LSU Rural Life Museum
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LSU Rural Life Museum is a museum in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Indian Camp Ridge stands 8 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The LSU Rural Life Museum is а museum of Louisiana history in Baton Rouge, US. It is located in the Burden Museum and Gardens, a 400-acre (1,600,000 m2) agricultural research experiment station, and is operated under the aegis of Louisiana State University. As a state with a diverse cultural ancestry, Louisiana has natives of French, Spanish, Native American, German, African, Acadian, and Anglo American heritage. Guided tours are available for groups of ten or more and must be booked in advance. The Rural Life Museum commemorates the contributions made by its various cultural groups through interpretive programs and events throughout the year. The main portion of the museum is outdoors and consists of homes and outbuildings built in the 18th and 19th centuries. This portion of the museum is divided into three areas.
The Working Plantation illustrates the life of working people on a 19th-century plantation, with a main focus on the lives of enslaved persons. The complex buildings include a commissary, overseer's house, kitchen, slave cabins, sick house, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, sugar house, church, and grist mill. The Southern part of the outdoor museum includes several cabins and outbuildings, including the Neal home, a dogtrot house; the Stoker barn; the Stoner Athens Cabin; and a pioneer cabin originally located in Washington Parish. This section highlights the contributions of mainly American settlers to Louisiana in the northern and central part of the state in the 19th century. The Acadian or Cajun portion of the outdoor museums consists of two Acadian style homes, one a replica and the other built by the Bergeron family between 1800 and 1815 on Bayou Lafourche and moved to the museum in 2005. Additionally, the Barn, an interior warehouse open to the public, houses numerous artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries that were utilized in the common life rituals of individuals in rural regions of the state. There is a large collection of farming equipment, tools, furnishings and utensils. The barn was moved to its present site from the Stoker House property in Sabine Parish, Louisiana after it was donated in 1999. Windrush gardens and a gift shop are on the grounds and open year-round except for major holidays.
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What to expect
- Operated by
- Louisiana State University
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 4.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Burden Museum and Gardens: 0.2 mi
- The Lost Forest: 0.7 mi
- LSU AgCenter Research Trial Plots: 0.7 mi
- Higo Camellia Collection: 0.7 mi
- LSU AgCenter Research Trial Plots: 0.7 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 4.2 mi
- USS Kidd: 5.1 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
- Hot Shot: 6.9 mi
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum: 0.8 mi
- Exhibit Building: 3.0 mi
- Education Building: 3.0 mi
- Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum: 3.2 mi
- Knock Knock Childrens Museum: 3.5 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 4.7 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 6.2 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Peace Stones: 2.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 4.9 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 5.0 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER: 5.0 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 5.2 mi
- Monroe Garden: 0.1 mi
- Windrush Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Windrush Garden: 0.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 0.2 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 0.3 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 20.4 mi
- Balls Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Morrisonville: 9.0 mi
- Galveztown: 14.3 mi
- Alma: 20.7 mi
- Anchor: 23.6 mi
- Waterloo: 24.3 mi
- 2000: 3.8 mi
- The Crest: 5.0 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 7.6 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 9.1 mi
- Indian Mound: 22.8 mi
- Brown's Ridge: 24.6 mi
- Indian Camp Ridge: 24.7 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Denham Spring: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of LSU Rural Life Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Camp Ridge | E 94° | 8 m | 24.7 mi |
| Indian Mound | ESE 110° | 2 m | 22.8 mi |
| Brown's Ridge | ESE 111° | 2 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:32 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 3 mi
- River Parishes · 3 mi
- Port Allen · 6 mi
- Plaquemine · 12 mi
- Florida Parishes · 19 mi
- New Roads · 28 mi
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