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After the Civil War and the end of slavery, many laborers on sugar plantations continued to live on the plantations in dwellings similar to this cottage.
Bed belonging to Manuel de LemosGayoso,Spanish governer to Louisiana. SouthdownPlantation Museum, Houma, LA
Belonging to author and Dr. Thaddeus St. Martin of Houma, LA.
Re-creation of the Washington DC office of U.S. Senator Allen J Ellender.
Hallette Barrow Cole's porcelain collection
Pre-history Exhibit Houma, La
Southdown Plantion Museum, Terrebonne Parish, Houma, La
Southdown Plantion Museum, Terrebonne Parish, Houma, La
Southdown Plantion Museum, Terrebonne Parish, Houma, La
Southdown Plantion Museum, Terrebonne Parish, Houma, La
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
Original 19th-century Minor Family Furnishings

Memories of Terrebonne 1890-1945: Oral History, Photograph, and Artifact Collection

Mardi Gras in Houma

Southdown Plantation and the Sugarcane Industry

Native Peoples of Louisiana

Hand-made baskets, dolls, woodcarvings, and other local crafts

Collected works of Terrebonne artist Charles Gilbert

Library and Literary Collection of local author Dr. T. I. “Thad” St. Martin

Boehm and Doughty porcelain birds and flowers

Re-creation of the Washington, D.C. office of Allen J. Ellender, U.S. Senator 1937-1972

Restored Plantation Worker’s Cabin (circa 1885)

Changing art gallery shows & other temporary, loaned, or traveling exhibits
For more information or to schedule a tour of the museum, please contact the office at 985-851-0154 or visit our Tours page.

We are located at 1208 Museum Dr. near LA Hwy 311 and St. Charles St (LA 664) in Houma, 60 miles southwest of New Orleans via US Hwy 90 to Exit #200. Southdown buildings and grounds are owned and operated by the Terrebonne Historical & Cultural Society, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of history, culture, and the arts in Terrebonne Parish.
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