re: Louisiana has some of the richest history in America why isn’t there a museum to show that

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The capitol park museum in Baton Rouge is pretty neat and you can go to top of state capitol building as well

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This. The museum is actually pretty great. And cheap too.

And the capital is free to walk around and go up to the lookout tower at the top.

Did both with my boy a few months ago. He loved it.

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You're deluded. Cajuns and French people, got it. South Carolina clearly didn't exist before ... oh wait.

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What?

Baton Rouge hasn’t been around since 1699 or anything.

My first Louisiana ancestors fought with Galvez in support of the Revolution.

Mile Branch Settlement (MBS) located on the Washington Parish Fairgrounds in Franklinton, LA Is pretty cool but I think it’s only in full operation (with people dressed historically and giving talks about the places and things) during the Fair in the Fall.
Otherwise I think they do limited tours.
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Found the white guy

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There's a bunch of us on here.

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From the history of the natives, to the settlement of the French. …. The immigration and settlements of the Cajuns. ….
Yet there is no where in the state to show off this deep history.

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You’ve obviously never been to the Lafayette/Acadiana area , nor have you done any research. There are 3 “Cajun” history museums and cultural centers in this area: Lafayette, Erath, St. Martinville. You need to get out more

NOLA has rich history, but it is a total shite hole.

Capitol Park Museum

From Louis Armstrong to Huey P. Long, from Mardi Gras to fais-do-do, and from the nation-building commerce of the Mississippi River to the life-sustaining bounty of the Gulf of Mexico, the Capitol Park Museum provides a panoramic exploration of the most vibrant state in America.

See how American Indians; colonists from France, Spain, and Britain; enslaved Africans and Acadians from Nova Scotia—eventually known as Cajuns—populated and cultivated Louisiana, shaping it into one of the most culturally rich regions in the world. 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 The Louisiana Experience: Discovering the Soul of America.
A 48-foot wooden shrimp trawler and a two-row sugar cane harvester reveal by example the state’s agricultural and aquatic riches. An oil-well head and a scale model of a drilling rig drive home the critical role Louisiana plays in America’s energy industry. Exhibits also include a rare Civil War submarine and artifacts from steamboats, including trophy antlers won by Robert E. Lee in the Great Steamboat Race of 1870.
Exhibits on slave markets, resistance, revolt, and Jim Crow provide a glimpse into the unimaginable plight of people of color who, in the face of overwhelming hardship, contributed incalculably to the cultural fabric of the state. The museum re-creates the atmosphere of holding cells where slaves bound for the auction block were imprisoned to prevent escape. The exhibit includes the actual door from the Fairview Plantation jail for slaves. The fight for freedom is highlighted in a display on the Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953, which made national headlines and inspired civil rights leaders throughout the South.
Louisiana offers much to the musical history of the nation as a whole, and many of those vital contributions are on display. See eclectic exhibits on the state’s music and musicians, including Pete Fountain’s clarinet, Buddy Guy’s polka dot Stratocaster guitar, Clifton Chenier’s Grammy award, and, in the expansive Louis Armstrong exhibit, the bugle “Pops” played as a boy at the Colored Waif’s Home, where he received his first formal music instruction. In the interactive music exhibits, hear the distinctive southwest Louisiana sounds of Cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop, Baton Rouge blues, and world-famous New Orleans jazz.
The Capitol Park Museum tells a story of passion, adventure, and discovery that could have happened only in the Bayou State. Come explore a way of life like no other.

Check out The Historic New Orleans Collection on Royal St. in NOLA, buddy. It’s free to visit. Permanent exhibits explore the city and state’s history; temporary installations deeply examine particular facets of it. Current exhibit looks at how the state’s high rate of incarceration is tied to our history of slavery.

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