River Road African American Museum
River Road African American Museum is a museum of culture and history in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1994, it was among the first Louisiana museums to tell the story of Africans and African Americans, both slave and free.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Landry Tomb and Ascension Catholic High School.
Landry Tomb
Tomb
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Landry Tomb is an historic burial vault located in the cemetery of the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The two stage granite monument, containing 24 vaults, was built in 1845 and its design is attributed to James H. Landry Tomb is situated 1,500 feet southeast of River Road African American Museum.
Ascension Catholic High School
School
Ascension Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. It is the oldest Catholic school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge… Ascension Catholic High School is situated 1,700 feet east of River Road African American Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donaldsonville and Smoke Bend.
Donaldsonville
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Donaldsonville is a town of about 7000 in the south of Louisiana, along the Mississippi River. Its historic old town is considered to be one of the best kept examples of its kind, and home to a number of pre-Civil War monuments.
Smoke Bend
Hamlet
Smoke Bend is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small cottage from the 1870s named Rome House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located here. Smoke Bend is situated 2 miles west of River Road African American Museum.
River Road African American Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Donaldsonville, Louisiana
- Categories: African-American museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ascension, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.10132° or 30° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
-90.99011° or 90° 59′ 24″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
862F4225+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 960194463OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7710610Wikidata ID
Q7337763
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