Jeanerette Museum
Wed-Fri 10AM-4PM. Last tour at 3PM. Admission. Group tours welcome. Video on planting and harvesting of sugarcane. Sugarcane industry history exhibits and antique sugarcane harvest equipment. Local history, sewing collections, Swamp Room, Military Room, Mardi Gras Room, Cypress Room and large collection of pictures of the past in Jeanerette.
Jefferson Island Rip Van Winkle Gardens
Daily 9AM-5PM. Last house tour 4PM. Admission. Guided tours of the Joseph Jefferson Home (ca. 1870), a grand architectural masterpiece built as a hunting lodge and painting studio for famous 19th century actor, Joseph Jefferson, who portrayed Rip Van Winkle. Rip’s Rookery and semi-tropical garden surrounding beautiful Lake Peigneur. Film of the 1980 catastrophe on […]
Jungle Gardens
Daily 9AM-5PM. Admission. Jungle Gardens, home of “Bird City”, founded by E. A. McIlhenny, is a three mile driving tour around the remains of an unusual nursery. It’s 170 acres of extraordinary, beautiful, strange, and useful plants, as well as a refuge for many animal species of special concern. Customized bird tours for individuals and […]
KONRIKO® Company Store/Conrad Rice Mill
Mon-Sat 9AM-5PM. Admission. The oldest operating rice mill in the U.S. celebrated a century of operation in 2012. Watch a video on the history of the Acadians and tour the mill. The store features a selection of KONRIKO® products and other local food products, arts and crafts. Click on IberiaTravel.com’s specials/coupons page for information.
LeJeune’s Bakery
Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM. Built in 1884 by Oscar LeJeune and presently operated by Matthew LeJeune, 5th generation of the LeJeune family. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Free tours are given by appointment. Products are LeJeune’s French bread and ginger cakes.
