Rural Life Museum

The Rural Life Museum is located in Baton Rouge on Essen Lane. It is open daily from 8:30 to 5:00 everyday. They are not open on most major holidays. General admission is $9. School groups with reservations get in for $5. Picnicking is not allowed. Bummer. Taking pictures and videos is permitted though.

Louisiana folk architecture is shown in a country church, pioneer's cabin with corn crib and potato house, shotgun house, Acadian house, and a dogtrot house. The Barn contains artifacts that tell of old plantation life. It is also filled with tons of tools and implements used in Louisiana industry and down on the farm. The Working Plantation consists of a commissary, overseer's house, kitchen, slave cabins, sick house, schoolhouse, blacksmith's shop, sugar house, and grist mill.

The Rural Life Museum “Top 10 Outdoor Museums in the World." When you go you will see chickens running loose. Oh it's just common. If you go during a big event you'll see Clydesdale horses plowing a field or oxen all harnessed up in their gear. You might even be able to pet a donkey or mule.

They're is a wagon you can ride in. I have never, but it looks pretty fun for the youngsters. I went to the Rural Life Museum last year. It was during a big event. I went inside a really cool, old church. The man explained how church services were done back then.

I saw some plantation and slave houses. I also was shown how to make candles out of wax. All the workers they're wear clothes from that time. It's pretty funny. They're is a room that has most artifacts and tools about the time of slavery. Overall, it was a pretty interesting experience and it'll be fun to go again.