Louisiana Historic Sites

 ? The Historic New Orleans Collection and Williams Research Center

410 Chartres St.

New Orleans, LA 70130

(504) 598-7171

<www.hnoc.org>

Take a break from using the Williams library to tour this complex of buildings representing different eras in New Orleans history.

 

? Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site

1200 N. Main St.

St. Martinville, LA 70582

(888) 677-2900

<www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/longfell/longfell.htm>

This collection of cabins, a farmstead, a plantation home and outbuildings commemorates the 18th-and 19th-century culture and lives of Acadians, slaves and Creoles in Louisiana’s Bayou Teche area.

 

? Louisiana State Museum

751 Chartres St.

New Orleans, LA 70116

(800) 568-6968

<lsm.crt.state.la.us>

View historic and cultural artifacts housed in five buildings of the famous French Quarter, plus the only structure to serve as both a US and Confederate mint.

 

? Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum

Burden Research Plantation

Box 80498

Baton Rouge, LA 70898

(225) 765-2437

<rurallife.lsu.edu>

Experience the cultures of pre-industrial Louisianians on this 19th-century working plantation, farming museum and agricultural research station.

 

? Musée Conti Wax Museum

917 Conti St.

New Orleans, LA 70112

(800) 233-5405

 <www.neworleanswaxmuseum.com>

See New Orleans history — scandals and all — through 154 wax figures such as Napolean in his bathtub, Gen. Lafayette, the Duc d’Orleans and Mark Twain.

 

? National D-Day Museum

945 Magazine St.

New Orleans, LA 70130

(504) 527-6012 <www.ddaymuseum.org>

Opened in 2000 on the anniversary of D-Day, this museum’s interactive exhibits, artifacts and veterans’ stories take you through the buildup and execution of history’s most complex military operation.

 

? Nottoway Plantation

Box 160

30970 Highway 405

White Castle, LA 70788

(866) 527-6884

<www.nottoway.com>

Louisiana’s largest home upon its completion in 1859, this mansion on the Mississippi River banks features then-innovative amenities such as gas lamps and indoor plumbing. It survived the Civil War intact and now offers tours, guest rooms and a restaurant.

 

? Poverty Point State Historic Site

Box 276 Epps, LA 71237

(888) 926-5492

<www.nationalparks.com/poverty_ point_national_monument.htm>

View ancient American Indian earthen mounds — dating between 700 BC and 1700 — from trails and an observation tower, then learn about this site through museum exhibits.

 

? Vermilionville

300 Fisher Road

Lafayette, LA 70508

(866) 992-2968

<www.vermilionville.org>

Costumed interpreters, craftspeople, cooks, musicians and artists depict Cajun and Creole culture from 1765 to 1890 at this living history village.

? Louisiana Travel

Box 94291

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

(225) 342-8100

<www.louisianatravel.com>

 

? New Orleans MetropolitanConvention and Visitors Bureau

1520 Sugar Bowl Drive

New Orleans, LA 70112

(800) 672-6124

<www.neworleanscvb.com>

 

From the April 2005 Family Tree Magazine