Best Family-Friendly Attractions

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Downtown Thibodaux

Downtown Thibodaux

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Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center

Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center

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Peltier Park

Peltier Park

Ball fields, 1-mile track & a playground. Open site with baseball fields & a playground, a 1-mile walking/running track & seasonal events.

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Bayou Country Children's Museum

Bayou Country Children's Museum

Cajun culture through hands-on play. Interactive kids' exhibits on Cajun culture, including a floor piano, giant bubbles & a duck blind.

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E.D. White Historic Site

E.D. White Historic Site

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Ardoyne Plantation

Ardoyne Plantation

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Da Swamp

Da Swamp

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The Ball Park

The Ball Park

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Oak Alley Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

Historical plantation site with tours. Former plantation with exhibits about local history and sugarcane cultivation, plus guided tours.

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St. Joseph Plantation and Felicity Plantation

St. Joseph Plantation and Felicity Plantation

Historic sugar cane producer with tours. Family-owned sugar cane estate offering guided tours of its original 19th-century buildings.

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Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum

Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum

Exhibits of coastal industries & a shop. Small waterfront museum with exhibits on bayou-related industries, plus a gift shop & back porch.

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Terrebonne Folklife Culture Center

Terrebonne Folklife Culture Center

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TERREBONNE HISTORICAL & CULTURAL SOCIETY

TERREBONNE HISTORICAL & CULTURAL SOCIETY

19th-century plantation with house tours. Tours of a 19th-century plantation manor, plus surrounding grounds for picnics, events & more.

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Southdown Plantation & Museum

Southdown Plantation & Museum

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Regional Military Museum

Regional Military Museum

Military history exhibits & vehicles. Exhibits, vehicles & memorials devoted to Louisiana military history in a modern warehouse space.

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Summerfield Park

Summerfield Park

Green space with a playground & gazebo. Neighborhood park featuring an accessible playground, a gazebo, a lawn area & picnic tables.

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Mandalay Nature Trail

Mandalay Nature Trail

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Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge

Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge

Vast, boat-access-only wetland preserve. Thousands of acres of marshland, accessible only by boat, harboring threatened & endangered species.

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River Road African American Museum

River Road African American Museum

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Chauvin Sculpture Garden & Art

Chauvin Sculpture Garden & Art

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Destrehan Plantation

Destrehan Plantation

1787 plantation home open for tours. Historic plantation home with exhibits, interactive demonstrations & tours from costumed guides.

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Jambalaya Park

Jambalaya Park

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Lafreniere Park

Lafreniere Park

Lush park for picnics, sports & play. Lush park with picnic areas, a 2-mile jogging path, play areas, athletic fields, fishing & more.

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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Wetlands, boat tours & historic sites. Park with a vast wetland area with boat tours, plus a battlefield, cemetery & cultural centers.

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Audubon Zoo

Audubon Zoo

Compact zoo with hands-on encounters. Leafy home to Amur leopards, orangutans & white alligators, with presentations & feedings.

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Audubon Park

Audubon Park

Park with oak trees & jogging paths. Park with oak trees, jogging & bike paths, a lagoon, picnic shelters, tennis courts & playgrounds.

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BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

Facility with animal exhibits & photos. Large facility surrounded by wildlife & plants houses live animal exhibits plus mineral displays.

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Carousel Gardens Amusement Park

Carousel Gardens Amusement Park

Amusement park with an antique carousel. Long-running amusement park featuring 16 rides, including an antique wooden carousel with horses.

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Storyland

Storyland

Whimsical fairytale-themed playground. Imaginative outdoor spot with colorful sculptures & playscapes in the shape of storybook characters.

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New Orleans Botanical Garden

New Orleans Botanical Garden

Cactus-filled hothouses & lily ponds. Long-established gardens with exotic species including orchids & cacti, plus seasonal plant sales.

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Burden Museum & Gardens

Burden Museum & Gardens

Botanic garden & history of rural life. 440-acre site with botanic gardens, 5 miles of paths & an open-air history museum of rural life.

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New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans Museum of Art

Extensive art exhibits in a grand space. More than 40,000 pieces by global artists of various historical periods in a grand marble building.

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Louisiana Children's Museum

Louisiana Children's Museum

Interactive exhibits & play areas. Indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits include an art studio & a mock cafe, plus play areas.

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The Singing Oak

The Singing Oak

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Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum

Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum

Complex devoted to 19th-century life. Plantation complex of historic buildings preserves 1800s life with artifacts, exhibits & tours.

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New Orleans City Park

New Orleans City Park

1,300 acres of recreation & attractions. This expansive urban greenspace with a lake & paths features a dog run, museums, disc golf & more.

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The National WWII Museum

The National WWII Museum

Military exhibits, planes & 4-D theater. Multi-building museum with interactive submarine exhibit, planes, 4-D theater & eatery downstairs.

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Backstreet Cultural Museum

Backstreet Cultural Museum

Celebration of local history & culture. Small museum exploring New Orleans traditions, with exhibits on brass bands, jazz funerals & more.

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Mardi Gras World

Mardi Gras World

Complex where Mardi Gras floats are made. Vast, 400,000-sq.-ft. complex where Mardi Gras floats are made & stored, with hourly tours.

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Audubon Insectarium

Audubon Insectarium

Kid-friendly museum with insect exhibits. Interactive insect exhibits, bugs in action & an IMAX theater all in a U.S. Custom House.

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Audubon Aquarium

Audubon Aquarium

Varied marine life, plus insects. Insect & marine life exhibits plus a 400,000-gallon tank with reefs, sharks & a walk-through tunnel.

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Woldenberg Park

Woldenberg Park

Riverfront park with green space & paths. Riverfront park with 16 acres of green space, jogging paths & Mississippi river views.

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Visit New Orleans

Visit New Orleans

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Jackson Square

Jackson Square

Park where artists paint, draw & sell. Artists & performers ply their trades in a park built in 1721 & lined with historic buildings.

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JAMNOLA

JAMNOLA

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Confetti Park

Confetti Park

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Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Louisiana Art & Science Museum

Range of science & fine-arts exhibits. Museum complex with kids' science exhibits, a planetarium & galleries spanning the history of art.

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