
Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Louisiana!
Whether you’re looking for an Educational Field Trip or a Fun Day Out with the Kids…
Or if you are planning a Family Vacation for Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter Break…
Or maybe you’re a Full-Time Family touring the US in your van or RV….
Perhaps you are an International Traveler planning your next major excursion into the United States…
Whatever your reason for exploring the world with YOUR Family…
SPGFAN has THE BEST LISTS of Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Each of the 50 United States!
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Learn, Play, Experience, Relax, and Enjoy Yourselves with These Great National Parks, State Parks, Theme Parks, Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Nature Centers, Factory Tours, Historic Sites, Notable Homes, Cultural Attractions, Art Events, Live Performances, Sporting Events, Beaches, Mountains, Cities, Towns, Farms, and MORE!

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Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Louisiana!
CITY / ATTRACTION
Abbeville Museum | Abbeville |
Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum | Abbeville |
Sam Guarino Blacksmith Shop Museum | Abbeville |
Abita Mystery House | Abita Springs |
Addis Museum | Addis |
Alexandria Museum of Art | Alexandria |
Alexandria T.R.E.E. House Children’s Museum | Alexandria |
Kent Plantation House | Alexandria |
Louisiana History Museum | Alexandria |
Angola Museum | Angola |
Bienville Depot Museum | Arcadia |
TABASCO Pepper Sauce Museum | Avery ISland |
Baker Heritage Museum | Baker |
Snyder Museum | Bastrop |
Andonie Museum | Baton Rouge |
Baton Rouge Gallery | Baton Rouge |
Capitol Park Museum | Baton Rouge |
CARTE Museum | Baton Rouge |
Enchanted Mansion | Baton Rouge |
Louisiana Art and Science Museum | Baton Rouge |
Louisiana Governor’s Mansion | Baton Rouge |
Louisiana Museum of Natural History | Baton Rouge |
Louisiana State Archive and Research Library | Baton Rouge |
Louisiana State Capitol | Baton Rouge |
LSU Galleries | Baton Rouge |
LSU Museum of Art | Baton Rouge |
LSU Rural Life Museum | Baton Rouge |
Magnolia Mound Plantation | Baton Rouge |
Museum of Political History | Baton Rouge |
Old Arsenal Museum | Baton Rouge |
Old Louisiana Governor’s Mansion | Baton Rouge |
Southern University Museum of Art in Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge |
USS Kidd & Veterans Memorial | Baton Rouge |
Bernice Depot Museum | Bernice |
Barksdale Global Power Museum | Bossier City |
Bossier Parish Library Historical Center | Bossier City |
Krewe of Gemini Mardi Gras Museum | Bossier City |
Talbot Museum | Bossier City |
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge | Cameron |
National Hansen’s Disease Museum | Carville |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | Chalmette |
Charenton Heritage Museum | Charenton |
Chitimacha Museum | Charenton |
Martin Home Place Museum | Columbia |
Schepis Museum | Columbia |
Cottonport Museum | Cottonport |
Covington Trailhead Museum | Covington |
H J Smith’s Son General Store and Museum | Covington |
Crystal Rice Plantation | Crowley |
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens | Darrow |
DeQuincy Railroad Museum | DeQuincy |
DeQuincy Town Hall Museum | DeQuincy |
Beauregard Parish Museum | DeRidder |
Magnolia Plantation | Derry |
Destrehan Plantation | Destrehan |
Ormond Plantation House | Destrehan |
River Road African American Museum | Donaldsonville |
Autrey House Museum | Dubach |
Acadian Museum | Erath |
Cajun Music Hall of Fame | Eunice |
Eunice Depot Museum | Eunice |
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center | Eunice |
Delta Music Museum | Ferriday |
Frogmore Plantation | Ferriday |
Grevemberg House Museum | Franklin |
Oaklawn Manor | Franklin |
Varnado Store Museum | Franklinton |
San Francisco Plantation | Garyville |
Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum | Gibsland |
Red River Crossroads Museum | Gilliam |
Tee Joe Gonzales Museum | Gonzales |
Eddie G. Robinson Museum | Grambling |
German-American Cultural Center and Museum | Gretna |
Gretna Historical Society Museum | Gretna |
Gueydan Museum | Gueydan |
Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center | Hammond |
Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum | Hammond |
Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum | Haughton |
Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum | Homer |
Finding Our Roots African American Museum | Houma |
