Saturday, September 21 is Museum Day nationwide!
During this one-day event, participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket.
Participants are allowed to download one ticket per email address. The ticket provides free general admission on Saturday for two people. Tickets can be downloaded from the Smithsonian's website.
The event is held by Smithsonian Magazine, and you can find a full list of participating museums on their site as well. A list of participating museums in Acadiana and around Louisiana is as follows:
Acadiana
Lafayette:
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
St. Martinville:
Acadian Memorial and Museum (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
African American Museum (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
New Iberia:
Bayou Teche Museum (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Shadows on the Teche (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Around Louisiana
1850 House - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Alexandria Museum of Art - Alexandra (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Capital Park Museum - Baton Rouge (9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
E. D. White Historic Site - Thibodaux (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
LSU Museum of Art - Baton Rouge (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum - Madisonville (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Longue Vue House and Gardens - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Louisiana National Guard Museums, Jackson Barracks - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest History Museum - Natchitoches (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Louisiana's Old State Capitol - Baton Rouge (9 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
Magnolia Mound: Museum and Historic Site - Baton Rouge (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
Masur Museum of Art - Monroe (12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
New Orleans Museum of Art - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Southern Food and Beverage Museum and The Museum of the American Cocktail - New Orleans (11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
T.R.E.E. House Children's Museum - Alexandria (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
The Cabildo - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
The Historic New Orleans Collection - New Orleans (9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
The National WWII Museum - New Orleans (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
The Presbytere - New Orleans (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum - Patterson (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
West Baton Rouge Museum - Port Allen (10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
