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website, Louisiana history and culture Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum: Oil City: Caddo: Northwest: Industry: website, exhibits include area oil and gas industry, Caddo Indians Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum: Ville Platte: Evangeline: Cajun Heartland: Local history: Features Swamp pop memorabilia from the 1950s/1960s [33] [34] Louisiana ...
The community's first church was La Chapelle a Maurice and Sunday services were held in a small schoolhouse on the Villien property until the St. Alphonsus Church was built in January 1893. The Broussard Cove School was the first school built on land donated by Joseph Clark in 1885 and moved to Maurice in July 1899 to land donated by Maurice ...
The Museum of Maurice Dufresne (in French: Musée Maurice-Dufresne) is a technological history museum located in the mill at Marnay, near the Château of Azay-le-Rideau, France. It has acquired numerous important objects displayed in vast buildings containing some 25 rooms. The museum pieces are presented thematically: agricultural machines ...
The new Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum opened in April 2004. [2] The museum building is 33,000 square feet (3,100 m 2) with over 11,000 square feet (1,000 m 2) of gallery space. Its design is the result of a collaboration between museum founder, Herman Mhire, and Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, a New Orleans–based studio. [3]
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum – Natchitoches is the Louisiana State Museum's newest facility. The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame exhibit is a collection of portraits and memorabilia celebrating the achievements of more than 300 legendary Louisiana athletes, coaches, and other sports figures.
Old Ursuline Convent Museum: New Orleans, Louisiana: 1751 Church convent [3] St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church: St. Gabriel, Louisiana: 1772-1776 Church The oldest church building in Louisiana and the entirety of the old Louisiana Purchase territory. Francois Cousin House: Slidell, Louisiana: 1778-1790 House French Creole Cottage Murphy Trading ...
The Louisiana History Museum is located in the historic downtown portion of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA, near the Red River. It showcases the social evolution of all of Louisiana, but centers on the history of Central Louisiana, Rapides Parish, and Alexandria. Major exhibit areas deal with Native Americans, Louisiana geography, politics, health ...
The house was built for the Prothro family, [3] and it was completed in 1845. [4] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [4] By 1850, members of the Prothro family and their African slaves died of the yellow fever. [3]