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum | Houma |
Canary Islanders Cultural Museum | Houma |
Southdown Plantation House | Houma |
Capt. Fletcher E. Adams 357th Fighter Group Museum | Ida |
Independence Italian Cultural Museum | Independence |
Centenary State Historic Site | Jackson |
Republic of West Florida Museum | Jackson |
Barataria Museum | Jean Lafitte |
Jeanerette Museum | Jeanerette |
Louisiana Telephone Pioneer Museum | Jennings |
W. H. Tupper General Merchandise Museum | Jennings |
Zigler Art Museum | Jennings |
Jackson Parish Heritage Museum | Jonesboro |
Le Musee’ De Kaplan | Kaplan |
Rivertown | Kenner |
Kentwood Museum | Kentwood |
Bayou Lacombe Museum | Lacombe |
Acadian Cultural Center | Lafayette |
Acadian Village | Lafayette |
Acadiana Center for the Arts | Lafayette |
Alexandre Mouton House | Lafayette |
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist | Lafayette |
Children’s Museum of Acadiana | Lafayette |
Lafayette Arts Association Gallery | Lafayette |
Lafayette Science Museum | Lafayette |
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum | Lafayette |
Vermilionville | Lafayette |
Central School Arts & Humanities Center | Lake Charles |
The Children’s Museum | Lake Charles |
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center | Lake Charles |
Imperial Calcasieu Museum | Lake Charles |
Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu | Lake Charles |
Sherman Fine Arts Center | Lake Charles |
USS Orleck Naval Museum | Lake Charles |
Louisiana State Cotton Museum | Lake Providence |
Museum of West Louisiana | Leesville |
Southern Forest Heritage Museum | Long Leaf |
St. James Culture and Heritage Center | Lutcher |
Fairview-Riverside State Park | Madisonville |
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum | Madisonville |
Madisonville Museum | Madisonville |
Mansfield Female College Museum | Mansfield |
Mansfield State Historic Site | Mansfield |
DeFosse Home | Mansura |
Fort Jesup State Historic Site | Many |
Marksville State Historic Site | Marksville |
Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Museum | Marksville |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | Marrero |
Rebel State Historic Site | Marthaville |
Melrose Plantation | Melrose |
Merryville Museum | Merryville |
Dorcheat Historical Association Museum | Minden |
Germantown Colony and Museum | Minden |
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens | Monroe |
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Monroe |
Chennault Aviation and Military Museum | Monroe |
Isaiah Garrett Law Office | Monroe |
Masur Museum of Art | Monroe |
Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum | Monroe |
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum | Monroe |
ULM Museum of Natural History | Monroe |
Mooringsport Mini Museum | Mooringsport |
Adam Ponthieu Grocery Store & Big Bend Post Office Museum | Moreauville |
International Petroleum Museum and Exposition | Morgan City |
Stagecoach Trail Museum | Mount Lebanon |
Bishop Martin Museum | Natchitoches |
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site | Natchitoches |
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum | Natchitoches |
Oakland Plantation | Natchitoches |
Bayou Teche Museum | New Iberia |
Shadows-on-the-Teche | New Iberia |
Pointe Coupee Parish Museum | New Roads |
Winter Quarters State Historic Site | Newellton |
Leatherwood Museum | Oakdale |
Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum | Oil City |
Creole Heritage Folklife Center | Opelousas |
Le Vieux Village | Opelousas |
Louisiana Orphan Train Museum | Opelousas |
Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center | Opelousas |
Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum | Patterson |
Louisiana Maneuvers and Military Museum | Pineville |
Old Town Hall Museum | Pineville |
Tioga Heritage Park and Museum | Pineville |
Poverty Point State Historic Site | Pioneer |
Iberville Museum | Plaquemine |
Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site | Plaquemine |
Collinswood Museum | Ponchatoula |
West Baton Rouge Museum | Port Allen |
Port Hudson State Historic Site | Port Hudson |
Fort Jackson, Louisiana | Port Sulphur |
Adai Indian Nation Culture Center | Robeline |
Lincoln Parish Museum | Ruston |
Louisiana Military Museum | Ruston |
Log Cabin Museum | Shongaloo |
Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions | Shreveport |
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Regional Visitor Center | Shreveport |
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum | Shreveport |
