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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>
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 art by Clementine Hunter (c. 1886-1988) and Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman painter originally from Shreveport.
The museum director is Thomas Gaughan Carmody, Jr. (born, 1961), a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative who was named in March 2020 by Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Carmody succeed another former representative, [[Wayne Waddell]], who was removed as director by Ardoin. Carmody said he "appreciated that Wayne is no longer at the museum," noting that he remembers as a child taking field trips to the facility. Carmody said that he is excited to be working at the museum.<ref>LA State Exhibit Museum executive director Wayne Waddell's departure is a mystery (shreveporttimes.com), March 12, 2020, accessed April 29, 2021.</ref>
Prior to Waddell, another former state representative, [[Forrest Dunn]], was the museum director.
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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 art by Clementine Hunter (c. 1886-1988) and Clyde Connell (1901-1998), a woman painter originally from Shreveport.
The museum director is Thomas Gaughan Carmody, Jr. (born, 1961), a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative who was named in March 2020 by Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Carmody succeed another former representative, [[Wayne Waddell]], who was removed as director by Ardoin. Carmody said he "appreciated that Wayne is no longer at the museum," noting that he remembers as a child taking field trips to the facility. Carmody said that he is excited to be working at the museum.<ref>LA State Exhibit Museum executive director Wayne Waddell's departure is a mystery (shreveporttimes.com), March 12, 2020, accessed April 29, 2021.</ref>
Prior to Waddell, another former state representative, [[Forrest Dunn]], was the museum director.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Louisiana Exhibit Museum, The}}
[[Category:Museums]]
[[Category:Louisiana]]