The Jeanerette Museum at 500 Main presents 200 years of sugar cane history. Air conditioned viewing area. Picnicking, fishing in 11-acre lake, duck feeding. Tourist Information Center. 10,000 authentic antiques including toys, clothes, hardware items, Coushatta Indian baskets, and elixirs.
Many items are in unopened packages or original display boxes.
Within the same building is the Louisiana Telephone Pioneer Museum which contains exhibits of equipment, tools, and telephones representing a century of telephone communication. 209 Nature Rd. Tour the mill, browse through Cajun crafts, foods and folklore. Access by boat only. Nostalgic shopping in historic sugar plantation general store.