarter Visitor Center in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana with Recreation.gov. Visitor center exhibits and a film share the history and traditions of the lower Mississippi River delta and of New Orleans, home to one of America's most disti
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St Joseph Plantation
Vacherie, LA
St. Joseph and Felicity Plantations are two working sugarcane plantations in Vacherie, LA. Visitors can tour one or both ancestral homes and explore the surrounding grounds. The site features many historic buildings, including original dwellings of the enslaved. Exhibits at the Louisiana Sugarcane Museum offer a glimpse into life on a sugar plantation.
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1850 House
New Orleans, LA
The Louisiana State Museum's 1850 House is an antebellum row house furnished to represent life in mid-nineteenth-century New Orleans. It is located at 523 St. Ann Street on Jackson Square in the French Quarter.
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Bayou Teche Museum
New Iberia, LA
The Bayou Teche Museum is located on Main Street in downtown New Iberia. It features interactive exhibits that showcase the cultures, artists, industries, and lore of the Bayou Teche region. Visitors can also explore an exhibition on patriotism expressed through American folk art, including handcrafted objects and painted flags.
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art showcases the visual art and culture of the American South through exhibitions, educational programs, and public events. Located in New Orleans, the museum celebrates vernacular, self-taught, and visionary art traditions from across the region.
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Southdown Plantation
Houma, LA
This 19th-century sugar plantation house preserves and promotes the history and culture of Terrebonne Parish. Four generations of the Minor Family lived and worked at the plantation, which stands as a monument to the sugar industry that shaped the region's development from its infancy.
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Mascur Museum
Monroe, LA
The Masur Museum of Art showcases art collections and hosts rotating exhibitions reflecting diverse artistic periods and styles. The museum serves Monroe as an important cultural landmark dedicated to sharing art and preserving local cultural heritage.
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Brimstone Museum
Sulphur, LA
The Brimstone Museum is a museum complex located in Sulphur, LA. It features a gallery space and serves as a venue for various art shows and community events. Visitors can also participate in free play chess sessions.
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Kent Plantation House
Alexandria, LA
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Kent House is an authentic Creole plantation house built circa 1796 prior to the Louisiana Purchase.
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Touchstone Wildlife & Art Museum
Haughton, LA
Touchstone Wildlife & Art Museum is a modern educational museum in Haughton, LA, featuring a massive collection of animals, art, artifacts, and history. Visitors can explore exhibition halls showcasing life-size mounted animals from around the world in natural habitats with painted backgrounds. The museum also presents exquisite wildlife art by local artists and offers interactive displays and informative exhibits.
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Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum & Veterans Archives
Hammond, LA
The Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum & Veterans Archives opened in February of 2007 in Hammond, LA. It offers a comprehensive collection of African-American murals, artifacts, photographs, and artwork. Visitors can learn about African American heritage through its exhibits.
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Backstreet Cultural Museum
New Orleans, LA
The Backstreet Cultural Museum opened in 1999, with origins tracing back to Sylvester Francis documenting New Orleans' Carnival celebrations, second-line parades, and jazz funerals. Visitors can experience the city's rhythm on a Second Line Tour, exploring vibrant neighborhoods where the tradition comes alive with brass bands and dancing. The museum shares stories of New Orleans' cultural traditions.
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Louisiana Art and Science Museum
Baton Rouge, LA
The Louisiana Art and Science Museum offers hands-on art and interactive science experiences. Visitors can enjoy planetarium shows in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, explore various exhibitions, and participate in activities like public art walking tours or engineering workshops. The museum also hosts family-friendly yoga sessions and programs for school groups.
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Exhibit Building
Baton Rouge, LA
The award-winning Exhibit Building features live animal displays and touch tables with natural artifacts like snakeskin, feathers, pelts, and skulls. Visitors can view carving displays, find educational materials, and explore The Bee Hive gift shop, which includes a real working beehive. The building also offers a conference room for small business groups and can be reserved for larger evening events.
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Zachary Train Depot
Zachary, LA
The Zachary Railroad Depot is the oldest building on Main Street, built in 1894 as part of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad expansion. The depot became the focal point of the town's development and survived the devastating Great Fire of 1903 that destroyed much of Zachary, standing as a testament to the area's early history.
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Angola Museum
Angola, LA
Opened in 1997, the Louisiana Prison Museum and Cultural Center preserves the history of crime, punishment, and reform in Louisiana. It documents living history inside the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Visitors can explore exhibits on capital punishment, the Red Hat Cellblock, the Angola Rodeo, and the history of music and filming at Angola. The museum serves as an institution for learning and discussion.
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The Children's Museum
Lake Charles, LA
Book your next field trip or group outing to the Children's Museum in downtown Lake Charles! Explore art, science and humanities! Learn through play!
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Grevemberg House Museum
Franklin, LA
Grevemberg House Museum is a community museum cared for by St Mary Landmarks. The museum is available to rent for various events, including weddings, bridal showers, photo sessions, baby showers, and meetings.
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Oak Alley Plantation House
Vacherie, LA
Oak Alley Plantation is a historic site in Vacherie, LA, with over 200 years of history. It was once a sugar plantation, an abandoned investment property, and a cattle ranch, and served as a place of enslavement. Open to the public since 1976, it is dedicated to preserving and interpreting its past. The site is a National Landmark, celebrated for its stunning landscape.
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Pearl River Museum
Pearl River, LA
Pearl River Museum is a local museum in Pearl River, Louisiana.
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Lincoln Parish Museum
Ruston, LA
The Lincoln Parish Museum and Historical Society is located in Ruston, LA. Visitors can explore a journey through history in this historic house. Each room reveals stories and artifacts from Lincoln Parish's past, with each corner unfolding tales and treasures of its vibrant heritage.
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Hilliard Art Museum
Lafayette, LA
The Hilliard Art Museum in Lafayette, LA, houses a permanent collection of approximately 3,000 objects. Its collection features European, Asian, American, Egyptian, and African art across diverse media. Central to the museum's holdings are works by Gulf South Artists and works on paper.
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Frogmore Cotton Plantation & Gins
Ferriday, LA
Frogmore Cotton Plantation & Gins is a museum offering a guided tour of historical cotton, ginning, and culture. Visitors can see authentic historical buildings dating from 1790 through 1890. The tour also contrasts historical practices with today's computerized cotton farming and ginning technology. Guests may observe cotton in bloom, cotton fields at harvest, and structures like a church and quarters.
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Katrina National Memorial Museum
New Orleans, LA
The Katrina National Memorial Museum's collection is housed and exhibited in partnership with the New Orleans African American Museum. It honors and serves the memory of Hurricane Katrina victims and families. Visitors can see historic images, original stories, and original artwork. The museum also features The Katrina List, a collection of names and stories from storm survivors.
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ASTRO Network Geography

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center

St Joseph Plantation

1850 House

Bayou Teche Museum

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Southdown Plantation

Mascur Museum

Brimstone Museum

Kent Plantation House

Touchstone Wildlife & Art Museum

Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum & Veterans Archives

Backstreet Cultural Museum

Louisiana Art and Science Museum

Exhibit Building

Zachary Train Depot

Angola Museum

The Children's Museum

Grevemberg House Museum

Oak Alley Plantation House

Pearl River Museum

Lincoln Parish Museum

Hilliard Art Museum

Frogmore Cotton Plantation & Gins

Katrina National Memorial Museum