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Bring history to life!
Experience Louisiana’s rich and colorful history through the Check Out Louisiana program! Use your library card to unlock the great historical, cultural, and educational resources of Louisiana’s museums.
Learn more below!
Our state's museums bring the people, places and events that make up our distinctive history to life, and now you can unlock those stories with your library card! Through Check Out Louisiana, library card holders can receive an e-pass to visit these state treasures at no cost!
Museums are special community resources providing enrichment and education to the public, and each venue offers vast informational resources and its own unique story. This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about Louisiana’s historical and cultural treasures!
To reserve an e-pass to a participating museum through the State Library of Louisiana, visit the Check Out Louisiana: Museums webpage and complete the following steps:
Address
523 St. Ann Street, Lower Pontalba Building, New Orleans, LA 70116
Hours
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone
(504) 524-9118
Address
933 Second Street, Alexandria, LA 71301
Hours
Phone
(318) 443-3458
Address
660 N. Fourth Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Hours
Phone
(225) 342-5428
Address
701 Charles Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Hours
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone
(504) 568-696
Address
2295 LA Highway 1, Thibodaux, LA 70301
Hours
Phone
(985) 447-0915
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Address
520 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours
Phone
(504) 523-4662
Address
900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, 70130
Hours
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone
(504) 635-4777
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum
Address
800 Front Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
Hours
Phone
(318) 357-2492
Address
632 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Hours
CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RESTORATION
Phone
(504) 568-6968
Address
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Phone
(504) 528-1944
Address
400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans LA 70116
Hours
Phone
(504) 568-6993
Address
751 Charles Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Hours
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phone
(504) 568-6968
Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum
Address
118 Cotten Road, Patterson, LA 70392
Hours
Phone
(985) 399-1268
Address
880 N Alexander Avenue, Port Allen, LA 70767
Hours
Phone
(225) 336-2422
Address
5099 LA Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049
Hours
Phone
(225) 265-3300