SOLA GIVING DAY – LAFAYETTE MUSEUM

SOLA Early giving begins on April 4, 2024, with the final giving day on May 2, 2024, and the Lafayette Museum Historic Home and Gardens needs your help!  This year’s goal of $15,000 is to repair and restore the Museum’s Shutters and Gutters. Through the generosity of longtime supporters Rick and Kiki Frayard, and an anonymous donor, we have already received $7,000 in matching donations.  Every donation you give up to $7,000 will be MATCHED dollar for dollar toward our $15,000 goal.  Please visit the Museum’s SOLA Giving site and help us preserve this local treasure.

https://www.solagivingday.org/organizations/lafayette-museum-historic-home-and-gardens


2023 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

Funding for this 2023 Louisiana Culture Care Fund Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities.

2023 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
With funding awarded by the Louisiana Culture Care Fund Grant provided by the State of
Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities, the Lafayette
Museum was able to help mitigate its rising cost of insurance.
The Lafayette Museum received notice in Spring 2022 that our property insurance carrier would
no longer cover the museum due to the devastating Louisiana storms. Larger, national insurers
are no longer covering the Gulf Coast; smaller carriers are bankrupt. Insurance premiums
increased from $4,600 in 2022 to $12,000 in 2023. Louisiana Culture Care Funding Grant used
for museum operations allows for us to continue growing our programs, special exhibits, French
and Spanish translations, and quality Speakers Series.
The Lafayette Museum is grateful to the State of Louisiana for providing the funds and the
Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities for administering the Louisiana Culture Care Fund
Grant for it continued support of the museum.


Lafayette Visitor Enterprise Fund Award

2023 LAFAYETTE VISITOR ENTERPRISE FUND
The Lafayette Museum was the recipient of a grant funded by the Lafayette Visitor Enterprise
Fund, a program of Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission.
After receiving a generous grant from LCVC in 2018, Sparks Engineering, INC conducted
a detailed assessment of the house to recommend measures for proper rehabilitation
and preservation. Many issues have been previously addressed through the generosity of the
Lafayette Visitor Enterprise Fund.
Remaining items of “concern” of the museum include replacing sill beams of Sunday House
porch; porch pier foundations that have become compromised and need replacing or
rebuilding; and deterioration of steps and porch floorboards.
The commitment of the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission to preserving the
Lafayette Museum historic landmark is greatly appreciated by the Board of the Lafayette
Museum Association and by all in Acadiana who value historic preservation.





Preview Garden Party – Margaret French Rogers Lifetime Collection of Miniatures

“It’s a Small World” at the Lafayette Museum – Historic Home and Gardens with a special exhibit of miniature homes on display October 17th through November 4th,  2023 culminating with a lecture by Mrs. Sugar McAdams, a lifetime collector of miniature homes, on Sunday November 5th, 2023.  

Join us for a Preview Garden Party to be held in the historic home and lovely gardens of the Lafayette Museum on October 22nd, 2023.

For more information, call the Museum at (337) 234-2208.


DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM
Atchafalaya Trace Commission
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Competitive Grant


The Lafayette Museum received an Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Competitive grant through the Atchafalaya Trace Commission, a program of the Louisiana State Department for Culture, Recreation and Tourism. This heritage interpretive grant funds interpretive improvements allowing funds to update the museum’s introductory film that enhances the experience of all visitors. It also gives the museum the opportunity to update its French film and printed materials and allows the addition of a Spanish film and printed materials. The French and Spanish materials provide educational opportunities for schools with Language Immersion programs. The Lafayette Museum is grateful for funds provided through the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Competitive Grant.


Vignettes – The Art of the Tabletop 2022

Exquisitely decorated tablescapes provided the setting for “Vignettes – The Art of the Tabletop” at the  Lafayette Museum – Historic Home and Gardens on March 31, 2022.  Guests enjoyed the artistry of tablescapes designed by local vendors followed by a delightful picnic luncheon in the Museum’s garden. 


Lafayette Museum Receives Grant Award from LEH

The Lafayette Museum is pleased to announce it is a recipient of a grant award from the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities relaunched the Louisiana Culture Care Fund to help ensure the survival of Louisiana’s cultural institutions and assist in the recovery from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the funding provided, the Lafayette Museum was able to retain its salaried docents while the museum was closed to the public.

The Lafayette Museum is dedicated to sharing and promoting the history and culture of Acadiana by collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting artifacts related to the families and times in which they lived in the house and the events that contributed to the development of Lafayette and the area.

Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grants has been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.


LOUISIANAS ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANT

LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES Emergency Mitigation and Preparedness Grants

With funding awarded by the Emergency Mitigation and Preparedness Grants provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities, the Lafayette Museum will be able to complete the storm shutter project. Over the past few years, the Lafayette Museum has directed its rehabilitation efforts toward the south and east side of the museum. We have included repair of the storm shutters when addressing each side. Grant funding will allow us to complete repair of storm/hurricane shutters including replacement of damaged cypress, re-fitting as needed, hardware and painting. The Lafayette Museum is grateful to the State of Louisiana for providing the funds and the Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities for administering the Emergency Mitigation and Preparedness Grant for the continued support of the museum.

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“a tale of two Lafayettes – the Marquis and the City”

As Lafayette Parish celebrates its bicentennial, the Lafayette Museum – Historic Home and Gardens joins in the celebration as it hosts a talk by Michael Martin, PH.D., “at tale of two Lafayettes – the Marquis and the City.”  Join in on the celebration as you learn of Lafayette’s early history in a beautiful setting that is the Lafayette Museum. See you there.

Tour the Museum at 1122 Lafayette Street

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