Louisiana History Museum — Attraction in Alexandria

Pros: no entry fee, lots of interesting artifacts covering many time periods, knowledgeable guide Cons: guided tours only, limited street parking

As others have noted, the museum is in the basement; the first floor is a dedicated genealogy research library, though you do still have to enter by going through the library. It's been some years since they first said they'd be moving to another location, and that still hasn't happened, but is supposedly still in the works. Takes about 1hr to do the entire tour.

There were lots of very interesting artifacts here, unfortunately, I couldn't enjoy any of them. Every time I found something interesting and started reading the displays about it to learn more, the tour guide would butt in by trying to get me to look at something completely unrelated. I appreciate his enthusiasm about giving a truly guided tour, but he was only going over the kind of history I'm not interested in (wars), and would say nothing about the kind of history I AM interested in (culture), and was actively trying to prevent me from looking at the artifacts I found fascinating 😖! It's not like I was touching the cases or trying to steal anything 😠. I don't like guided tours, but this is the first time I've been on one that actually frustrated me; I'm glad this was free, so it was only a waste of time. If the guy is giving the tour, I really hope you like hearing about wars and...

Absolutely fantastic experience!!! Timothy, our guide, was an amazing local historian. We arrived at museum at around 1:30 in the afternoon, upon arriving we saw the size of the museum. Thinking to ourselves this won’t take long, we couldn’t have been more wrong! 2 1/2 hours later Mr. Timothy completely filled our appetite for history. Taking us on a journey from before the dinosaurs to present day. Filled heavily with 1850-1950’s lure. Inside the museum, you will find anything from prehistoric shark teeth to documents signed by Lincoln. If you arrive on a Saturday like we did, you might just get a chance to ride on a gas powered trolley. With the help of Timothy, you will discover modern art, artists’ studios, churches restored from flames, cemeteries, & turn of the century hotels with wealthy eccentric owners. Thanks for a day of discovery Brian, Jenna, &...

Miss Pat and her colleague Miss Glenda were so helpful. I traveled down to Louisiana to do research for a novel i am writing. they answered my many questions plus gave me so much information and insight into the history of the Alexandria area. they definitely helped me in my pursuit of knowledge and history.

Pat said they are moving to another building, one that once was a church. i would like to go down there again in a couple of years and see the finished product. when i was there, things were slightly in disarray due to the...