rural life museum

The Rural Life Museum been up for 34 years.They have over 20,000 people vist a year.They are rated top 10 for the best outside museum made.It open 8:30 A.M until 5:00 P.M everyday.If you wanted to go and have fun out in the air then it would be 9.00 dollars per person.Or just 7.00 dollars if you were a student of staff.


THE LOG CABIN

The log cabin had its beginnings in Europe.Some believe it was brought to the american in 1630`s by the Scandinavians (Swedes).Others believe that it originated in Germany and Europe.This question is still unanswered today.We do know that British settlers, who needed substantial shelter immediately.the log cabin as a means of protection from the elements.



Flat Boats

The flat boat at the Rural Life Museum is from the Laurette family’s old home in Sunshine.It was built around the same time the home was built.This one was kept under the barn on rollers to make it easily accessible. It was last used during the 1927 flood. Ethel Bartel Melancon of Baton Rouge donated it to the Rural Life Museum.




Plantation Kitchen Garden

Kitchen gardens were commonplace on all plantations to provide a source of food variety including fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs for seasoning, preservation, and medicinal purposes. The kitchen garden was near the kitchen and within a fenced area.Kitchen gardens are direct descendants of French and English gardens, where ornamental raised beds with decorative knots and mazes were a hallmark of the elegant country estates. During the early to mid-19th century, American gardeners, especially in the South, used these formal raised-bed gardens.





Outhouses

Outhouses or privies are enclosed outdoor toilets, usually simple structures placed to the rear of the property.Outhouses were frequently built under a tree to take advantage of the shade, and flowering vines and plants were often planted around them for aesthetic reasons. They enclosed one of more seats and sometimes baby seats.As with all locally built structures, the design and construction of outhouses ranged from the very primitive to the finely-finished and elaborate. The symbols carved in the doors and sometimes in the side walls furnished light and ventilation as well as decoration.