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''The Louisiana Exhibit Museum''', located at 3015 Greenwood Road near the state fairgrounds in [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], is housed in a neo-classical building completed in 1939 as one of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] public works projects. The entrance is adorned with frescoes by Conrad Albrizio (1894-1973). The round design of the building enhances  the exhibits on the [[history]] and development of Louisiana. Twenty dioramas of H.B. Wright depict regional life and commerce. One of the artifacts is a cypress dugout dating to 1065 A.D. attributed to the Caddo Indians.<ref>Louisiana State Exhibit Museum | Louisiana Travel, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref>
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'''The Louisiana State Exhibit Museum''', located at 3015 Greenwood Road near the state fairgrounds in [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], is housed in a neo-classical building completed in 1939 as one of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] public works projects. The entrance is adorned with frescoes by Conrad Albrizio (1894-1973). The round design of the building enhances  the exhibits on the [[history]] and development of Louisiana. Twenty dioramas of H.B. Wright depict regional life and commerce. One of the artifacts is a cypress dugout dating to 1065 A.D. attributed to the Caddo Indians.<ref>Louisiana State Exhibit Museum | Louisiana Travel, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref>
    
The dioramas focus on such diverse topics as rice harvesting, [[petroleum]] drilling, the Poverty Point State Historical Site in West Carroll Parish, archeology, the [[Battle of New Orleans]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] migratory fowl, insects, salt domes, and the works by the [[African-American]] folk artist Clementine Hunter (c. 1886-1988) and Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman painter originally from Shreveport.
 
The dioramas focus on such diverse topics as rice harvesting, [[petroleum]] drilling, the Poverty Point State Historical Site in West Carroll Parish, archeology, the [[Battle of New Orleans]], the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] migratory fowl, insects, salt domes, and the works by the [[African-American]] folk artist Clementine Hunter (c. 1886-1988) and Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman painter originally from Shreveport.
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