West Feliciana Historical Museum

West Feliciana Historical Museum

The West Feliciana Historical Society played a great part in leading the way for the preservation of the Historic District in St. Francisville.

In 1970, the Society acquired the Weydert’s Old Hardware Store to establish the old store as a local history museum called West Feliciana Historical Society Museum. It was and continues to be an interpretive museum of local history.

In 2014, the mission was modified to preserve and promote West Feliciana historically, culturally, and architecturally through education and stewardship. Presently, the museum workers or clerks field a variety of questions: some historical, some genealogical, and some just simply questions asking directions or where to eat, visit, or stay the night.

Read more about West Feliciana Historical Museum here.

11757 Ferdinand Street,
St. Francisville, LA 70775
Monday – Sunday, 9:00AM – 5:00PM

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By the time the morning sun rises over the bluffs of the Mississippi River at St. Francisville, its light falls upon a landscape that has worn many banners. Long before highways traced the hills and church bells echoed through town squares, explorers, soldiers, settlers, revolutionaries, and dreamers stood on this same ground beneath different flags, each believing they were shaping

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