Classes and Workshops

We offer a wide variety of fun and exciting classes and workshops that change throughout the year.

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Classes offered:
  • Native American Crafts
  • Soap Carving for Children
  • Conversational French
  • Duck Decoy Carving
  • Square Dance Lessons
  • ​Cajun Dance Lessons
  • Quilting
  • Knitting / Crocheting
  • Spanish
  • Cajun Jam Sessions

Exhibits

The center has three permanent exhibits that can be viewed year round.

Cajun Tool Shed

The Cajun Tool Shed exhibit showcases wood working tools that were in general use during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Tools of this era were built to withstand heavy use, as opposed to the "throw away" world of today. It is interesting to note how very little basic hand tools, such as the hand saw, plane, chisel, and hammer, have changed since their original invention. Only basic hand tools were used to create the various types of joinery used. Many of the tools are named after the particular trade that used an adaptation of a generic tools for their particular trade. Old time craftsmen had no hesitation about creating new tools for a particular task. Each of his tools was but an extension of himself.

Louisiana Decoys


The Decoy Carving Exhibit displays typical tools of the Cajun Decoy Carver. One of the most prolific of carvers was Dewey Pertuit of Raceland, LA, who carved thousands of Ring Neck decoys. Most Louisiana decoys were carved of Cypress Root or Tupelo Gum. The wood of the Tupelo is light, soft, and closed grain, but very strong. The lower 3' - 4' of the tree, cut during late spring, is usable for carving. It has very little grain, which makes it excellent for carving.

Native American Indian

The exhibit consists of very old Indian artifacts and maps of the Southeastern part of the original Louisiana Territory. The existing Louisiana Parishes were not yet defined as we know them today.