Visit the River Road African American Museum and learn about the past in order to understand the future.

Most of the items in the museum’s collection have been donated or loaned by families from the surrounding parishes including St. James, Iberville, Assumption, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, East and West Baton Rouge.
The River Road African American Museum exhibits include Free People of Color; African Influences on Louisiana Cuisine; Rural Roots of Jazz; Black Doctors of the River Road; Louisiana Black Inventors; Folk Artists; Louisiana Underground Railroad; Reconstruction Period; History of Education in Plantation Country and Slave Inventories
Visit the River Road African American Museum and learn about the past in order to understand the future.
Learn about the story of the River Road African American Museum from its beginning to our future plans. Here also you find is our vision/mission statements and a letter from the founder/director of the museum, Kathe Hambrick.

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Begin your adventure in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The museum's building is open
Wednesday - Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm.
and Sunday 1:00 pm-5:00pm

*Groups of 10 or more require an appointment for a docent-led tour.




Our archives contain historical documents, books, rare photographs, and videos. Our collection includes artifacts, newspaper ads for runaway slaves; obituaries; certificates of midwives and rural black doctors; photos and sketches of inventors such as Leonard Julien and Madame C. J. Walker in addition to politicians, soldiers, artisans, and entrepreneurs.





This guided tour is a favorite among groups touring the River Road.

Tour Includes:

  • Museum Tour
  • "Down Home Blues Lunch"
  • Neighborhood Walking Tour






School and Church tour programs draw upon the universal appeal of music, art and history to promote an appreciation for diversity and encourage creative expression for children visiting the museum and area plantations along the Mississipi River.

Tour Options:

  • Scavenger Hunt
  • Storyteller (Optional $100.00)




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Museum Tour ($4.00 per person)
African American Heritage Tours ($25.00)
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