Jeanerette Things to Do Tips by grandmaR

Jeanerette Museum 'Le Beau Petit Musee'

After lunch we drove over to the Jeanerette Bicentennial Park and Museum and Chamber of Commerce. There was a little old lady there (probably about our age) and she let us in (admission $3 each) and we talked a long time about when we had lived there in 1960.

She knew that the grocery store of our landlord had been torn down, which was why we couldn't find it. Neither did we find the appliance store that we bought our stove and refrigerator from.

I asked if there had been a Presbyterian church in town, because I remember going to church circle meetings at which I was the youngest person there by at least 40 years. But there was no longer a Presbyterian church. She confirmed that there had indeed been such a church, but it had also been torn down. She had a picture of it which I have put in the Intro.

She showed us a video on the sugar cane industry and gave us a package of raw sugar and two Louisiana oranges.

According to Baldwin's "Guide to the Museums of Louisiana"
Tracing 200 years of the sugarcane industry...also features a Swamp Room, cypress industry displays, and a Victorian bedroom. There are works by local artists and crafters, and an annex includes black history and Mardi Gras Rooms... (photo 4- every place in Louisiana seems to have a Mardi Gras section)
Pictures and artifacts from cypress boom days include the 19th century cypress patterns used in the manufacture of gears for sugar mills, sawmills, salt mines, rice mills, and steamboats..
In the Victorian bedroom, examples of turn-of-the-centry lace, tatting, crochet and French embroidery, all handmade, vie for your attention.

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Address: 500 East Main St (Highway 182)

Phone: 337-276-4408