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Location
Parking
free parking nearby, street parking available
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible, area greatly accessible to the handicapped, bathroom in main building
About Lower Mississippi River Museum
River exhibits & a dry-docked boat. Interactive exhibits on the Mississippi River & US Army Corps of Engineers, plus a boat to explore.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Main Attraction
- Retired Corps of Engineers work boat with engine room and pilot house
- Focus
- Lower Mississippi River history and Corps of Engineers flood control/navigation
- Admission
- Free
What visitors say
Interesting facility, the building inside provides an education on the Mississippi River and efforts of the Corps of Engineers to manage it for flood control and navigation. The other section is a retired COE work boat- essentially a…
Very interesting. Loaded with tons of information. Photos, movies,and miniatures tell stories of the mighty Mississippi.
Nice museum and a lot to read about the boat and the Mississippi River. It was really cool to walk aboard the ship and to go to each of the decks. It is free to enter.
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