A view from the museum's plaza looking north toward the state Capitol.

Alexander Tylevigh's suspended sculpture River of Memory in the three-story atrium lobby, which was funded by the Percent for Art program.

The museum's dragon float by Kern Studios is part of an interactive parade experience in the Mardi Gras exhibit.

A recreation of a 1950s-era recording studio similar to the ones once used by Cosimo Matassa and others around the state.

Jazz and blues helped build Louisana's heritage with such greats as Irma Thomas, Dave Bartholomew, Allen Toussaint, The Nevilles and Fats Domino.

Funeral at Isle Brevelle #3, a painting by renowned folk artist Clementine Hunter, completed sometime in the mid-1960s.

A selection of Louisiana hot sauces spices up the Louisiana Routes exhibit.

New Orleans cartoonist Bunny Matthew's tribute to the "Da Nint" Ward is on display in this specially commissioned depiction of Vic and Nat'ly's place.

Mardi Gras is depicted in this crawfish-adorned billboard, created by renowned float maker Kern Studios of New Orleans.

The Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation emphasizes the importance of water in Louisiana through and audio-visual and fiber-optic program.