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Facts About the LSU Rural Life Museum
- Open daily 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Over 20,000 visitors a year
- 37 years of service and success
- Largest collection of Louisiana Vernacular Architecture
- Most extensive collection of Material Culture from 18th and 19th century of rural Louisiana
- Museum operates on 80% self-generated funds
- More than 100 volunteer adult docents and 55 junior docents: grades 6th through 12th grade
- Museum volunteers gave over 11,500 hours of in-kind service last year valued at $207,000
- Friends of the Rural Life Museum, a 501(c)(3) entity, includes 500 individuals and corporations which provide the museum with members, funding and service
- Museum is available as a classroom and laboratory for Louisiana State University, Southern University and other scholars free of charge
- Museum’s educational programs are intertwined with the Louisiana Department of Education required lesson plans
- World class Museum, voted “Top 10 Outdoor Museums in the World” by the British Museum
- Conference host for National and International Museum Associations
- Museum has recently completed a revised Master Plan which includes the development of 16 new acres of land
- Museum has recently completed a $5.4 million dollar campaign to fund a new Visitor Center
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