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LSU Rural Life Museum

4600 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70898
225-765-2437
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Ranked #6 of 30 attractions in Baton Rouge
Type: Historic Sites, History Museums, Speciality Museums
Owner description: Step back in time to pre-industrial Louisiana at this 27-building museum complex, one of the best outdoor museums in the U.S., featuring tools,... more » Owner description: Step back in time to pre-industrial Louisiana at this 27-building museum complex, one of the best outdoor museums in the U.S., featuring tools, furniture and other artifacts and, the highlight, a recreated 19th-century plantation that portrays the daily lives of these early settlers. « less
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 June 2013 NEW

A great walk into the past. Comfortable setting and an eye opening experience! Country life in the middle of the big city!

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Cabot, Arkansas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 June 2013 NEW

Staff was really nice and you could just walk around and see everything as it was back in that time, they also had a really nice collection of things inside to look at also. Nice to spend a few hour there.

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Cincinnati
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 June 2013

They were filming a movie while I was here so was only able to tour the in door museum. They still charged me, though. The museum is a collection interesting, dusty junk. It could be really educational but everything is just thrown together. A total waste of time. Since this is operated by LSU (and paid for by tax dollars)... More

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New Orleans, Louisiana
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013

unorganized events...things cancelled...caterpillars falling on you from the trees...just not worth it

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Zachary, Louisiana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013

Loved the tour of the museum. I was able to see a great deal of antiques and listen to what some local seniors had to say while we were on our visit.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2013

This museum had a little bit of everything, though we were surprised that some artifacts or antiques were being handled by some of the folks walking through the museum. There aren't sufficient caretakers to avoid that.

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Nashville, TN
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2013

The LSU Rural Life Museum is not as nice as the Louisiana State Museum downtown, but it has something the other museum does not have -- buildings relocated from plantations, towns, and farms in different areas of the state. We easily spent two hours here. We liked the old vehicles and carriages, old furnishings, and pieces of life from days... More

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BATON ROUGE, LA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2013

We been at different times of the year...the kids enjoy it most around Halloween bc the make a large corn maze in the field. They have many artifacts from wagons, to swords, to art and history. Fun learning experience.

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Chicago IL
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 April 2013

There was a lot to see at this museum, it just wasn't well curated. Many of the exhibits had no explanation. I was hoping to find out more about slavery - one small room was dedicated to the topic and there were a slew of slave cabins but they needed to have much more detail added to the explanations. If... More

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minnesota
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 March 2013

Like the outdoor space. Many buildings to wander through. Well worth the price. You can spend a little or a lot of time here.

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