Rural African American Museum

The Rural African American Museum is a museum in Opelousas that focuses on the history of African Americans living in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the American Civil War to the present.

Type: Museum
Description: African American Museum in Opelousas, Louisiana
Address: 1414 North Main Street, Opelousas, LA 70570

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Landry Parish Airport.

St. Landry Parish Airport

Aerodrome

St. Landry Parish Airport, also known as Ahart Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Opelousas, a city in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Opelousas and Plaisance.

Opelousas

Photo: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opelousas is the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and is one of the former capitals of Louisiana. Opelousas is in the south Louisiana area known as "Acadiana", the center of Cajun culture in Louisiana.

Plaisance

Hamlet

Plaisance is an unincorporated community in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the location of the former Plaisance High School, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plaisance is situated 5 miles northwest of Rural African American Museum.

Rural African American Museum

Categories: African-American museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: St. Landry, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

30.547° or 30° 32′ 49″ north

Longitude

-92.07922° or 92° 4′ 45″ west

Open location code

8629GWWC+R8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 964383937

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q65807727

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Highlights include Saint Landry Catholic Church and North Park.

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