Louisiana State Museum

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116

Last updated on September 2, 2025

Grant awarded by

TPS Southern Region

Region

Southern

Organization Type

Museum

Congressional District(s)

2

Fiscal Year Of First Grant

FY 2006 [10/01/05 - 09/30/06]

Contributing Organization(s)

Louisiana State Museum, Friends of the Cabildo

Organization description

The Louisiana State Museum is a system of ten sites across Louisiana and headquartered in New Orleans, where it was founded in 1908. Among the sites in New Orleans is the Cabildo, seat of Louisiana’s Spanish-Colonial government and later home to the Louisiana State Supreme Court. The Friends of the Cabildo, the supporting organization of the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans, was founded in 1956.

Project description

Reconstruction: In the Streets and In the Courts will create online primary source resources for teachers demystifying complex events and Supreme Court cases. Scheduled for a March, 2026 release date, these online resources will include the following sections: Radical Rights and Federal Reconstruction, the Slaughterhouse Cases, and The Road to Plessy v. Ferguson, along with teacher resources and additional in-class activities.

TPS project focus

Curriculum
Teaching Materials

Content focus

History
Law
Research
Civil Rights
Civil War

Audience

Classroom teachers
Curriculum coordinators
Homeschoolers
Librarians/Media specialists
Students
Teacher candidates/Student teachers

Level(s)

6 - 8
9 - 12