The Museum features a wide variety of content and collections, which change from time to time. Shown below are just a few of the current exhibits at the Museum.
Highlights of current exhibits include:
Louisiana under the rule of Spain, France and England
Famous figures in Louisiana history
Carry On: The Work of Huey Long and O.K. Allen
Leon Bergeron Gulf Oil Station, corner of Murray and 5th Streets, Alexandria, Louisiana, September of 1940, from the Newcomb Photograph Collection
Stern Wheel Steam Ship "Red River" model
The Louisiana Purchase
Colonial Louisiana
The American Revolution
War between the North and South
The timber industry
Famous Central Louisiana plantations and buildings
Central Louisiana Army camps during World War I
The effect on Central Louisiana during World War
II
Politicians from the Central Louisiana area
Why there are no dinosaur bones
found in Louisiana
Central Louisiana in postcards
Original, 200 year old, 1804 New York Herald
newspaper that announces and details the Louisiana Purchase
Detailed 1872 map of the city
of Alexandria showing the names of owners of city property during
that time period
The Newcomb Photograph Collection ... 675 original photographs of Central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1960s
And much more!
The Newcomb Photograph Collection
The Louisiana History Museum is proud to display the Newcomb Collection, encompassiong 675 photographs of Central Louisiana from the 1860s to the 1960s.
Newcomb Studios was a well known business in Alexandria for many years, located at 411 Murray Street.
The LHM: The Museum with all the
Bells and Whistles!
The Louisiana History Museum now has all the bells and whistles, with the addition in 2010 of museum pieces donated by the Gamburgs.
This collection includes the steam whistle of the Fisher Lumber Company Plant.
click images below to enlarge
Red River
A model replica of the Stern Wheel Steam Ship "Red River" went on display in June, 2009.
The ship model was built by master modeler Richard Guidroz of Pineville, La.
The boat, "Red River," was in service on the Red River and Mississippi from the early
1900s to the 1920s.
During that time period the river here at Alexandria was a busy
port for transporting cotton, livestock and supply's to the small towns and to New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Natchez, Mississippi.
click images of the Steam Ship to enlarge
The
largest local postcard collection ever displayed!
Central Louisiana in Postcards from 1900 to 1955.
Over 250 postcards of Alexandria, Pineville,
Central Louisiana and the Army Camps of WWI and WWII.
Carry On
The Work of Huey P. Long and O.K. Allen
Beaver Top Hat worn by
Montfort Wells, owner of the race horse Lecompte.
The
town of Lecompte,
Louisiana was named
after the famous race horse.
State of Louisiana Confederate
note
collection. 1861-1864
Early original WWII poster
Lend the way they Fight...Buy Bonds to your UTMOST!
