The physical space that this museum inhabits – the clean, geometric lines of the Shaw Center – is as impressive as the on-site galleries, which include a permanent collection of over 5000 works and curated galleries exploring regional artistic heritage and contemporary trends.
LSU Museum of Art
Louisiana
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Learn about the region’s African American history, including the truth about slave ships, the vicious toils of slavery, slave revolts, the Underground…
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