Museums in Louisiana

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

This museum tells a lively, personal, and wide-ranging history of jazz music.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.