Enchanted Mansion, a Doll Museum
190 Lee Drive
(225) 769-0005
Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
This museum offers a magical and educational doll exhibit for all ages. A unique museum that entertains and informs its visitors through animation and spectacular exhibits. Afternoon tea is also featured.

Louisiana Old State Capitol
100 North Boulevard
(225) 342-0500 or 1-800-488-2968
Museum Hours:
Monday - special tours only
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
High on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River stands the majestic Old State Capitol, a Gothic architectural treasure. Designed and built by James Harrison Dakin, 1847-1850. The nearly 150 year old building has withstood war, fire, scandal, bitter debate, abandonment, and an occasional fistfight.

Old Arsenal Museum
(225) 342-0401
East Capitol Drive
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
State Capitol Complex, formerly a powder magazine, is located amid the formal gardens of the Louisiana State Capitol Complex.

Rosedown Plantation and Gardens
12501 Highway 10
St. Francisville , Louisiana
225-635-3332
Gift shop, picnic areas and restrooms, theater, reception center. Rosedown's 28-acre garden is one of the nation's five most important historic gardens. Its 1835 house with all of its original contents has made it one of the south's most distinguished house museums for 30 years.

San Francisco Plantation-A Historic Plantation House Museum and Gardens
2646 Hwy 44 River Road
Garyville , Louisiana
985-535-2341
Only 40-minutes from downtown Baton Rouge The magnificent house features five hand painted mural ceilings, faux marble and bois wood graining. Built in 1856, by Edmond Marmillion in Old Louisiana Colonial - Steamboat Gothic Style, this National Landmark offers a Museum Store, 1830's Slave Cabin, and1840's one-room Schoolhouse nestled under 300 year old Live Oaks. Opened daily for tours with period dressed guides sharing the French and German heritage of the family, slaves, and civil war.

Tezcuco Plantation
3138 Hwy 44 River Road
Darrow , Louisiana
504-562-3929
504-562-3923
6 miles from I-10 at Sunshine Bridge. Antique and gift shop, restaurant and Civil War museum. 1855 Greek Revival plantation, listed on the National Register of Historic places.

Southern University Museum of Art
Southern University Baton Rouge Campus
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-771-4513
The Southern University Museum of Art is open to visitors as well as to the Baton Rouge local community. It is in Martin L. Harvey Hall, overlooking the bluffs, on the campus of Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Features important works by African American artists from the past and present. Also, provides an opportunity to learn about other aspects of another culture.

Memorial Tower
Tower Drive
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
Also known as the Campanile, this 175-foot structure was built in 1923 and dedicated in 1926 as a memorial to Louisianians who died in WWI. On the rotunda walls are bronze plaques bearing the names of those to whom the Tower is dedicated. The Memorial Tower also houses the permanent collections of the LSU Museum of Art. Chimes ring every quarter hour. The Cornerstone in front of the tower was excavated from the ruins of Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy in Pineville (early LSU) one half describes the history, other half is inscribed with first Board of Supervisors and faculty.

Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens
4650 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-765-2437
225-765-2639
Located on the 450-acre Burden Research Plantation, Rural Life provides insight into the largely forgotten lifestyles and cultures of pre-industrial Louisiana.

Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
119 Foster Hall
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-388-2855
The museum is divided into two main parts: the public exhibits containing both habitat and biological exhibits, along with identification panels and the research collections used by scientists from all over the world.

Old Governor's Mansion
502 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-387-2464
Handicapped access and restroom facilities; jewelry collection on display, and jewelry is available for sale. Built by Huey P. Long in 1930 as Louisiana's White House the Old Governor's Mansion is now a historic house museum and the headquarters of the Foundation for Historical Louisiana. The Mansion reopened to the public in November 1999 after an extensive restoration and features furnishings and artifacts from nine Louisiana governors, a grand ballroom, French wallpaper, crystal chandeliers, and a marble staircase. The Mansion is available for special events and is open for tours Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Old Turnerville Homes
23230 Nadler Street
Plaquemine , Louisiana
225-687-5337, or 687-6029
Gift shop House museums furnished with antiques reflecting life in an 1800's Mississippi River Village.

Pentagon Barracks Museum & Gift Shop
959 North Third Street
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-342-1866
225-343-3989
Museum and gift shop. The barracks were built in 1823-24 to quarter U.S. Army personnel servicing the post of Baton Rouge. The Barracks housed many famous military men, including President Zachary Taylor. Original site of Louisiana State University. Housed in the historic Pentagon Barracks, this museum features exhibits highlighting Baton Rouge history.

River Road African American Museum and Gallery
3188 Highway 44
Burnside , Louisiana
504-562-7703
Featuring art and artifacts from African American families who lived on River Road, along with lists of Africans enslaved at area plantations, inventors, entrepreneurs, etc..
504-562-7704

West Baton Rouge Museum
845 North Jefferson
Baton Rouge , Louisiana
225-336-2422
225-336-2448
Guided tours of historic sugar plantation buildings, and free "lagniappe" samples of locally-produced Louisiana "raw" sugar for every visitor! See a 22-foot working sugar mill model, an c.1850 slave cabin and a c.1830 French-creole sugar planter's cottage. A unique "sweet" Louisiana experience is available to visitors of the West Baton Rouge Museum who want to learn the story behind plantation life, its culture, and its impressive technology.