Los Isleños Museum

1357 Bayou Road
St Bernard, LA, 70085
504-682-0862

URL : http://www.losislenos.org/museum.htm

overview : Museo de los Isleños was established in 1980. It is housed in a traditional Louisiana brick between posts Creole cottage built about 1840 by Vicente Núñez de Villavicencio.

collections : Consists of six rooms, including a bathroom and kitchen. Exhibits in two rooms facing Bayou Terre-aux-Boeufs, depict through the use of historic imagery and three-dimensional items, the history of the Canary Islands, the settlement of Isleño colonists in Louisiana and the cultural evolution of Isleño descendants in this region as they adapted to a new environment.

topics : ethnic