Louisiana Art and Science Museum
Louisiana Art and Science Museum is a museum in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. The nearest named place is Repentance Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway runs past it.
The story
Baton Rouge station is a historic train station located at 100 South River Road in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which got absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad. The station was a stop on the Y&MV main line between Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. The building now houses the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. The two-story main block and the two one-story wings in Classical Revival style stand directly across the Old State Capitol building. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1994, as the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot.
IC-333, a 0-6-0 steam engine formerly owned by the Charles Black Sand & Gravel Company of Fluker, LA, is on display just outside the building. Several passenger cars previously on display have been removed. As of 2011, IC-333 and its tender have been removed from the site as well.
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Dates from 1925.
Wikidata Q8050640, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
- 1.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Repentance Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverfront Plaza/Levee Green: 0.1 mi
- City Hall Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Galvez Plaza: 0.1 mi
- BREC Convention Street Park: 0.4 mi
- USS Kidd: 0.1 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 0.6 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 2.3 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 5.9 mi
- Old State Capitol: 0.1 mi
- LSU Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- USS Kidd Veterans Museum: 0.2 mi
- Baton Rouge African American Museum: 0.5 mi
- Capitol Park Museum: 0.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.1 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 0.1 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER: 0.1 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 0.9 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 0.7 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 0.9 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 4.8 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 4.9 mi
- Monroe Garden: 5.0 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 8.8 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 10.8 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 0.1 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 4.9 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 16.3 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Balls Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Morrisonville: 8.8 mi
- Alma: 15.8 mi
- Anchor: 19.1 mi
- Galveztown: 19.4 mi
- Waterloo: 19.8 mi
- The Crest: 0.1 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 5.3 mi
- 2000: 8.5 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 11.4 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Denham Spring: 13.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:33 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LSU Ben-hur Farm, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/466795204
Day trips start here
- Port Allen · 1 mi
- Baton Rouge · 2 mi
- River Parishes · 2 mi
- Plaquemine · 12 mi
- Florida Parishes · 23 mi
- New Roads · 23 mi
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