is a fun and versatile interactive fitness exhibit that lets you become a part of the game! Play on your own or share the fun with someone in multiplayer mode in one of the several fitness game options. This exhibit is pure family fun! 

A truly unique exhibit to our museum! Visitors can climb, crawl and tunnel on this one-of-a-kind monster piece of equipment. Sit in the cab of this full-size sugarcane harvester and watch a video of what it looks like to harvest in the fields.

Grab a shopping cart and pick your favorite local ingredients in the market, then scan the bar code at the check-out to encourage math and reading skills through role play.

Who was Jean Lafitte and what did he bury? Dig to find pirate treasures and items from this area’s unique past!

Role play in our pretend restaurant equipped with a kitchen, dining tables and all the mock staples of a real restaurant. Seat your guests at the dining, tables, take their orders and whip up a Cajun feast for them to enjoy.

The Bayou Lafourche Estuary exhibit invites children to discover the waterways, wildlife and landscapes that make our region so unique.

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This exhibit features a hands-on Bayou Lafourche Play Table, where children can explore familiar features of the bayou, including bridges, levees and the lock system, while learning through imaginative play. Look up and around to discover some of the creatures that swim, crawl and fly throughout our estuary, all set against a vibrant bayou mural.

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The exhibit introduces children to the important connection between our waterways, wildlife and the communities that call South Louisiana home.

Bayou2Cup turns that everyday question into a hands-on learning experience! Children can follow the journey of our drinking water—from its natural source, through the treatment process, and ultimately to the clean water that flows from our faucets.

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Created with input and guidance from Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Waterworks, the exhibit helps young learners understand that clean drinking water doesn't simply appear when we turn on the tap. It comes from an important natural resource that must be treated, protected and cared for.

Another signature exhibit, visitors can climb, crawl, and pretend to be on a working shrimp boat. Visitors will learn about the many types of crops that the Gulf of Mexico provides, sort them into buckets and transport them to the coast for sale.

Hide in the grassy thick of this exhibit and use oversized binoculars to spot waterfowl in the museum.

Many different types of bridges exist in that bayou region. This exhibit will encourage learning the differences between beam, arch, suspension, and cable-stayed bridges and how they each perform.

Safetyville is an engaging exhibit hosted by our local LPSO deputy, featuring daily safety presentations and entertaining puppet shows. It's a fun and educational experience for all ages, promoting important safety messages in an interactive way.

The possibilities are endless for arranging these oversized gears so that they will work effectively, encouraging gross motor skills and an understanding of how gears work together to create movement.

Build a bridge with large, soft, numbered blocks in an arch shape, then knock them down and start all over again!

This two-story signature exhibit sparks curiosity as children learn all about oil platforms. Up top, you can operate a crane, fish for different types of saltwater fish, and learn all about what the black sludge makes- tennis shoes, basketballs, colors, and more!

Children learn the importance of observation, concentration, camouflage, and hide & seek with this oversized mural. Can you spot all of the items from the looking glass book on the Louisiana wall map? Satsuma, pelican, okra, accordion, and more!

Step in our alligator float and toss beads to a wall of moving arms!

This exhibit invites visitors to explore the world of Cajun music while they interact with oversized floor key board.

Put on a puppet play for your friends while you watch it from behind the curtain on TV.

Interact with the plug-in electric car, sit inside and drive and don’t forget to change that flat tire! 

Kids and adults can engage in building together and build an understanding of physics, design, art and engineering.

Free play or competitions can both work on this outdoor obstacle course and outdoor fitness experiences for kids and adults! Be sure to click the QR code on the sign to get a demonstration of how the course works. 

Grab a quick birthday party gift or that souvenir for your little one. Our boutique boasts all things Cajun. Pick up your stuffed nutria, boil play set, or your little alligator key chain. 

Located just outside our front doors, this shortened OSV encourages children to learn through play with real control panel instrumentation and video footage of what boat captains see as they navigate toward the Gulf of Mexico.

Step outside and explore our re-purposed Fire Truck. Make believe has never come to life more with these two public service vehicles!

Step outside and explore our re-purposed LPSO Police Car. Make believe has never come to life more with these two public service vehicles!

Step outside and explore our outdoor playground equipped with slides and climbing features.

Work out your music ability with our xylophone and other musical instruments in this exhibit space.

A creative station using a back-lit table to put the skeleton’s bones back where they belong!

Pretend play with our drive-through bank teller exhibit. Sit in the car and talk to the teller while the teller gives you play money or calls the manager upstairs on the pretend phone.

With three backdrops, two curtains and lots of costumes & props backstage, you’re sure to put on a performance! 

Engage with the digital ATM and clerk at the desk to put your money in the vault!

Learn the importance of physics, demonstrating how lifting heavy loads is accomplished more easily by utilizing pulleys. Try one chair lift with one set of pulleys vs. the next chair lift with multiple pulleys.

Step right inside and create a bubble that goes around your whole body! 

Grab a hard hat and get to work! In Coco’s Construction Zone, kids can build, stack, and create using giant foam blocks while wearing real construction vests and helmets. This hands-on space encourages teamwork, problem-solving, and big imagination—because every great builder starts with play!

Watch air take flight! Drop scarves or balls into the tubes and see them soar through twists and turns. It’s hands-on fun that shows how air pressure and motion work together—science in action!

This zone is created for children 3 & under. They can safely explore the world around them and make new discoveries.