The Louisiana State Exhibit Museum is mission driven--its purpose is to educate, promote tourism and to build community pride. Located on six acres of state land at 3015 Greenwood Road, adjacent to the State Fairgrounds, the museum is funded and operated by the Louisiana Department of State.
The museum is a pre-historical, historical, cultural, scientific and technological educational institution whose primary purpose is to research, collect, preserve and present as an educational resource documents, artifacts, objects of art and the like that reflect the social history, cultural history, oral history and culture of Louisiana, emphasizing the northwest region of Louisiana. As a regional museum, it serves the residents of the ten parishes that comprise northwest Louisiana including Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and Webster.
Visit the museum Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM and weekends from noon to 4 PM. Please call (318) 632-2020 for information. Regular admission is $5 for adults and $1 for students aged 6 to 17. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Scheduled school tours are free. Admission may be more for special exhibits.
The Hampton Inn Shreveport/Bossier City is less than 6 miles from the State Museum in Shreveport and is your best choice when overnight accommodations are needed in the Shreveport Bossier City area. We offer daily complimentary hot breakfast as well as complimentary high-speed Internet. Welcome to Hampton!
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