WHY IS THIS PROJECT IMPORTANT?

The Build-A-Museum Team aims to encourage LSU to investigate building a great, accredited Museum of Natural History on the LSU Campus and then to support the museum’s development.

We have done extensive research on the community benefits of a Natural History Museum. Other communities our size have successfully supported such a project and we think this could work for our state and university system.

About the current state of the Louisiana Museum of Natural History :

The LSU website describes the situation of the current LSU collections consortium, which is not administratively or physically unified in a museum of natural history. The Build-a-Museum Team is proposing that LSU consider the possibility that the collections in this consortium  actually become a unified, full service, accredited, world class museum in a new facility on the LSU campus. This facility should be designed especially to house collections, research, university teaching, displays and outreach.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE  BY SCHEDULING A TALK FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO WHICH YOU BELONG:

The Build-a-Museum Team offers talks to civic organizations on: "The state of Louisiana needs a world-class museum of natural history located in Baton Rouge, the capital city." Call (924-0356) or E-mail (janetllee@cox.net) to contact W. H. "Bill" Lee to schedule a talk. Talks feature slides (or Powerpoint) with pictures of innovative museums.  Talks are free and length of presentation can be adjusted to the needs of an organization. A projector and screen can be provided.