Top 10 Museums in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (LA)

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Louisiana's Old State Capitol sits on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River in downtown Baton Rouge. Completed in 1849, the castle-like fortress has been restored to its original grandeur. It houses both traditional and state-of-the-art interactive exhibits and a multi-media film presentation. Audio tours available in English, French, German and Spanish. Free admission.

Step back in time to pre-industrial Louisiana at this 27-building museum complex, one of the best outdoor museums in the U.S., featuring tools, furniture and other artifacts and, the highlight, a recreated 19th-century plantation that portrays the daily lives of these early settlers.

The USS KIDD Veterans Museum is a nonprofit organization, highlighting the role that Louisiana and its citizens have played in U.S. military history. The shoreside museum offers a permanent collection of Louisiana veterans’ artifacts, traveling exhibits, visiting ships, and event space with views of the Mississippi River. For nearly 40 years, the Museum and the USS KIDD, a National Historic Landmark and the Museum’s largest artifact, have served as a reminder to the people of Louisiana of the service and sacrifices of our state’s veterans. Both are visited by thousands of people from around the world each year.

With thematic exhibits on diverse aspects of Louisiana history, industry and culture, the museum includes two permanent exhibits: Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation and Experiencing Louisiana: Discovering the Soul of America.

LaHouse is a showcase of solutions for Gulf South homes. Visit LaHouse on the LSU campus to: • Explore its many exhibits, cut-away reveals, and features in each room and outside the buildings and grounds. • Learn from the educational signage, tour guide videos and free publications. • Benefit from what you discover to make your home more comfortable, energy-efficient, healthy, durable, safe, convenient and valuable. LaHouse is a unique demonstration home that depicts a range of ways that today's homes can overcome the challenges of a hot, humid, rainy climate, hurricanes, floods, and termites while providing more of what we want from our homes. It displays beautiful design and decor along with views into what's normally hidden -- 4 high-performance, energy-efficient building systems and technologies, fortified features, many green materials, healthy indoor air strategies, universal design for all ages and stages of life and more. LaHouse is a regional sustainable housing resource center and educational outreach initiative of the LSU AgCenter Extension Service. Make plans to visit LaHouse and shape your home... to shape your future.

Burden Museum & Gardens offers discovery and adventure through historic, natural and educational experiences that provide a window into Louisiana’s rich, cultural past. Situated on 440 acres in the heart of Baton Rouge, it is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in the flora and fauna of Louisiana’s lush landscapes and agricultural heritage.