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📅 Saturday, October 3 & Sunday, October 4, 2026🕘 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Step back into the 18th and 19th centuries during Harvest Days, one of the LSU Rural Life Museum's beloved annual events!
Skilled artisans, musicians, and living history interpreters bring Louisiana’s rural past to life through hands-on demonstrations and performances.
⚒️ Featured traditional trades include:
• Blacksmithing
• Open-hearth cooking
• Woodworking
• Spinning
• Soap making
• Quill pen writing
• Basket weaving
• And more
🎻 Stroll the grounds with live folk music and dancing, enjoy historic games, take a tractor ride, and experience daily life as it was once lived. Don’t miss our homemade cracklins, cane syrup, and fresh kettle corn made on-site!
One-Day Admission
• Ages 0–3: Free
• Ages 4–11: $10
• Ages 12 & up: $12
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Event venue
4560 Essen Ln, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Louisiana 70809
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