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum | Shreveport |
LSU Pioneer Heritage Center | Shreveport |
Marlene Yu Museum | Shreveport |
Meadows Museum of Art | Shreveport |
Multicultural Center of the South | Shreveport |
R. W. Norton Art Gallery | Shreveport |
Sci-Port | Shreveport |
Shreveport Railroad Museum | Shreveport |
Shreveport Water Works Museum | Shreveport |
Southern University Museum of Art in Shreveport | Shreveport |
Spring Street Historical Museum | Shreveport |
Stage of Stars Museum | Shreveport |
Stephens African American Museum | Shreveport |
Simmesport Fishing Industry Museum | Simmesport |
GOSH Museum | Slidell |
Slidell Cultural Center | Slidell |
Slidell Mardis Gras Museum | Slidell |
Slidell Museum | Slidell |
Audubon State Historic Site | St. Francisville |
Butler Greenwood Plantation | St. Francisville |
Grandmother’s Buttons | St. Francisville |
Greenwood Plantation (Louisiana) | St. Francisville |
Myrtles Plantation | St. Francisville |
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site | St. Francisville |
West Feliciana Historical Society Museum | St. Francisville |
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site | St. Martinville |
Museum of the Acadian Memorial | St. Martinville |
St. Martinville Cultural Heritage Center | St. Martinville |
ICONS Museum | St. Tammany |
Brimstone Museum | Sulphur |
Hermione Museum | Tallulah |
Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and Museum | Tangipahoa |
E. D. White Historic Site | Thibodaux |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | Thibodaux |
Laurel Valley Village Museum and Country Store | Thibodaux |
Laura Plantation | Vacherie |
Oak Alley Plantation | Vacherie |
St. Joseph Plantation | Vacherie |
Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum | Ville Platte |
Maison Jean Marie Laran Museum | Ville Platte |
Vivian Railroad Station Museum | Vivian |
Evergreen Plantation | Wallace |
Washington Museum & Tourist Center | Washington |
Welsh Museum | Welsh |
Westwego Historical Museum | Westwego |
Nottoway Plantation | White Castle |
Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame | Winnfield |
Zachary Historic Village | Zachary |
1850 House | French Quarter |
Algiers Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum | Algiers Point |
American Italian Museum | Central Business District |
Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum | Lower Ninth Ward |
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium | French Quarter |
Backstreet Cultural Museum | Tremé |
Beauregard-Keyes House | French Quarter |
The Cabildo | French Quarter |
Confederate Memorial Hall Museum | Central Business District |
Contemporary Arts Center | Central Business District |
Degas House | Tremé |
Fort Pike State Historic Site | Lake St. Catherine |
Diboll Art Gallery | Audubon |
Gallier House | French Quarter |
Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum at Arnaud’s | French Quarter |
Hermann-Grima House | French Quarter |
Historic New Orleans Collection | French Quarter |
House of Broel | Garden District |
House of Dance and Feathers | Lower Ninth Ward |
Irish Cultural Museum of New Orleans | French Quarter |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve | French Quarter |
Longue Vue House and Gardens | Lakewood |
Louisiana Children’s Museum | Central Business District |
Louisiana State Museum | French Quarter |
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum | Lower Ninth Ward |
Madame John’s Legacy | French Quarter |
Mardi Gras World | St. Thomas Development |
McKenna Museum of African American Art | Central City |
Le Musée de f.p.c. | Tremé |
Museum of Death | French Quarter |
Museum of the American Cocktail | Central City |
National Seelos Shrine | St. Thomas Development |
National WWII Museum | Central Business District |
New Canal Lighthouse Museum and Education Center | Lakeshore/Lake Vista |
New Orleans African American Museum | Tremé |
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum | French Quarter |
New Orleans Fire Department Museum | Garden District |
New Orleans Mint | French Quarter |
New Orleans Museum of Art | City Park |
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum | French Quarter |
Newcomb Art Museum | Carrollton |
Ogden Museum of Southern Art | Central Business District |
Old Ursuline Convent | French Quarter |
Pitot House | Faubourg St. John |
The Presbytère | French Quarter |
Southern Food and Beverage Museum | Central City |
University of New Orleans Art Galleries |
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