Baton Rouge LSU Rural Life Museum

LSU Rural Life Museum focuses on the life of the 18th and 19th centuries. The outdoor museum features homes and outbuildings built in the 18th and 19th centuries.The Working Plantation illustrates the life of working people on a 19th century plantation. It consists of a Post Office, Commissary, Overseer's House, Open-Hearth Kitchen, Slave Cabins, Sick House, Blacksmith's Shop, Sugar House, School House, Pigeon Cote, and a large collection of Outhouses. The Folk Architecture Section consists of a Split-Cypress Barn, Country Church, Pioneer's Cabin with Corn Crib and Potato House, Shotgun House, Dogtrot House, Log House, Log Barn and a Jail. The Exhibit Barn displays various exhibits on Louisiana's cultural and historical heritage.