Louisiana State Cotton Museum is located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. The area has been a center of cotton growing, and the museum exhibits the history and traditions of cotton cultivation and harvest. The main gallery has life-sized dioramas, farming equipment, and a recreated juke joint.[1]
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| Location | 7162 Highway 65 North, Lake Providence, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′6.13″N 91°12′32.91″W / 32.8183694°N 91.2091417°W |
| Website | Louisiana State Cotton Museum, Secretary of State, Louisiana |
Museum buildings include a farmhouse, commissary, chapel, exhibit hall, and tenant house.[2] Exhibits include the history of cotton, and how it became the country's preeminent cash crop; its role in westward expansion; the state's first electric cotton gin; and musical instruments of the Delta blues.[2][3]
Gallery
Sharecropper cabin
