Overview
The Museum operates five properties in the historic French Quarter: The Cabildo, The Presbytère, the 1850 House, the Old U.S. Mint and Madame John's Legacy. Other sites include Louisiana State Museum - Patterson, Louisiana, Louisiana State Museum - Baton Rouge, the Old Courthouse Museum in Natchitoches, and the E.D. White Historic Site in Thibodaux.
Numerous organizations exist throughout Louisiana to support the Museum including the Louisiana Museum Foundation, Friends of the Cabildo, Wedell-Williams and Cyprus Sawmill Foundation, Friends of the Natchitoches Old Courthouse Museum, and Friends of the E.D. White Historic Site.
The LSM is part of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, which as of 2008 is overseen by Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne.
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