A museum that Louisiana should be proud of! State of the art, very nice and beautiful architecture and a good collection of memorabilia. Wonderful staff and even has an area with the history of Natchitoches where the museum is located.
We stopped in when walking back to our B&B. it was a nice diversion after perusing the shops in the historic district. The building is unique in and out and I probably looked at it more than the sports exhibits which were a bit bland for me. The natural history section upstairs was better than the sports section, and there was a Clementine Hunter exhibit that was good.
While the architecture has gained great acclaim, I feel it is an eye sore on the historic downtown. It side is much better. There is a nice collection of sports memoribilia. on the second floor the are some historic items from the town on loan from many families around the area.
When you first walk in the museum you will be struck by how unique the interior architecture of the building is. The museum charges $5 to get in and offers plenty of interesting content for that price. The first floor is smaller but upstairs they have interesting displays that show the history of sports in Louisiana (ranging from football, tennis, hunting, etc.) The coolest part of the museum, however, was the history on northwestern Louisiana. This part of the museum offered a great chance to learn about the history and culture of northwestern Louisiana.
Awesome building and loved all the memorabilia. We were excited to learn about the Louisiana athletes and have learned someone we know may be inducted. We'll go back for the festivities if he does !!
The contents are definitely interesting for a sports buff. The second floor contains Natchitoches history, and I enjoyed the artifacts and info. My favorite parts were the color pencil and pastel portraits of sports stars and the original Clementine Hunter paintings. The building itself is quite a marvel and worth the visit even if you have no interest in sports or local history. I was a little put off that some of the exhibits had poor quality photos and/or mistakes that need to be fixed.
Interesting although it does not have too many exhibits but it explains well the State and local history of famous sportsmen and women.
What a wonderful building although it does not really fit the architecture of Natchitoches. The sports hall of fame is well done and provides excellent records. The history museum on the upper floor totally captures the history and people of Louisiana. We will go back on our next visit.
our husbands wanted to check this place out. the wives were not real excited. it was terrific. beautiful building and exhibits. we all loved it and were so glad we went. allow plenty of time. there is a lot to see.
We visited the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on a rainy day. It was much larger than I expected it to be! It was also very modern. I was impressed with the artifacts held there. Very glad we explored!