Here's All The Museums In Baton Rouge You Can Attend For Free On August 6
By Jackie Ann|Published July 23, 2023
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Louisiana native and LSU Alum (Geaux Tigers!), Jackie has lived in Louisiana for over three decades and currently lives in New Orleans. She's been writing for OnlyInYourState since 2016 and can often be found with a coffee at her side, dreaming of her next adventure.
On the first Sunday of every month, you can get free admission to a handful of select museums in Baton Rouge. The next one coming up is on August 6, which is just around the corner! Whether you’re looking for a unique day trip with the kids or a day-date idea, these museums offer something for everyone. Plus, you’ll be escaping this insane heat wave we’ve been under, and that’s always a win. Gas up the car and pack some snacks and let’s see what museums are a part of the program:
From Mardi Gras to the Mississippi River, the Capitol Park Museum kind of covers a little bit of everything. The museum focuses on the people that shaped Louisiana, including American Indians, enslaved Africans, Acadians, and colonists from France, Britain, and Spain.
Just a few blocks away from the Capitol Park Museum right by the Riverfront Plaza, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum is a great museum for families. Housed in a historic railroad depot, visitors can explore several different art and science galleries covering everything from dinosaurs to ancient Egypt. For an extra special spin on the day, check out one of the many Planetarium Shows (for an additional fee).
If you’re an art lover, be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to check out the LSU Museum of Art on August 6. The campus museum showcases several different works ranging from the 17th century up to modern art. It’s also the only museum in Baton Rouge with a focus on featuring local, regional, and international rotating exhibits alongside the permanent collection.
The Magnolia Mound Plantation House, also known as Magnolia Mound, is a French Creole house from 1791 that’s maintained by BREC. It's the oldest house in Baton Rouge, and the entire property clocks in at about 16 acres, though when it was a working plantation it encompassed a massive 900 acres. There are several different buildings you can tour, including the main house, an open-hearth kitchen, a double slave cabin, and an overseer’s house. Not all of the structures are original to the house, some, like the slave cabin, were transported from a nearby plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Rounding out this list of museums in Baton Rouge, we come to the LSU Center for River Studies, one of the most unique museums in Louisiana, if you ask me. The LSU Center for River Studies researches many of the world’s major rivers, but focuses on the Mighty Mississippi. Here, you’ll be able to see one of the world’s largest moveable bed physical models of the Lower Mississippi River. The river model clocks in at 10,000 square feet and replicated the flow, water levels, and sediment transports of the river. In this realistic simulation, you’ll see one year of the Mississippi River simulated in one hour!
As always, it’s a good idea to check the museum’s website before you head over, just to make sure they are participating in the monthly free admission. Since these museums can be pretty popular on these days, you may want to get there early to beat the crowds!
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