I love to visit with my family. I visit every year.I enjoy so much the events specially the Halloween and Christmas.Its so mindful

The visit was healing. The drive back into the museum was a relaxing serene winding pleasurable feast for the eyes. Took all the stress out of my being. The trip through time took me through experiences that showed me a slower pace of life and reminded me of some values we could use today as well as gifts that have come from struggles as well as showed me truths that reveal some of todays issues as well as some qualities we have and are still building along the way. The tour made my day.

Absolutely beautiful place with lots to see and do. Free kids area at front. My husband could have stayed here all day. Would highly recommend

Beautiful place to take engagement photos! Everyone is very friendly and the gardens at Windrush are gorgeous!

It is a living history museum. Tells some of the happy and sad history of Louisiana. Bring your walking shoes, great way to stretch your legs and learn.

We went to the rural life museum for harvest days and loved it. You feel like you are on a farm from the 1800s and not in downtown baton rouge.

So many beautiful plants and sprawling gardens and statues. The museum is spacious and full of amazing Americana artifacts and stories as well as genuine houses inhabited by early settlers and slaves. Plan for 3 or 4 hours at least.

Lots of things to look at and evoke history, but not much more to it probably due to covid.

Excellent and informative Halloween festival .Friendly staff and good time for kids.

Is just awesome. Very beautiful place. I would definitely come here again.

This is an amazing place to visit! A lot to explore, actual historical buildings either moved to the site or replicated. Laid out something akin to a small town. Audio tours available, gift shop, and lots of other things to see on the complex like a nature trail, gardens, etc. This isnt a Louisiana treasure, its a national treasure.

Fantastic place! Extremely educational.

Corn maze was great and had lots of extra activities!

So gorgeous here. If you dont want to pay to get into the museum/garden its worth just a drive through the area. Gorgeous trees and flowers coming to life everywhere, stunning working gardens, including a kids garden, wildflowers and gotta love the long-horned cows!We loved the museum and walking through the plantation. Excellent morning. I wish r could have spent more time here!

This is a hidden gem. Management and staff are super nice.

Go every year to the Rural Life Christmas, love it!!!

Nice relaxing place with wood and grass

This is a pay facility & curated well. Lots of choices & again lots to learn

Great experience with flowers, bees, butterflies, and birds!

Definitely a place you can spend a good bit of time with so many historical things to see. Spent three hours here & that was just skimming over most things.Things have been greatly organized and labeled since my last visit in the late 70s. So much has been donated that everyone is bound to find an interest - old farming equipment, kitchen tools, blacksmithing, old country store, medical instruments, mourning hair jewelry, etc.

Im incredibly disappointed with what took place at the Rural Life Museum on MLK day. Students from LSU went to take a community service trip to this museum, under the impression that they were going to be planting trees. Instead, these black students were tasked by the museum to work in the plantation houses, with white people overseeing them. It was absolutely degrading for these students to have to undergo that spiritual trauma. It was appalling that there were on-going tours while these black students were sweeping and mopping the floors as if they were apart of the museum. The level of disgust felt is unprecedented. 0/10 stars. Would not recommend to anyone in their right, socially and racially conscious mind.

I was impressed with this indoor and outdoor museum. It really feels like your walking back in time through a southern community in the 19th century with real buildings that were preserved from that time. Fyi: the grounds can get wet and mushy. Worth the trip.

Such a beautiful place, I love all the different activities they have year round for the kids and adults.

Like the history behind it.. But I don’t like the fact that there is no cameras on the outside of the property, my car was broken into and my Wallet, my medication, and my jewelry were taken...So there was no way to make a report.. so that sucks...would I go back, probably not..

What a perfect way to pass a cold and drizzly day! This was AWESOME. I loved seeing the interiors of the slave houses and other building types that they had on location. Most of the quotations they had on the exhibits were from 12 Years as a Slave that I highly suggest you read. This location was a bit of a drive down a winding road that ran parallel to I-10 but while on the grounds, you never would have thought I-10 was just beyond the tree line.This museum had slave sale records, many wagons and what they all were used for and gorgeous grass ways to walk about and check out the interiors of what once housed Salves, Masters, Drivers and many others.There is also a very small cemetery that dated back to 1860-1980s time so I would be interested to learn about that.

Person at the Backpacker recommended this park for trail running. Its very nice. The museum is quaint, but informative. Planning to attend an event here soon.

This museum focuses on Louisiana in the antebellum years. Indoors there is an extensive exhibit on slavery and how laws called Code Noir affected people in bondage before 1803. Adjacent to this area was an even larger space where everything from irons to horse-drawn carriages (minus the horses) were on display. Outside was even more interesting: Dog-trot, shotgun, Acadian, overseers houses; cabins; a post office; a school room; hospital, are just some of the representations found there. Check out the statue of Uncle Jack. Very informative!

