Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge

Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge

Capitol Park Museum is a museum branch of the Louisiana State Museum. The museum includes two permanent thematic exhibits detailing the state's history, industry, and culture.

The museum covers the native inhabitants of the land. It leads patrons through a journey of colonization, industry, and the region's rich culture. Some of the notable items in the museum include a 48-foot shrimp trawler, a two-row sugar cane harvester, and a Civil War submarine.

The state's history of slavery is detailed with exhibits on the slave trade. The museum offers a rebuilt holding cell with an authentic door from the Fairview Plantation jail. The museum covers Jim Crow and the fight against racial discrimination, which includes an exhibit about the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott (1953), an organized, eight-day-long protest of the segregated seating system on city buses.

The vast cultural landscape of Louisiana is on display at the Capitol Park Museum. Visitors will see Louis Armstrong's childhood bugle, Pete Fountain's clarinet, and Buddy Guy's guitar. There is an interactive music area with zydeco, swamp pop, blues, and jazz.

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Capitol Park Museum on Map

Sight Name: Capitol Park Museum
Sight Location: Baton Rouge, USA (See walking tours in Baton Rouge)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
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Travel Distance: 2.4 Km or 1.5 Miles
Louisiana State University Walking Tour

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Travel Distance: 3.4 Km or 2.1 Miles