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“bringing Louisiana's maritime history to life”
“Bringing Louisiana’s Maritime History to Life,” is the driving mission of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum. Located on the banks of the scenic Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, the LPB Maritime Museum takes you on a historic journey through maritime Louisiana. The museum brings Louisiana’s maritime history to life through unique interpretive programs, exhibits, and publications. These programs include the time honored craft of boat building, hands-on field trips, constructing underwater robots, restoration of the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse, and other exciting educational opportunities for people of all ages. Don’t forget to visit in October during the Wooden Boat Festival, the premier annual event on the Tchefuncte River featuring over 100 wooden and classic boats! From canoes to pirogues, from bateaux to steamboats, Louisiana’s unique maritime history and culture has it all. Native Americans, European explorers, and early settlers depended upon Louisiana’s extensive bayous, rivers, and lakes as the pathways of survival, linking the interior with the sea. These waterways represented the connections among people, the connections of life.
I had initially come here a couple of years ago to see what it was about, and recently came on the way home from the Ren Fair to see if anything had changed. It has not changed. I only had about... Read more
Really cool museum! I liked the history on the steamboats. There's also this really cool model which shows early life in Louisana. Read more
I'm writing a story about travel across the lake so I decided to go here and try to learn (hah). It worked! Also it's free right now because of a grant they received. The museum is near the... Read more
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