Mountains and mountains of antiques and historical artifacts but unfortunately its very poorly laid out. Some of the buildings looked to be in serious disrepair and I wasnt even sure we should go inside since the walls were listing.

This museum nestled in a beautiful setting in Baton Rouge, surrounded by gardens, trees, and flowers, is full of great exhibits and open air buildings. While the museum is called Burden Museum, there isnt much there about the familys history, which was a little disappointing, since that was our main reason for visiting. However, the displays and buildings are top-notch, and highly recommended. Their gift shop has the lowest-priced Mardi Gras masks we found, although selection is limited.

We happened upon this amazing museum on a recent trip to Baton Rouge. If you are in this area this is a must see place. Many old style buildings and they seem to be true to the time period depicted by the buildings and grounds. I placed four photos on this site. One of the exterior of the Black Smith Shop, and the Hardware store, as well as an interior shot of the Hardware store, and another of a typical home of the era.

Amazing. The amount of artifacts and cultural diversity. Well done LSU. Highly recommended.

It was very enjoyable, interesting and had an impact on my kids. It was woth it.

Wonderful place to visit! The kids and I both love it. Its fun and very educational. I love their special events, all of which have informational available on the website. Definitely worth the trip!

Staff is not very well informed about events happening at there own location. Called and made reservations for event and was not notified about a upcoming event being held on the same day and time. Very inconvenient

Wow. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. So much to see, so much history.

Remarkable local museum. This was the first museum or recreator site to specifically address the experience of enslaved persons from a human, individual perspective. The museum building presents a good, traditional museum display, then the next section offers buggies and other historical transportation devices covering birth (baby buggies) to earth in the form of several hearses. Keep an eye out for drawings on the walls from museum founder Steele Burden and for the type of ornaments left by people who cherished those objects. The you transition outdoors for an excellent selection of the cabins and other buildings that were the daily housing of lives in 19th century southern rural life. Pay special attention to the little church. It is likely that the builder was a self-educated enslaved person who figured out the intricate roof by experimentation or from drawings. The whole museum is wheelchair accessible though you need some maneuvering in a few spots. Be sure to spray down with mosquito repellent beforehand or you will be donating to the local skeeters. There is a fee which is reasonable and supports the museum historical research and conservation. And if it looks familiar when you visit, you probably saw the Rural Life Museum in the background of a movie or tv show. Definitely worth your time during any visit to the region.

Wow! Amazing self tour of the properties and exhibits. Highly recommend. Bring water and mosquito spray just in case you are prone to mosquito bites.

Very interesting displays and lots of info!

The LSU Rural Life Museum offers you the real life experience of the 1800s racial equality. It definitely was an eye opening tour of what people endured also the history of how people lived its a must see if ever in Baton Rouge.

A lot of great interesting historical artifacts but not well interpreted

Best place to visit between Baton Rouge and Vicksburg, MS! Dont miss the museum.

Ive been here several times; they have events year round such as Christmas, Fall Harvest and even Civil War Re-enactments. A large museum, many buildings including several slave houses and old Cajun houses. Fantastic for anyone who enjoys history and culture.

Very cool museum

Extensive collection of artifacts of the plantation era period and historical exhibits.

An amazing collection! The whole family enjoyed our visit.

Very well maintained and informative.

Who would have thought such a great place like this could be hiding in baton rouge. It was wonderful. So much to see!

This is a interesting museum. The most fascinating portion of the museum is seeing the historic carriages, coffins, and wheelchairs in the back of the museum.

Great museum!

Great place fantastic atmosphere

Best Kept Secret in Baton Rouge, Louisiana about 2 blocks from Our Lady of the Lake Emergency Room. You need to experience this!

A hidden gem in BR. The grounds beautiful and they have year round activities for the kids.

Really interesting museum! A real hidden treasure in Baton Rouge!

Went there because my son was an extra in a movie and while he was doing that I decided to go through the museum. It was awesome.

We loved this place! So much to see.

Cool place to visit and fantastic location for Zapps Beer Festival

A neat place to visit with your family.

Very nice place to visit in Baton Rouge with awesome rural life museum!

This is a hidden gem in the middle of Baton Rouge.

Beautiful place, never knew it was back there until today. Brusly Elementary Prek field trip to Corn Maze and few other schools from EBR went today - had some sort of event for the kids out at the Burden Center. Hay rides, games, corn maze & haybale mountain. We had a blast and the weather was perfect for it!

Great Oasis in baton rouge

Sun of David and all are equal we all took part

Wonderful exprance.

Awesome experience!

Loved this place

Enjoy absolutely everything about this place!!!

Good place to visit and bring the kids.

Exiting

Very under utilized asset in the heart of South Baton Rouge.